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B.C. poultry staff told to vaccinate against flu as avian strains spread among birds
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s provincial health officer is urging people living or working on the…
Anchorage adds to record homeless death total as major winter storm drops more than 2 feet of snow
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Four homeless people have died in Anchorage in the last week,…
Texas judge rules against GOP lawsuit seeking to toss 2022 election result in Houston area
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas judge has denied a Republican effort to overturn election results…
SZA leads the 2024 Grammy nominations as women outpace men in the leading categories
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Killing her ex? That’s a bad idea. Writing “Kill Bill” and…
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
TORONTO – Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange:…
Things to know about efforts to block people from crossing state lines for abortion
A federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice this week said that states are…
Local election workers have been under siege since 2020. Now they face fentanyl-laced letters
ATLANTA (AP) — While workers were counting ballots for primary elections in August, the elections…
Stock market today: Wall Street rallies and adds to its strong gains in November
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose sharply to add to an already strong November,…
Fights in bread lines, despair in shelters: War threatens to unravel Gaza’s close-knit society
JERUSALEM (AP) — Fistfights break out in bread lines. Residents wait hours for a gallon…
Kansas City to hire 2 overdose investigators in face of rising fentanyl deaths
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City will hire overdose investigators as part the Missouri…
Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.
JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Behind the barbed wire, the little boy pressed his ink-covered index…
Unifor auto talks: a quiet end to one of the year’s biggest labour clashes
TORONTO – One of Canada’s most highly anticipated set of labour talks in years wrapped…
Sign confidentiality agreements for more details: Holland to provincial dental groups
OTTAWA – Health Canada will consult with provincial dental associations that have complained of being…
Dignitaries attend funeral of ex-Finnish President Ahtisaari, peace broker and Nobel laureate
HELSINKI (AP) — Dignitaries bid farewell to the late Martti Ahtisaari at a ceremony Friday…
COVID-19 waning in BC; hospital admissions, deaths and positive cases down
VANCOUVER – New data suggest that a recent surge in COVID-19 activity in British Columbia…
Active case of tuberculosis detected at University of Victoria
VICTORIA – The University of Victoria says an active case of tuberculosis has been detected…
‘The monsters and opioids had her.’ N.S. minister describes daughter’s addiction
HALIFAX – The scourge that is Canada’s opioid addiction crisis was laid bare in the…
In The News for today: More Canadians added to Gaza exit list
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed tobring you up to…
Wynn joins Caesars and MGM in reaching tentative deal to avoid a strike by Las Vegas hotel workers
LAS VEGAS (AP) — After a marathon week of negotiations, the Las Vegas hotel workers…
As a DJ, village priest in Portugal cues up faith and electronic dance music for global youth
LAÚNDOS, Portugal (AP) — Guilherme Peixoto, a village priest in northern Portugal, has been busy…
Liberals, Tories aim to support NDP private bill on criminalizing coercive control
OTTAWA – New Democrat MP Laurel Collins says she began paying close attention to the…
AP News in Brief at 11:04 p.m. EST
Israel agrees to 4-hour daily pauses in Gaza fighting to allow civilians to flee, White…
Protesters stage sit-in at New York Times headquarters to call for cease-fire in Gaza
NEW YORK (AP) — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators occupied the lobby of The New York Times on…
Nearly half of Democrats disapprove of Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas war, AP-NORC poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly half of Democrats disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling…