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Family doctors call for Canadian prisons, jails to end solitary confinement
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – The group that regulates family doctors in Canada is calling for an…
The Latest: Suspect in bar attack wears jail ‘safety smock’
OLATHE, Kan. – The Latest on a deadly shooting at a Kansas bar that some…
Plan to repeal Obama health law shows GOP governors are torn
WASHINGTON – The nation’s governors don’t want people in their states to lose health coverage…
About 4,000 need housing in Metro Vancouver as homeless camps grow: study
BURNABY, B.C. – A task force says there are more than 70 homeless camps in…
Trump looks to refocus his presidency in address to Congress
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s first address to Congress gives him a welcome opportunity to…
Pressure on GOP to revamp health law grows, along with rifts
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump declared Monday that “Nobody knew that health care could be…
Activist to address immigration, health after Trump speech
LAS VEGAS – An activist who will deliver a Democratic response in Spanish to President…
Fake fashion fuels vast illicit profits, sea of human misery
LONDON – In a warehouse at London’s sprawling Heathrow Airport, a border officer pulls open…
US economy grew at weak 1.9 per cent rate in 4th quarter
WASHINGTON – The U.S. economy grew at an anemic 1.9 per cent rate in the…
What to watch for when Trump makes 1st address to Congress
WASHINGTON – A presidential address to Congress is always part policy speech, part political theatre.…
Murphy Oil fined $172,500 for pipeline spill that went undetected for 45 days
CALGARY – Murphy Oil has been fined $172,500 after the Alberta Energy Regulator concluded the…
Mumps outbreak prompts alert, call to make sure vaccinations up to date
REGINA – A mumps outbreak in Manitoba has reached the highest number of cases in…
The Latest: Ryan downplays divisions over new health law
WASHINGTON – The Latest on Congress (all times local): 3:30 p.m. President Donald Trump is…
Doctors and dietitians tackle rise of nutrition myths in cancer treatment
TORONTO – When Miguel Roger began chemotherapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia last summer, he didn’t…
B.C. auditor general questions government’s surplus calculations
VICTORIA – British Columbia’s auditor general is raising questions about the way the provincial government…
White Helmet rescue worker killed in Syria’s Homs
BEIRUT – The Syrian search-and-rescue group featured in an Oscar-winning documentary announced that one of…
Trump’s budget entails steep cuts for diplomacy, foreign aid
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is proposing a 37 per cent cut to diplomacy and…
Trump orders review of Obama rule protecting small streams
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump has signed an executive order mandating a review of an…
Criticism remains as town gives early OK for Muslim cemetery
DALLAS – An Islamic association has again received permission from a North Texas town to…
AP FACT CHECK: Trump distorts an immigration report
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday night about military cost-savings and corporate job expansion…
Conservatives rebel on health care, Trump backs key elements
WASHINGTON – Republicans confronted a conservative rebellion in their own party Tuesday over their long-promised…
‘With the help of Justin Trudeau’: Canadian PM gets a shout-out in Trump speech
WASHINGTON – The prime minister of Canada received a surprise shout-out during Donald Trump’s first…
Suspects charged with murder in airport nerve agent attack
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Appearing calm and solemn, two young women accused of smearing VX…
Democrats exercise the art of dissent in subtle ways
WASHINGTON – They didn’t heckle. There were no in-your-face pink “pussyhats.” There were just a…