Category Archives: Canadian Press
N.S. recruiting doctors, but vacancies persist: 'We will take as many as we can'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia health officials say they are stepping up efforts to address doctor shortages, touting the province’s quality of life and new healthcare approach to prospective physicians,...
Dec 13, 2017
Baby girl 'critical' after incident in west Toronto; injured woman arrested
TORONTO - A four-month-old baby girl was fighting for her life and an injured woman was under arrest in hospital after a violent altercation at an upscale condo building in Toronto, police said Wednes...
Dec 13, 2017
Research lacking on medical pot, ample evidence of harms: doctors' groups
VANCOUVER - There is little to no research to support the supposed benefits of medical cannabis, and what evidence exists suggests that using marijuana as medicine may do more harm than good, family d...
Dec 13, 2017
Pat DiNizio, lead singer of Smithereens, dead at 62
SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J. - Pat DiNizio, who as lead singer and songwriter for the New Jersey band the Smithereens blended pop, rock and New Wave music for such hits as “Blood and Roses” and ...
Dec 13, 2017
'Nobody saved us': Man describes childhood in abusive 'cult'
SPINDALE, N.C. - Jamey Anderson vividly recalls being a skinny kid trembling on the floor of a dank, windowless storage room, waiting in terror for the next adult to open the door. He was bruised and ...
Dec 13, 2017
Addiction, mental illness complicate help for the homeless
EVERETT, Wash. - This is the lesson that the working-class city of Everett has learned: It takes a community to rescue the hardcore homeless. It takes teams of outreach workers - building relationship...
Dec 13, 2017
Gillibrand got a fight she wants after Trump's fiery tweet
WASHINGTON - Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand got a fight she wants after President Donald Trump lashed out at the New York Democrat in a provocative tweet that claimed she’d begged him for campaign cont...
Dec 13, 2017
Abbas says UN should replace US as Mideast mediator
ISTANBUL - Breaking with years of courting the U.S., Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Wednesday for the United Nations to replace Washington as a Mideast mediator and suggested he might not ...
Dec 13, 2017
Under Putin, Russia increases clout in the Middle East
MOSCOW - When Russia launched a military campaign in Syria two years ago, President Vladimir Putin sought to save his ally from imminent collapse and break Russia’s international isolation over ...
Dec 13, 2017
Strong reactions to upcoming white nationalist college stop
CINCINNATI - The decision to allow white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at the University of Cincinnati is generating strong reactions from the school community. The university announced in Octo...
Dec 13, 2017