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Blood donation need doesn't slow down for the holidays
NANAIMO - The need for blood and plasma donations in Canada doesn't end just because it's the holiday season.Across the country over 18,000 blood donation appointments need to be filled by Jan. 4, 202...
Dec 14, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Lifting ban on nursing home staff taking multiple jobs makes sense
REMEMBER WHEN B.C.'s nursing homes were taking the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic?Residents of those facilities were dying by the score. By April of 2020 there were outbreaks in 24 B.C. long-term care...
Dec 14, 2021
Michaud oversees Canada's junior hockey team goalies two decades after he was one
Olivier Michaud's got some stories to tell the three goaltenders on the Canadian junior men's hockey team. Two decades after he tended Canada's goal in the 2002 world under-20 hockey championship in H...
Dec 14, 2021
Fiscal update, Ontario to welcome foreign entrepreneurs : In The News for Dec. 14
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 14, 2021
The rise of electric vehicles quietly powers firms, research in Atlantic Canada
HALIFAX - Pat Ryan's recent advances into the electric-vehicle parts market are quietly fuelling his factory's expansion at an industrial park on the edge of Halifax, far from Canada's automotive hear...
Dec 14, 2021
Bret (Hitman) Hart and Walk of Fame's Class of 2021 feted at gala to air Friday night
Bret Hart's pro wrestling education began at a young age. He was hooked from the start. Wrestling was a constant presence as he grew up in Calgary and set out on a sports entertainment path. It was a ...
Dec 14, 2021
Indigenous people far more likely to die from opioid overdose: experts
VANCOUVER - Stacity Bailie had been awaiting approval to enter a drug rehabilitation program when she died of an overdose on Oct. 22. She hadn't been using illicit opioids for long, said her father, G...
Dec 14, 2021
Liberals ready to release update on federal finances, outlook for Canadian economy
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland plans to release an updated accounting of federal finances today and provide the government's economic outlook for the coming months. The government predict...
Dec 14, 2021
7.3 undersea quake in Indonesia triggers tsunami warning
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - A magnitude 7.3 undersea earthquake struck off Indonesia's Flores Island on Tuesday, and the country's meteorological agency warned that tsunami waves are possible. According...
Dec 13, 2021
Oregon lawmakers pass rental assistance in special session
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Oregon lawmakers on Monday passed additional safety nets to keep housed thousands of people currently struggling to pay rent or facing eviction during the pandemic and also appro...
Dec 13, 2021
