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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

Israeli-owned ship docked in Dubai after mysterious blast
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - An Israeli-owned cargo ship that suffered a mysterious explosion in the Gulf of Oman came to Dubai's port for repairs Sunday, days after the blast that revived security c...
Feb 28, 2021

Rooster kills Indian man during banned cockfight
HYDERABAD, India - A man was killed by a rooster with a blade tied to its leg during an illegal cockfight in southern India, police said, bringing focus on a practice that continues in some Indian sta...
Feb 28, 2021

'Not a good idea:' Experts concerned about pope trip to Iraq
VATICAN CITY - Infectious disease experts are expressing concern about Pope Francis' upcoming trip to Iraq, given a sharp rise in coronavirus infections there, a fragile health care system and the una...
Feb 28, 2021