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Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin earns mass start Olympic silver medal
BEIJING - Canadian speedskater Ivanie Blondin won an Olympic silver medal in the women's mass start Saturday in Beijing. The 31-year-old from Ottawa also won gold in the team pursuit with Isabelle Wei...
Feb 19, 2022
Hong Kong reports more than 6,000 new cases in virus surge
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong reported 15 coronavirus deaths and more than 6,000 confirmed cases for a second day in a surge the Chinese territory's leader says its overwhelming hospitals. Also Saturday,...
Feb 19, 2022
Michigan woman turning 100 adds another tattoo
ST. JOSEPH, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan woman soon will celebrate a milestone birthday. How old? Look at her decorative upper arm. Gloria Weberg has "NY NY 1922" tattooed on her left arm, the year and pla...
Feb 19, 2022
Scale up B.C. drug-checking programs to save lives: centre on substance use
VANCOUVER - Checking illicit drugs for deadly toxins is the best option to prevent fatal overdoses without a safer supply, but that service should be expanded to rural and remote communities in Britis...
Feb 19, 2022
Quebec health system unprepared to handle Omicron-fuelled long COVID cases
Montrealer Claudia Hbert says she started to feel extreme fatigue and to get fevers three weeks after returning from Senegal in March 2020, with only a few months left to a complete her Universit de M...
Feb 19, 2022
Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie plans Asia travel before tabling new China strategy
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister says she plans to travel to Asia and elsewhere for some first-hand research before she releases the government's much-anticipated new policy on China. Foreig...
Feb 19, 2022
Ukraine rebels order troop mobilization amid invasion fears
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A separatist leader in eastern Ukraine ordered a full military mobilization amid growing invasion fears. Denis Pushilin, the head of the pro-Russian separatist government in the D...
Feb 18, 2022
Pistons' Cunningham named MVP of All-Star Rising Stars
CLEVELAND (AP) - The No. 1 overall pick came out on top again. Detroit rookie Cade Cunningham, being counted on to bring the Pistons back to relevancy, was named MVP of the NBA's All-Star Rising Stars...
Feb 18, 2022
Auger-Aliassime through to Marseille semifinal one week after first title win
MARSEILLE, France - Flix Auger-Aliassime is through to the semifinals of the Open 13 in Marseille. The Canadian beat Ilya Ivashka in 6-3 and 6-4 in the winning effort. The success comes a week after A...
Feb 18, 2022
IH lays out blueprint for return to full service at health centres in rural communities
KAMLOOPS - After a month of reduced services at several smaller, rural hospitals throughout the region, Interior Health has announced the phased return of services.This includes restarting inpatient s...
Feb 18, 2022
