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Most B.C. COVID patients test positive after going to hospital for other reasons
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 hospitalizations are at their highest level and over 60 per cent of patients since December have tested positive for the virus after being admitt...
Feb 01, 2022
'Our hospitals are coping, even though we're stretched:' Omicron causing volume, Delta leading to longer stays
NANAIMO - Hospitalization admissions continue to be some of the highest we've ever seen in B.C., however the province's top doc said the system is holding.Dr. Bonnie Henry said case numbers and hospit...
Feb 01, 2022
Fired Miami Dolphins coach sues NFL, alleging racist hiring
NEW YORK (AP) - Fired Miami Dolphins Coach Brian Flores sued the NFL and three of its teams Tuesday, saying racist hiring practices by the league have left it racially segregated and managed like a pl...
Feb 01, 2022
Indigenous former justice minister outlines vision for 'true reconciliation'
VANCOUVER - Canada's former justice minister outlined her vision for "true reconciliation" during a mining industry conference in British Columbia Tuesday, saying the country needs to enact legislatio...
Feb 01, 2022
Indigenous former justice minister outlines vision for 'true reconciliation'
VANCOUVER - Canada's former justice minister outlined her vision for "true reconciliation" during a mining industry conference in British Columbia Tuesday, saying the country needs to enact legislatio...
Feb 01, 2022
Mickey Guyton, Jhené Aiko, Mary Mary to sing at Super Bowl
LOS ANGELES - Country music star Mickey Guyton will hit this month's Super Bowl stage to sing the national anthem, while R&B hitmaker Jhen Aiko will perform "America the Beautiful." The performanc...
Feb 01, 2022
Quebec comedian Mike Ward facing new legal action for joke about disabled singer
MONTREAL - A Quebec comedian who won a high-profile Supreme Court of Canada human rights case last year is once again being taken to court by his accusers. Mike Ward is being sued in separate actions ...
Feb 01, 2022
NDP to introduce new bill to decriminalize drug use as overdose deaths soar
OTTAWA - The federal NDP hopes to push the government to take stronger action on the opioid crisis with a new private member's bill decriminalizing the possession of drugs for personal use. Leader Jag...
Feb 01, 2022
Long-term Statistics Canada research shows cities across country losing green space
Joni Mitchell was right - they really are paving paradise and putting up parking lots. Statistics Canada's first survey of urban green space shows that, just as the singer-songwriter warned, cities ac...
Feb 01, 2022
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start recei...
Feb 01, 2022