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NYC orders mandatory vaccines for some amid measles outbreak
NEW YORK - Health officials Tuesday ordered nearly everyone in a heavily Orthodox Jewish New York City neighbourhood to be vaccinated for measles or face fines, reviving a public-health strategy that ...
Apr 11, 2019
NDP MP urges Goodale to get RCMP to investigate coerced sterilizations
OTTAWA - NDP MP Don Davies says Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has to use all "legitimate tools" at his disposal to ensure the RCMP investigates women's allegations of forced...
Apr 11, 2019
While Montreal sleeps, every minute counts for subway maintenance workers
MONTREAL - In the early hours of the morning, when most Montrealers are asleep, below the city's surface subway maintenance workers are in a race against time. Between approximately 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.,...
Apr 11, 2019
'NDN CAR:' Manitoba man fights to keep personalized plate referencing song
WINNIPEG - Bruce Spence is used to driving around Manitoba and seeing people pointing at his personalized NDN CAR licence plate, honking their horns, giving him a thumbs up and bursting out laughing. ...
Apr 11, 2019
Red Deer Public nominates Barrie Wilson teacher for Edwin Parr Award
Randi Cummerford, a grade 3 teacher at cole Barrie Wilson School, is Red Deer Public Schools' 2018 nominee for the Zone 4 ASBA Edwin Parr Teacher Award. Cummerford is a graduate of the Red Deer Colleg...
Apr 11, 2019
Top IMF official warns global economy facing various threats
WASHINGTON - The head of the 189-nation International Monetary Fund said Thursday the world is facing a time of high uncertainty with 70% of the global economy caught in a growth slowdown that could b...
Apr 11, 2019
Right-wing group's brief on immigration shouldn't be played up: Legault
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says a far-right group whose opinions on a government immigration bill were published on the legislature website this week has the right to express ...
Apr 11, 2019
Canadian golfer Corey Conners is talk of the town in Listowel, Ont.
Residents of a small town in Southern Ontario were glued to their televisions on Thursday, rooting for a local hero playing on one of golf's biggest stages. Corey Conners, a 2...
Apr 11, 2019
Ex-Obama WH counsel charged with lying about lobbying work
WASHINGTON - Former Obama administration White House counsel Greg Craig was indicted Thursday on charges of making false statements and concealing information in a Justice Department foreign lobbying ...
Apr 11, 2019
Feds plan to limit uses of 'neonic' pesticides, but outright ban still likely
OTTAWA - Federal scientists are finalizing restrictions on a much-used class of pesticides to try to protect bees. The recommendations could be moot in less than a year, however, if the same agen...
Apr 11, 2019