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Cases of whooping cough identified in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB--Alberta Health Services says an outbreak of pertussis (whopping cough) is now present in Medicine Hat.The outbreak was first declared in the South Zone on January 26, 2023. There are...
Apr 27, 2023
Hot spell hikes risks of flooding, avalanches and fire across British Columbia
VANCOUVER - As British Columbia heads into its first warm spell of the year, forecasters are warning the heat could raise avalanche and flood risks, while the danger of wildfires has already nudged up...
Apr 27, 2023
Police say director of Montreal seniors home billed for services that weren't given
MONTREAL - The head of a private seniors residence in Montreal is facing fraud charges after he allegedly billed a regional health authority for resident services that were never provided. Quebec anti...
Apr 27, 2023
Carolyn Bryant Donham, at center of Emmett Till death, dies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of making improper advances before he was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 has died in hospice care in Louisiana, a coroner's...
Apr 27, 2023
Canada's Rebecca Marino loses to Belgium's Elise Mertens at Madrid Open
MADRID - Canada's Rebecca Marino is out of the Madrid Open in the Round of 64 after losing Thursday in straight sets to Elise Mertens of Belgium, 6-3, 6-1. Marino, of Vancouver, had five double faults...
Apr 27, 2023
A new era in Gatineau: Red-hot Olympiques on impressive run heading into QMJHL semis
It was two games into a winning streak in January when Gatineau Olympiques coach and general manager Louis Robitaille leaned in to kiss his daughter, only to have her grumble about his prickly stubble...
Apr 27, 2023
First Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan has departed: Anand
OTTAWA - The first Canadian evacuation flight from Sudan took off Thursday and additional evacuations are planned over the next few days, Defence Minister Anita Anand confirmed as the scramble to help...
Apr 27, 2023
US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration will open migration centers in Guatemala and Colombia for asylum seekers heading to the U.S.-Mexico border, in a bid to slow what's expected to be a surge of...
Apr 27, 2023
Boston Pride's Loren Gabel named MVP of Premier Hockey Federation
BOSTON - Scoring leader Loren Gabel of the Boston Pride has been named both the Premier Hockey Federation's most valuable player and its most outstanding player, the league announced on Thursday. The ...
Apr 27, 2023
Kansas legislators impose sweeping anti-trans bathroom law
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Republican legislators in Kansas enacted possibly the most sweeping transgender bathroom law in the U.S. on Thursday, overriding the Democratic governor's veto of the measure witho...
Apr 27, 2023