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Powerful Webb space telescope featuring Canadian instruments set for Dec. 18 launch
MONTREAL - In just over a month, the world's largest, most advanced telescope will be launched into orbit from a spaceport in South America, and among those eagerly watching will be Montreal physics p...
Nov 16, 2021
Canadian Blood Services to soon recommend end to ban on gay men donating blood
OTTAWA - An end to the ban on gay and bisexual men from donating blood - promised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2015 - is set to be recommended within weeks in favour of new screening criteria b...
Nov 16, 2021
Judge: Kobe Bryant's widow must turn over therapy records
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge has ruled that Kobe Bryant's widow must turn over her therapy records to Los Angeles County in her lawsuit claiming she suffered emotional distress after first responders to...
Nov 15, 2021
McCollum scores 29 as Trail Blazers beat Raptors 118-113
PORTLAND, Ore. - CJ McCollum had 29 points and Damian Lillard added 24 to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 118-113 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. The Blazers, who were playing t...
Nov 15, 2021
Judge: Kobe Bryant's widow must turn over therapy records
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge has ruled that Kobe Bryant's widow must turn over her therapy records to Los Angeles County in her lawsuit claiming she suffered emotional distress after first responders to...
Nov 15, 2021
Jarome Iginla leads pandemic class into Hockey Hall of Fame
TORONTO - The Hockey Hall of Fame's pandemic class finally got its moment in the spotlight. And while the delay was longer than anyone wanted or expected, the wait was well worth it for 2020's six ind...
Nov 15, 2021
B.C. public safety minister condemns blockade at Coastal GasLink pipeline site
VICTORIA - British Columbia's public safety minister has condemned a blockade set up along a forestry road used by construction workers for the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline. Mike Farnworth say...
Nov 15, 2021
Brookmere evacuated; Lytton, Spences Bridge and other TNRD areas on evacuation alert
MERRITT, B.C. - Some properties in the Beautiful Nicola Valley - South electoral area, including Brookmere, are on evacuation order as part of the Thompson Nicola Regional District's (TNRD) local stat...
Nov 15, 2021
Icy roads expected in the Interior after flooding caused by B.C.'s 'atmospheric river event'
MERRITT, B.C. - Southern British Columbia continues to experience a "significant atmospheric river event" - which has been a big contributor to the Coldwater River Flood in Merritt.The atmospheric sys...
Nov 15, 2021
Biden and Xi meet virtually as U.S.-China chasm widens
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden opened his virtual meeting with China's Xi Jinping on Monday by saying his goal is to ensure competition "does not veer into conflict." The two leaders are meetin...
Nov 15, 2021
