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RFK Jr.'s war on mRNA vaccines breeds distrust, threatens Canada's access to development: experts
TORONTO - Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s defunding of mRNA vaccine development projects will have negative health effects in Canada and around the world. University of Sas...
Aug 08, 2025
Year-over-year unemployment rate rises to 5.2% in Prince George
PRINCE GEORGE - Statistics Canada has released July's job numbers. In Prince George, the three month average unemployment rate ending in July was 5.2 per cent, up from 4.4 per cent a year ago. A total...
Aug 08, 2025
One hurt in series of pellet gun attacks targeting pedestrians in Abbotsford, B.C.
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are investigating a series of pellet or airsoft gun attacks targeting pedestrians on public roads. Investigators say the attacks happened on Wednesday between ...
Aug 08, 2025
Canada's Mboko rockets 61 spots to No. 24 in world rankings after NBO Montreal title
Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko has rocketed 61 spots to a career-best No. 24 in the world rankings after winning her first career WTA Tour title at the National Bank Open. The 18-year-old from Toron...
Aug 08, 2025
Justice Department subpoenas New York AG James as it investigates whether she violated Trump rights
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department has subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James as it investigates whether she violated Trump's civil rights. That's according to people familiar with t...
Aug 08, 2025
Conservative campaign manager Jenni Byrne says she won't run the next campaign
OTTAWA - The Conservative party will have a new campaign manager in the next federal election, now that Jenni Byrne says she's stepping back from the role she held this spring. Byrne, who remains a ke...
Aug 08, 2025
Appeals court tosses judge's contempt finding against Trump administration in prison deportations
WASHINGTON (AP) - An appeals court on Friday tossed out a judge's contempt finding against the Trump administration in a case over deportations to an El Salvador prison. The decision from a divided th...
Aug 08, 2025
Montreal mother charged in abandonment case to continue psychiatric evaluation
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - The 34-year-old Montreal mother charged with allegedly abandoning her daughter in a field near a major Ontario highway will continue to undergo a psychiatric assessment. A Q...
Aug 08, 2025
Accommodations scarce for wildfire evacuees in eastern Newfoundland
ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it is facing challenges finding accommodations for people displaced by wildfires on the east side of the province. The government issued a st...
Aug 08, 2025
Baklava pastries containing pistachios recalled due to salmonella
TORONTO - Baklava pastries containing pistachios are being recalled over salmonella concerns. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall notice for some Andalos brand pastries distributed in ...
Aug 08, 2025