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Report calls for standardized security at hospitals and medical facilities
A report into security at hospitals and medical facilities in Saskatchewan is calling for standardized safety measures across the province. A consultant review of current hospital security measures ma...
Feb 06, 2019
Milwaukee officer killed serving warrant; suspect arrested
MILWAUKEE - A 17-year police veteran was shot and killed as he served a warrant on Milwaukee's south side Wednesday, becoming the city's third officer to be killed in the line of duty in eight months,...
Feb 06, 2019
Paul Dewar, former NDP foreign-affairs critic, dies of cancer
OTTAWA - Paul Dewar, a teacher and union leader from Ottawa who became the New Democratic Party's foreign-affairs critic, died Wednesday after contending with brain cancer for a year. Despite struggli...
Feb 06, 2019
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques' helped repair leaky space toilet: NASA
MONTREAL - NASA says Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques' duties aboard the International Space Station recently included fixing a leaking space toilet. The space agency sa...
Feb 06, 2019
Some workers still unpaid after shutdown, dread what's next
Nearly two weeks after the end of the longest government shutdown in U.S history, many federal workers still have not received their back pay or have only gotten a fraction of what they are owed as go...
Feb 06, 2019
Montreal in running to receive United Nations administrative office
Montreal has been chosen as one of four cities to host United Nations service offices under a proposal that would see the international body spread administrative operations around the globe. Ste...
Feb 06, 2019
Gas line explosion in San Francisco sets buildings on fire
SAN FRANCISCO - A gas explosion in a San Francisco neighbourhood shot flames high into the air Wednesday and was burning four buildings as utility crews scrambled to shut off the flow of gas. Construc...
Feb 06, 2019
Infrastructure bill faces many potholes in months ahead
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump pronounced himself eager to work with Congress on a plan to rebuild America's crumbling roads and bridges, but offered no specifics during his State of the Union sp...
Feb 06, 2019
Politics prevail in rush to supply Venezuela much-needed aid
CUCUTA, Colombia - For Anahis Alvarado, whose battle with kidney failure has become more desperate as Venezuela sinks deeper into crisis, the prospect of bringing in emergency medical and food supplie...
Feb 06, 2019
Fournier Beaudry excited to make debut for home country at Four Continents
Seconds before they stepped onto the ice at the recent Canadian figure skating championships, Nikolaj Sorensen turned to Laurence Fournier Beaudry and said: "Welcome home, baby." After five seasons of...
Feb 06, 2019