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Crafty! Beer-testing lab helps students learn chemistry
PORTLAND, Maine – A Maine professor is hoping to brew interest in her chemistry class…
Nova Scotia’s review of jail deaths is ‘ad hoc’, in need of reform:minister
HALIFAX – Nova Scotia’s health minister says the lack of health information included in a…
New ground: NWT town’s unique self-government seen as model
DELINE, N.W.T. – A tiny northern community is preparing to break ground in aboriginal self-government…
Gov sees flooded subdivision, city saved by sandbag wall
LAKE ARTHUR, La. – Gov. John Bel Edwards flew across south Louisiana Thursday, surveying flood…
The Thursday news briefing: An at-a-glance survey of some top stories
Highlights from the news file for Thursday, Aug. 25 ___ THREE DEAD IN CROSSBOW INCIDENT:…
The Latest: State probing unclean tools at medical centre
DETROIT – The Latest on problems with unclean surgical tools at Detroit Medical Center (all…
US, Turkey at an impasse over extraditing Muslim cleric
WASHINGTON – Turkey says the United States is legally bound by a treaty to immediately…
4 malnourished Hawaiian monk seals taken to hospital
HONOLULU – Four malnourished Hawaiian monk seals have been taken from remote atolls to a…
Senegal clamps down on Quranic schools that exploit children
DAKAR, Senegal – Twelve-year-old Boubacar was picked up from the streets of Senegal’s capital at…
Five stories in the news today, Aug. 26
Five stories in the news today from The Canadian Press ——— LIBERALS TO COMMIT PEACEKEEPING…
Official: Striking miners kill deputy minister in Bolivia
LA PAZ, Bolivia – Striking informal miners in Bolivia kidnapped and beat to death the…
Indonesia steps up fire response as haze blankets Singapore
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Six Indonesian provinces have declared states of emergency as forest fires blanketed…
Crystal ball-like web tool could help patients with lung disease: B.C. doctor
VANCOUVER – Millions of people who feel like they’re suffocating from the symptoms of a…
Most of remaining Fort McMurray evacuees allowed to go home Wednesday
EDMONTON – Some of the last evacuees from the Fort McMurray wildfire are being allowed…
Canadians with allergies not subject to same EpiPen price hike as U.S. consumers
TORONTO – The skyrocketing price for the rescue medication carried by people at risk for…
Man from Italy dies on Air France flight before it lands in Labrador: police
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. – Police say a man from Italy died on board an…
Pokemon doughnuts, exercise classes tap game’s popularity.
NEW YORK – Weeks into the “Pokemon Go” craze, demand remains strong for “Poke Ball”-shaped…
Candidates capitalize on the ever-powerful ‘religious vote’
ATLANTA – Republican Donald Trump has told conservative evangelical pastors in Florida that his presidency…
Ebola survivor to nurse students: Be the best of the best
ATLANTA – An American woman treated for the Ebola virus at Emory University Hospital said…
Ultra-marathon runner reunited with missing stray dog
LONDON – An ultra-marathon runner has been reunited with the stray dog that accompanied him…
Governor’s order seeks to make Minnesota more bee-friendly
MINNEAPOLIS – Gov. Mark Dayton sought Friday to extend a little Minnesota nice to the…
Congressmen: FBI, VA must probe vet’s death outside hospital
NEW YORK – Two congressmen want federal authorities to investigate why a former Navy gunner…
Nearly a year after election defeat, Stephen Harper gives up Commons seat
OTTAWA – It’s been months since Stephen Harper packed up his Parliament Hill office, but…
Ontario man undergoing treatment after bite from rabid cat
HALDIMAND COUNTY, Ont. – Health officials say an Ontario man is undergoing treatment after being…