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Democrat Beto O'Rourke running for Texas governor in 2022
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Democrat Beto O'Rourke is running for governor of Texas, pursuing a blue breakthrough in America's biggest red state after his star-making U.S. Senate campaign in 2018 put him clo...
Nov 15, 2021
Additional work needed before surface upgrades to Third St. sports zone
NANAIMO - A strategic rethink and more consideration to "future proofing" is behind a jump in budget to upgrades at and around Serauxmen Stadium.Councillors gave unanimous approval during a Nov. 5 fin...
Nov 15, 2021
Coldwater River breaches banks, City of Merritt issues flooding evacuation orders
MERRITT - The City of Merritt has issued evacuation orders for multiple properties, due to flooding from the Coldwater River. In a noticed posted to the municipality's website earlier this morning (No...
Nov 15, 2021
Pope honors Catholic priests, nuns who cared for HIV victims
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis has paid tribute to Catholic priests, nuns and laypeople who helped care for people with HIV and AIDS during the early period of the epidemic in the U.S. "at great risk to the...
Nov 15, 2021
Heavy rain sets off flooding, rock and mudslides in southern B.C.
VANCOUVER - Relentless rain has caused mud and rock slides in several locations in southern B.C., displacing some residents and prompting highway closures. The City of Abbotsford opened a reception ce...
Nov 15, 2021
UK police: Blast outside hospital was terrorist incident
LONDON (AP) - British police say an explosion in a taxi outside a hospital that killed a man is being treated as a terrorist incident, but the motive remains unclear. Russ Jackson, the head of Counter...
Nov 15, 2021
Ex-US diplomat says Myanmar frees jailed American journalist
BANGKOK (AP) - Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson says American journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar. Richardson said in a statement Monday that Fenster ha...
Nov 15, 2021
Doctors lament overnight closure of Montreal hospital ER, dig into pockets to end it
MONTREAL - Dr. Fahimy Saoud spent a recent shift in a west-Montreal emergency room idly sitting and waiting for patients she knew would never come. The urgent care area of the Lachine Hospital, where ...
Nov 15, 2021
Alberta to announce child-care deal with federal government
EDMONTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney are set to announce a deal they've reached on child care during an event in Edmonton today. The federal Liberal government has...
Nov 15, 2021
Clock already ticking on Liberal promise to introduce host of bills in first 100 days
OTTAWA - After getting off to an arguably slow start since winning re-election on Sept. 20, Justin Trudeau's Liberal government appears poised to go into hyperdrive with next week's resumption of Parl...
Nov 15, 2021