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Public health must balance science and society: former top doctor
EDMONTON - A retired top doctor says public health orders have to balance science with society if they are to be effective. "(Measures) will only work if you have a majority of the population that sup...
Dec 01, 2020
As Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry begins its work, many tough questions remain
HALIFAX - For eight long hours, Nick Beaton was in agony as he waited to learn what had happened to his missing wife. By the early afternoon on April 19, he knew a lone gunman disguised as a Mountie h...
Dec 01, 2020
Guitar made in 1950s worth more than B.C. family imagined
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - When Renee Latheur decided to take an old guitar into a music store in Kamloops, B.C., she didn't expect the instrument that had sat in a closet for years to be worth thousands of dol...
Dec 01, 2020
Canadians not worried other countries will get COVID-19 vaccine first: poll
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians aren't currently worried that people in other countries might get a COVID-19 vaccine first. Thirty-seven per cent of respondents to a survey conducted by Lg...
Dec 01, 2020
Defence's star witness to continue testimony at Toronto's van attack trial
TORONTO - A psychiatrist hired by the defence is set to continue his testimony today at the trial for the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack. Dr. Alexander Westphal says Minassian suffer...
Dec 01, 2020
Two motorbike riders hurt in late afternoon collision in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Witnesses say a driver attempting to turn onto Labieux Rd. hit a motorbike with two men aboard.It happened just before 5 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 30 on Labieux Rd. at Blackburn Pl, one block nor...
Nov 30, 2020
B.C.'s top doctor emotional in offering condolences to families of dead
VICTORIA - British Columbia recorded 46 more deaths over the last three days, its highest number of fatalities for that time period. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry became emotional Monday ...
Nov 30, 2020
Forge FC just one win away from booking ticket to CONCACAF Champions League
After a season that has taken it from Hamilton to Charlottetown, El Salvador and Panama, Forge FC hopes the Dominican Republic is the last stop on the way to the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League. ...
Nov 30, 2020
Trump science adviser Scott Atlas leaving White House job
WASHINGTON - Dr. Scott Atlas, a science adviser to President Donald Trump who was skeptical of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post. A White House official con...
Nov 30, 2020
MLSE cuts salaries for full-time staff, extends management and executive reductions
TORONTO, S.D. - Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment says it is cutting the salaries of up to one quarter of its full-time staff, and extending salary reductions for senior management and executives to...
Nov 30, 2020