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B.C. court dismisses hospice society's appeal in medically-assisted dying dispute
VANCOUVER - A hospice society in Delta, B.C., has lost another court attempt to reject membership based on their apparent views around medical assistance in dying. The B.C. Court of Appeal dismi...
Nov 13, 2020
Breakthrough for women: Miami Marlins hire Kim Ng as GM
MIAMI - Kim Ng started her Major League Baseball career as an intern, and three decades later she's still on the rise while shattering ceilings. Ng became the majors' highest-ranking woman in baseball...
Nov 13, 2020
PM warns premiers that feds don't have 'infinite' resources to assist COVID-19 fight
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning that the federal government could face "impossible decisions" if provinces don't take tougher action to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19. As several ...
Nov 13, 2020
Deputy chief of public health says challenges remain for Raptors to play at home
Canada's deputy chief of public health says the Toronto Raptors have presented a good plan to play at home this coming NBA season, but concerns remain over enforcing strict health protocols and travel...
Nov 13, 2020
Major police operation underway in Montreal's Mile End neighbourhood
MONTREAL - A major police operation was underway Friday in a neighbourhood north of downtown Montreal, near the offices of video-game maker Ubisoft. Police officers holding firearms could be seen out ...
Nov 13, 2020
Drayton Valley RCMP Report: November 5 - November 12
November 59:28 am - Brazeau County - Hwy 621 - Complainant reporting theft of copper wire from lease site overnight. 9:35 am - Brazeau County - Complainant reporting theft of copper wire from lease si...
Nov 13, 2020
2 workers dead, 1 person missing in veterans hospital blast
WEST HAVEN, Conn. - An apparent steam pipe explosion Friday in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed a VA employee and a contractor and left a third person missin...
Nov 13, 2020
N.L. report promotes alternative paths to justice for sexual assault survivors
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A new report from a women's group in St. John's says despite years of reforms, the Canadian justice system is failing sexual assault victims. It calls on advocates to put more resou...
Nov 13, 2020
Red Deer Public Schools opts out of Provincial Achievement Tests
After much discussion with Senior Administration, the Board of Trustees for Red Deer Public Schools have decided to opt out of Provincial Achievement Tests for the 2020/2021 school year as a result of...
Nov 13, 2020
Five more COVID-19 cases at Lindsay Thurber
Five more cases of COVID-19 have been identified among individuals at Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School. "To be clear, in the past week we have been made aware of nine individuals from our sch...
Nov 13, 2020