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Flu shot lowers risk of rare side-effect in most seasons for most people
TORONTO – In most flu seasons, getting a flu shot will actually lower most people's risk of developing a rare neurological condition that has been linked to the vaccine, a new study suggests.
App provides real-time reports to increase safety in mountains: Avalanche Canada
KAMLOOPS – A group that promotes avalanche safety says a new smartphone app provides backcountry users with important real-time information.
Lytton social worker tells court he didn’t shave former client’s body hair
KAMLOOPS – A social worker accused of shaving a former client’s body hair while he slept, threatening him and then holding him against his will has denied the allegations in B.C. Supreme Court.
Banks bracing for possibility oil prices will remain low for prolonged time
TORONTO – Canadian banks are taking a hard look at their energy and consumer loans as they brace for the possibility of a prolonged period of depressed oil prices.
Suncor cutting 1,000 jobs, taking $1 billion out of 2015 budget amid oil rout
CALGARY – Suncor Energy Inc. (TSX:SU), known for its huge presence in Alberta's oilsands, is reducing its workforce by 1,000 and cutting $1 billion from its capital budget as the company grapples with plummeting crude prices.
Police inspector in Abbotsford, B.C., to donate kidney to fellow officer
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - Forget about a million-dollar jackpot. A British Columbia police detective says he's won the lottery on life after one of his supervisors volunteered to give him a kidney. Det. Roy McBeth of the Abbotsford Police Department is gearing up for transplant surgery on Wednesday alongside his coworker and organ donor Insp. Kevin...
Paris attackers enslaved by ‘deviant forms of religion,’ says Pope
VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Monday denounced the religious fundamentalism that inspired the Paris massacres and ongoing Mideast conflicts, saying the attackers were enslaved by "deviant forms of religion" that used God as a mere ideological pretext to perpetuate mass killings. In his annual foreign policy address to Vatican-based ambassadors, Francis called for a...
1,500 copies of latest Charlie Hebdo issue available in Canada on Friday
TORONTO – The Canadian distributor for the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo says 1,500 copies of the latest issue — which features a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad on the cover — will be available in different parts of the country Friday.
‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’ leads Razzies ‘worst-of’ list with 7 nominations
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – "Transformers: Age of Extinction" is rolling out with the most nominations at this year's Golden Raspberry Awards.
Prentice pans talk of Alberta recession; calls the suggestion an ‘outlier’
CALGARY – Premier Jim Prentice is scoffing at a suggestion by the Conference Board of Canada that Alberta is likely to face a recession as crude prices continue to plunge.
B.C. auditor general says prisons crowded, unsafe and hardly stop repeat crime
VICTORIA – British Columbia's prisons are overcrowded, tension-filled facilities that do little to prevent inmates from returning to crime when released.
First Nations file court challenge against B.C. government over Northern Gateway
VANCOUVER – Two First Nations have launched a court challenge against the B.C. government, saying the province shirked its responsibility by failing to make a decision on the Northern Gateway project.
Terminally ill Detroit-area teen gets wish fulfilled with Eminem visit, dies the following day
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. – A terminally ill Detroit-area teenager who was surprised by a visit from rapper Eminem has died.
Women make up majority of Canadians with Alzheimer’s; most caregivers also female
TORONTO – In the new film "Still Alice," Julianne Moore plays a linguistics professor in the prime of her professional and personal life who is diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease after she begins forgetting words, misplacing items around the house and getting lost while out jogging.
Three ice climbers found dead north of Whistler, B.C., near Vancouver: police
PEMBERTON, B.C. – Three ice climbers have been found dead near Whistler, B.C., north of Vancouver.