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Table tennis player Stephanie Chan wins Canada's first medal at Parapan Am Games
SANTIAGO, Chile - Vancouver table tennis player Stephanie Chan won Canada's first medal at the Parapan American Games on Saturday. Chan, Canada's oldest athlete in Santiago at 66, clinched a bronze me...
Nov 18, 2023
Authorities say they have identified the suspect in the shooting of a hospital security guard
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Authorities say the gunman who was killed after shooting to death a security guard at a New Hampshire psychiatric hospital has been identified. New Hampshire Attorney General John...
Nov 18, 2023
'Forge a new relationship': Indigenous leaders hopeful of new provincial government
WINNIPEG - When Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew took the unconventional move of appointing himself the minister responsible for Indigenous reconciliation, he did so with the intent of strengthening the rel...
Nov 18, 2023
Scientific report urges debate on genetic modification to control insect pests
Scientists are learning to turn the genetics of insect pests against themselves, altering the genome of familiar foes in ways that give farmers and doctors new ways to fight them. The burgeoning field...
Nov 18, 2023
Mobile mammography trailer in Taber later this month
TABER, AB - A mobile mammography service from Alberta Health Services (AHS) is headed to Taber.AHS said the Screen Test program will have the mobile mammography trailer stationed at the Heritage Inn H...
Nov 18, 2023
Day 2 of Halifax International Security Forum to discuss Gaza war, tension with China
HALIFAX - The conflict in the Middle East and tensions between western nations and China are on the agenda today at the Halifax International Security Forum. The former prime minister of Israel, Ehud ...
Nov 18, 2023
Ukrainians fleeing war say there are barriers to starting new life in Canada
OTTAWA - The lunchtime chatter among a small group of employees in the crowded breakroom of a large corporate office in Markham, Ont., is increasingly edged with anxiety. After fleeing the war in Ukra...
Nov 18, 2023
Shifa Hospital patients, staff and displaced leave the compound, Gaza health officials say
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza health officials say many patients, medical staff and the displaced on Saturday left Gaza's largest hospital, which was taken over by Israeli forces earlier in the ...
Nov 18, 2023
B.C. New Democrats gather in Victoria for convention ahead of next year's election
VICTORIA - British Columbia New Democrats gather in Victoria this weekend to debate policy and strategy at the party's convention ahead of next year's provincial election. Premier David Eby will addre...
Nov 18, 2023
Unclear when Canadians still in Gaza Strip can cross into Egypt
Canadians still stuck in the war-torn Gaza Strip continue to wait their chance to cross into Egypt. Saturday's list from the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza contained no Canadians,...
Nov 18, 2023