South Africa releasing patients with deadly TB strains into community, free...
LONDON - The spread of a virtually untreatable form of tuberculosis in South Africa is being fueled by the release of infected patients into the general community, according to a new study.Scientists...
View Article85-year-old woman dead after Coquitlam hit-and-run
An 85-year-old woman is dead after another hit-and-run incident in Coquitlam. The woman was struck by a vehicle at around two o'clock this afternoon on Austin Avenue between Schoolhouse Street and...
View ArticleSonja Power, Halifax Teen, Felt 'Degraded' By Religious Accomodations
When a Muslim man enrolled in Sonja Power's martial arts class, the Halifax teenager had no idea that her hobby of nine years was about to become politicized. Power, then 15, who had been a student at...
View Article'Fifty Shades Of Grey' Movie Back In Vancouver With Dakota Johnson (PHOTOS)
We can breathe easy again, everyone. The "Fifty Shades Of Grey" movie has not, as was previously rumoured, abandoned Vancouver. And while we've found ways to keep ourselves busy in the meantime, we're...
View ArticleSpecial Avalanche Warning Issued For Alberta, B.C.
The Canadian Avalance Centre has issued a special warning for Alberta's backcountry users, asking the public to use extreme caution if heading out to the mountains for winter fun. The warning is in...
View ArticleOil Train Safety Issues Were Known Before Recent Crashes, NBC Investigation...
Several recent deadly and destructive derailments have drawn greater attention to using railroads to ship crude oil, but a new NBC News investigation found that federal regulators have known about the...
View ArticleVictoria School Strike Averted As CUPE Support Workers Reach Deal
VICTORIA - Negotiations are underway to avert a strike that could see picket lines at 51 Victoria-area schools and almost 20,000 students at home missing classes on Monday.School support staff who are...
View ArticleWarren Fertig Trial: Alberta Judge Reserves Sentencing For Former Teacher Who...
RED DEER, Alta. - A former central Alberta teacher who pleaded guilty to raping a student nearly 40 years ago will learn his fate in March.Warren Fertig, who is 73, pleaded guilty in November to one...
View Article2 men charged after victim dies in hospital of head trauma
Two men have been charged with second-degree murder after a man with life-threatening head injuries died in hospital earlier this week. Police responded to a call on Jan. 11 at approximately 11:30 p.m....
View ArticleJacqueline Oler, Lethbridge Caregiver, Sentenced To Jail For Stealing Money...
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A caregiver in southern Alberta has been sentenced to ten months in jail for defrauding a disabled woman out of more than $12,000.Jacqueline Oler of Lethbridge pleaded guilty to one...
View ArticleLiberals' Fundraising Haul Smashed 10-Year Record, Party Says
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are boasting that they broke a bunch of fundraising records in the last three months of 2013 — raising more money than they've ever done before in a single day, in a month and...
View ArticleBurns Lake sawmill probe failure prompts calls for change
Only a day after Premier Christy Clark ordered a review of the handling of the Babine sawmill fire investigation, there are calls for changes to the way WorkSafeBC and other agencies handle such...
View ArticleLaSalle student recovering from broken jaw after school altercation
Montreal police are investigating after an altercation at LaSalle Community Comprehensive High School left a 12-year-old with serious injuries to his face. Kyle Charpentier-McWhirter had to undergo...
View ArticleBlue Rodeo's Jim Cuddy Clarifies Neil Young Comments, Says He Supports Singer...
Blue Rodeo singer Jim Cuddy issued a statement in support of Neil Young today after reports covered an interview he did with Saskatchewan-based Missinipi Broadcasting Corp, a First Nations radio outlet...
View ArticleNun Gives Birth To Baby Boy In Italy
A Salvadorean nun who said she had no idea she was pregnant gave birth in Italy this week after she felt stomach cramps in her convent and was rushed to hospital, Italian media reported on Friday.The...
View ArticleNeil Young Angers Albertans, They Find Novel Tweets To Express Rage (NSFW)
The oilsands debate sparked by Neil Young is reaching a fevered pitch as the aging rocker gets ever closer to Alberta. And from the tone in social media, some Albertans are reaching the boiling point....
View ArticleObama's NSA reforms prompt little reaction from Canada's spy agency
Canadian security officials have offered a muted response to the sweeping reforms U.S. President Barack Obama announced Friday on the way information is collected about American citizens in the name of...
View ArticleDenver Bronco with Toronto roots one win away from Super Bowl
A professional football player with Toronto roots could be headed to the Super Bowl if the Denver Broncos are victorious on Sunday. Orlando Franklin, a 26-year-old offensive tackle, was born in...
View ArticleKabul Suicide Bombing Kills 2 Canadians
OTTAWA - Two Canadians were among 16 people who died in a brutal suicide attack on Friday at a restaurant in the Afghanistan capital of Kabul, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird's office...
View ArticleChild under 5 dies in North Bay; preliminary tests indicate influenza A
NORTH BAY, Ont. - A child under the age of five has died at the North Bay Regional Health Centre and officials say preliminary screening was positive for influenza A.The child had a flu-like...
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