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Hospital staff testify today at Quebec coroner's inquiry into death of Joyce Echaquan
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - Medical staff from a Quebec hospital where Joyce Echaquan died last September are testifying today at the coroner's inquest investigating her death. The 37-year-old Atikamekw mot...
May 17, 2021
Cold front hits southern B.C., snow possible in mountain passes: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER - A run of late spring sunshine and warm temperatures is coming to a chilly end for parts of British Columbia. Environment Canada has issued special weather statements for higher elevations ...
May 17, 2021
Andrea Meza of Mexico crowned 69th Miss Universe
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - Andrea Meza of Mexico has been crowned Miss Universe. Meza, who has a software engineering degree, beat out out Miss Brazil at the end of the night, screaming Sunday when the an...
May 17, 2021
Supreme Court to weigh rollback of abortion rights
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider a major rollback of abortion rights, saying it will take up Mississippi's bid to enforce a 15-week ban on abortion. The court's order sets...
May 17, 2021
'We're planning for that:' top doctor on mid island strategizing to boost COVID vaccination rates
NANAIMO - Discussions among health officials are ongoing to reach out to people not so keen to roll up up their sleeves.Mid-Island medical health officer Dr. Mike Benusic said he's exploring ideas to ...
May 17, 2021
Blinken hasn't seen any evidence on AP Gaza building strike
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has not seen any Israeli evidence of Hamas operating in the Gaza office building hit by airstrike over the weekend. Blinken says he has asked Israel for ...
May 17, 2021
AT&T, Discovery join media houses as cord-cutting encroaches
NEW YORK (AP) - AT&T will combine its massive media operations that include CNN HBO, TNT and TBS in a $43 billion deal with Discovery, the owner of lifestyle networks including the Food Network an...
May 17, 2021
Afghans who helped the US now fear being left behind
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - He served as an interpreter alongside U.S. soldiers on hundreds of patrols and dozens of firefights in eastern Afghanistan, earning a glowing letter of recommendation from an...
May 17, 2021
India braces for powerful cyclone amid deadly virus surge
NEW DELHI (AP) - A powerful cyclone roaring in the Arabian Sea was moving toward India's western coast on Monday as authorities tried to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people and suspended COVID-19...
May 17, 2021
Dogged by Mideast crisis, US envoy Blinken visits Denmark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Denmark on Monday for talks on climate change, Arctic policy and Russia as calls grew for the Biden administration to take a to...
May 17, 2021