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Nature Conservancy says some spooky species get unfair bad rap at Halloween time
FREDERICTON - Halloween weekend is traditionally rife with images of bats, owls, spiders and other animals that spark fear in many. But one national wildlife organization is urging Halloween celebrant...
Oct 30, 2021
Decorations get super-sized for second pandemic-era Halloween
An unfamiliar noise hums in the late-October air on evening strolls through some Canadian neighbourhoods.It's not the whooshing of witches on brooms overhead, the howling of werewolves or the lament o...
Oct 30, 2021
Heartless! Artists says NYC tribute removed in permit snafu
NEW YORK (AP) - Have a heart, New York! A giant red heart sculpture installed this week in Central Park as a tribute to health care workers and COVID-19 victims has been taken down - an apparent casua...
Oct 30, 2021
Bears coach Matt Nagy to miss 49ers game because of COVID-19
LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) - Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy will miss Sunday's game against San Francisco because of the NFL's COVID-19 protocol. The team announced Saturday that special teams coordinator ...
Oct 30, 2021
Facts about Manitoba Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Heather Stefanson
WINNIPEG - Heather Stefanson is a veteran member of the Manitoba legislature and has been a cabinet minister for five years. She is one of two candidates for the Progressive Conservative party leaders...
Oct 30, 2021
Decorations get super-sized for second pandemic-era Halloween
An unfamiliar noise hums in the late-October air on evening strolls through some Canadian neighbourhoods. It's not the whooshing of witches on brooms overhead, the howling of werewolves or the lament ...
Oct 30, 2021
Manitoba's governing Tories pick new leader during controversy over ballots
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives are to choose a new party leader today who will become the province's next premier. Party members are deciding between former health minister ...
Oct 30, 2021
Sudan security forces shoot dead 2 protesters, doctors say
CAIRO (AP) - The Sudan Doctors Committee, a professional union, says security forces have shot dead two people during a mass protest against the country's recent military coup. Saturday's fatal shooti...
Oct 30, 2021
'We can hardly keep up': Education key to combat human trafficking, experts say
VANCOUVER - More education in human trafficking is needed across Canada to combat the growing issue, which has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say. Julie Jones, a former police detec...
Oct 30, 2021
Trudeau expected to add more doses to Canada's vaccine donations at the G20 today
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce added donations of vaccines today for developing countries at the G20 meeting in Rome. COVID-19 and climate change will dominate most dis...
Oct 30, 2021