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Quebec health authority hires Indigenous staff, promises changes after Echaquan death
QUEBEC - The Quebec health authority that runs the hospital where an Indigenous woman was mocked before she died says it is taking concrete steps to ensure Atikamekw people receive better care. Joyce ...
Feb 25, 2021
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021
The latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada (all times eastern):12:45 p.m.Newfoundland and Labrador health officials are reporting 10 new cases of COVID-19.Authorities say all of the ne...
Feb 25, 2021
Former Michigan Gov. Granholm confirmed as energy secretary
WASHINGTON - Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm won Senate confirmation Thursday to be President Joe Biden's energy secretary. The vote was 64-35. Granholm, who served two terms as governor in a s...
Feb 25, 2021
Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar charged
LANSING, Mich. - A former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar was charged Thursday with two dozen crimes, including sexual assault, human trafficking and r...
Feb 25, 2021
Lady Gaga's dog walker shot, French bulldogs stolen in LA
LOS ANGELES - Lady Gaga's dog walker was shot and two of the singer's French bulldogs were stolen in Hollywood during an armed robbery, police said. The dog walker was shot once Wednesday night and is...
Feb 25, 2021
Traffic lights being replaced at four Grande Prairie intersections
The City of Grande Prairie will be installing new traffic signals at four locations over the next two weeks.Crews will be working periodically at two intersections along 100 Street, those being at 124...
Feb 25, 2021
Anticipating 2021 boom, Q4 GDP revised up slightly to 4.1%
WASHINGTON - The economy grew at a 4.1% pace in the final three months of 2020, slightly faster than first estimated, ending a year in which the overall economy, ravaged by a global pandemic, shrank m...
Feb 25, 2021
Diverse group of cities have highest rates of gay households
ORLANDO, Fla. - Once known for singer Anita Bryant's anti-gay rights campaign and a ban on gay and lesbian adoptions, Florida is now home to two metro areas with among the highest concentrations of ga...
Feb 25, 2021
Bujold, Canadian teammates in isolation after camp cut short due to COVID-19 case
Eleven-time national boxing champion Mandy Bujold is in isolation in Kitchener, Ont., after the Canadian team training camp in Montreal was cut short due to a positive COVID-19 case. In a post on her ...
Feb 25, 2021
Desmond Inquiry: psychologist describes former soldier's marital difficulties
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 is hearing today from the first psychologist to treat Lionel Desmond after he was medically...
Feb 25, 2021