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Study urges hospitals to reduce paper documents to protect patient privacy
TORONTO - Hospitals should step up their efforts to protect patient privacy by trying to generate less paper and ensure confidential files are shredded rather than recycled, a new study suggested Tues...
Mar 20, 2018
Senators push for better security for 2018 election season
WASHINGTON - Government efforts to protect state and local elections from Russian cyberattacks in 2016 didn’t go far enough, leaders of the Senate intelligence committee said Tuesday as the pane...
Mar 20, 2018
Russian diplomats arrive home from Britain after spy attack
MOSCOW - Nearly two dozen Russian diplomats expelled by Britain over the poisoning of an ex-spy arrived home Tuesday, while a scientist involved in the creation of the nerve agent said it could be man...
Mar 20, 2018
Needs go unmet 6 months after Maria hit Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Generators are still humming. Candles are still flickering. Homes are still being repaired. Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Maria exactly six months ago, and the U.S. territor...
Mar 20, 2018
In Egypt election, el-Sissi imposes stability over democracy
CAIRO - The sole candidate running against Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has had two showcase campaign rallies in downtown Cairo. The first was a disaster. No one showed up except a few cam...
Mar 20, 2018
Corrections exec ignored concerns of director's abusive behaviour: Watchdog
OTTAWA - A senior Correctional Service of Canada official is being called out by the federal public service watchdog for “gross mismanagement” over his handling of concerns over repeated a...
Mar 20, 2018
Toronto woman, 27, slain in murder-suicide: police
TORONTO - A 27-year-old Toronto woman is the victim of what police are describing as a murder-suicide in the city. Police say they were called to a condo building in the north end of the city on March...
Mar 20, 2018
Sentencing for N.S. sailboat captain caught smuggling cocaine delayed again
HALIFAX - The sentencing hearing for a sailboat captain caught smuggling 250 kilograms of cocaine from the Caribbean to a Nova Scotia boatyard has been delayed yet again. Jacques John Grenier, facing ...
Mar 20, 2018
Stolen dogs found unharmed near Rimbey
RIMBEY- Two old English bulldogs named Rocky and Jersey who were in a pickup that was stolen last week have been reunited with their owners after being found in central Alberta. Jersey, a brown three-...
Mar 20, 2018
Vatican plants 10 chapels for Venice Architecture Biennale
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican is planting 10 chapels in the woods of one of Venice’s lagoon islands for its first-ever contribution to the Venice Architecture Biennale. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, ...
Mar 20, 2018