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Vehicle incident closes Trans Canada Highway west of Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE - Updated 8:30 a.m: Drive BC says Highway 1 is now open to single-lane alternating traffic outside of Revelstoke this morning after a vehicle incident.The incident occurred between Three Va...
Feb 28, 2021
Saudi Arabia says it intercepts missile attack over capital
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Saudi Arabia said Saturday it intercepted a missile attack over its capital and bomb-laden drones targeting a southern province, the latest in a series of airborne assaul...
Feb 28, 2021
Let 'er buck: Study suggests horses learn from rodeo experience, grow calmer
CALGARY - Rodeo fans love the thrill of a bronc exploding into the ring, cowboy temporarily aboard. How the horse feels about it hasn't been so clear. Newly published research out of the University of...
Feb 28, 2021
Gummed-up bills in House of Commons: harbinger of a federal election?
OTTAWA - All federal party leaders maintain they don't want an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic but the Conservatives appear to be pursuing a strategy that could give the Liberals justif...
Feb 28, 2021
Inuit midwives say they left after experiencing years of mistreatment
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Cas Augaarjuk Connelly and Rachel Qiliqti Kaludjak never wanted to stop working at a Nunavut birthing centre, but they say years of mistreatment, racism and a lack of support from t...
Feb 28, 2021
Spacewalking astronauts prep station for new solar wings
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year. NASA's K...
Feb 28, 2021
On East Coast, exhausted COVID-19 'long haulers' hope specialized clinics will emerge
HALIFAX - On evenings when Sean Hoskin collapses into bed, heart pounding and mind foggy from his yearlong battle with COVID-19, he wonders when a clinic to treat his symptoms might emerge in Atlantic...
Feb 28, 2021
Pornhub policies reveal legal gaps and lack of enforcement around exploitive videos
OTTAWA - Serena Fleites was in seventh grade when a sexually explicit video of her was uploaded to Pornhub. The fallout from that fateful post - made without her knowledge after a boyfriend demanded s...
Feb 28, 2021
Gummed-up bills in House of Commons: harbinger of a federal election?
OTTAWA - All federal party leaders maintain they don't want an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic but the Conservatives appear to be pursuing a strategy that could give the Liberals justif...
Feb 28, 2021
Hong Kong detains 47 activists on subversion charges
Hong Kong police on Sunday detained 47 pro-democracy activists on charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the city's national security law, in the largest mass charge against the semi-autonom...
Feb 28, 2021
