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A family and a festival: How Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu Day tragedy unfolded
VANCOUVER — In January last year, Cirque du Soleil usher Alexander Lo made his final…
Trump administration asks judge to toss suit restricting access to abortion medication
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has asked a judge to toss out a lawsuit…
Trump administration says Harvard will receive no new grants until it meets White House demands
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University will receive no new federal grants until it meets a…
Manitoba warns of new measles exposure sites south of Winnipeg
WINKLER — Public health officials in Manitoba are warning of new measles exposure sites in…
20 attorneys general ask federal judge to reverse deep cuts to US Health and Human Services
Attorneys general in 19 states and Washington, D.C., are challenging cuts to the U.S. Health…
Pope Francis donated a popemobile to serve as a mobile health unit for Gaza children
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Before he died, Pope Francis donated one of his popemobiles to…
Democratic senators press Trump administration on how it will protect endangered species
Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a…
Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro leaves hospital after recovering from bowel surgery
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro was discharged from the hospital Sunday three…
Here’s what the Liberals promised for health care. But can they deliver?
TORONTO — Until U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty came along,…
Hunger and malnutrition are rising across Gaza as Israel’s blockade leaves mothers with few options
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The little boy is in tears and, understandably, irritable.…
Q & A: Black Lives Matter Canada co-founder Sandy Hudson on her new book, ‘Defund’
TORONTO — Sandy Hudson’s new book on police abolition comes just ahead of the five-year…
Chilean woman with muscular dystrophy becomes face of euthanasia debate as bill stalls in Senate
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — As a child, Susana Moreira didn’t have the same energy as…
Vancouver festival attack suspect to appear in court on Friday
VANCOUVER — The suspect in the street festival attack that killed 11 people in Vancouver…
‘He stole our innocent child’: Quebec daycare crash families relate heavy toll
LAVAL — The mother of a four-year-old boy killed when a city bus plowed into…
The US has more than 900 measles cases and 10 states have outbreaks. Here’s what to know
One-fifth of states have active measles outbreaks as confirmed cases nationwide keep ticking up, according…
Altar acupuncture: A Minneapolis church brings well-being sessions to its migrant ministry
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right after Sunday worship at St. Paul’s-San Pablo Lutheran Church, Juan Carlos…
King Charles III says his cancer journey brought the best of humanity into focus
LONDON (AP) — King Charles III described Wednesday how a cancer diagnosis can be a…
Collective trauma after festival attack could ripple for months, experts say
VANCOUVER — Communal grief following the ramming attack at a Filipino festival in Vancouver that…
Surgeries cancelled at one of Quebec’s largest hospitals after violent storm
MONTREAL — One of Quebec’s largest hospitals cancelled surgeries on Wednesday after it lost power…
Filipino nurses shaken by Vancouver festival attack say tragedy ‘will not define us’
Filipino-Canadian nurse Glesy Banton-Victoria says she had planned to attend the Lapu Lapu Day street…
Snakes have bitten this man hundreds of times. His blood could help make a better treatment
NEW YORK (AP) — Tim Friede has been bitten by snakes hundreds of times —…
Nigerian teenager sets world painting record with canvas that’s bigger than a soccer field
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A 15-year-old Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the…
List of child welfare research grants marked for termination in mistaken HHS email
An employee of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent an email Wednesday…
Email mistake reveals secret plans to end research on Head Start and other child safety net programs
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Trump administration could gut research on the effectiveness of…