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'This is a crisis:' COVID compounds health-care worker shortages in the North
YELLOWKNIFE - Health-care facilities across Canada have been grappling with worker shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic, but struggles to recruit and retain staff are nothing new in the North. The N...
Aug 25, 2022
Japan police chief to resign over Abe shooting death
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's national police chief on Thursday said he will resign to take responsibility over the fatal shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign speech last month. ...
Aug 24, 2022
Springer 3 hits, RBI double in 10th as Blue Jays top Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) - George Springer got three hits, including a 10th-inning double on the first pitch from Boston reliever Ryan Brasier that scored automatic runner Jackie Bradley Jr. and lifted the Toronto...
Aug 24, 2022
Canada's Pospisil earns victory in first round qualifying match at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Canada's Vasek Pospisil made it through the first round of qualifying at the U.S. Open with a 7-6 (2), 6-4 win over Sumit Nagal on Wednesday. Pospisil, of Vernon, B.C., fired 13 aces to jus...
Aug 24, 2022
Idaho can’t enforce abortion ban in medical emergencies
LUBBOCK, Texas - A federal judge has barred Idaho from enforcing a strict abortion ban in medical emergencies, clearing the way for hospitals to continue treating ectopic pregnancies and other pregnan...
Aug 24, 2022
Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal jury found Wednesday that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant's widow $16 million over photos of the NBA star's body at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash site that...
Aug 24, 2022
North Island wildfires keeping Coastal crews busy
NANAIMO - It's largely a wait and see approach from the BC Wildfire Service in its approach to tackling a pair of wildfires on the sparsely populated north Island.While the 40 hectare Golden Hinde fir...
Aug 24, 2022
Kobe Bryant widow awarded $16M in trial over crash photos
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A federal jury found Wednesday that Los Angeles County must pay Kobe Bryant's widow $16 million over photos of the NBA star's body at the site of the 2020 helicopter crash site that...
Aug 24, 2022
B.C. hospitality, tourism and liquor groups seek quick resolution to BCGEU job action
BURNABY, B.C. - Industry groups representing hospitality, tourism and liquor businesses in British Columbia are urging the B.C. General Employees' Union and the government to reach a swift deal to end...
Aug 24, 2022
Uvalde school chief defends actions ahead of possible firing
UVALDE, Texas (AP) - An attorney for Uvlade's embattled school police leader defended the response of the Robb Elementary School massacre Wednesday in a scathing and defiant letter released just befor...
Aug 24, 2022