State of emergency declared in Louisiana over flooding
Heavy downpours pounded parts of the central U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday, forcing the rescue of dozens of people stranded in homes by waist-high water and leaving one man dead.
World
Aug 12, 2016
B.C. politicians will skip fall session
British Columbia's budget bottom line has been refined as revenues improve, but expenses go even higher in the government's latest quarterly report.
Sep 10, 2013
University of Lethbridge website aims to reconnect Blackfoot items with Blackfoot people
The University of Lethbridge launched a new website that aims to connect Blackfoot people to historical Blackfoot items located in Europe by harnessing the power of technology.
Canada
Nov 18, 2021
US is marking 50th anniversary of surgeon general report that turned the tide against smoking
Fifty years ago, ashtrays seemed to be on every table and desk. Athletes and even Fred Flintstone endorsed cigarettes in TV commercials. Smoke hung in the air in restaurants, offices and airplane cabins.
Health
Jan 7, 2014
UPDATE: E. coli cases linked to recalled Gouda cheese spread east of Alberta
The Public Health Agency of Canada is now investigating 21 cases of E. coli: nine in British Columbia, nine in Alberta and one each in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec.
Consumer
Sep 23, 2013
UPDATE: E. coli warning issued over Gouda cheese from Salmon Arm; Health Canada investigates 11 cases
The BC Centre for Disease Control is issuing an E. coli warning after several people became sick from eating gouda cheese from Salmon Arm.
Canada
Sep 22, 2013
Halifax Regional Municipality 2020 municipal election profile
Here is the complete list of candidates running in for election in the Halifax Regional Municipality on Oct. 17.
Politics
Oct 14, 2020
Wall Street protesters take park cleanup on themselves to circumvent any chance of eviction
Wall Street protesters scrubbed, mopped and picked up garbage at the corporate-owned park they have been occupying in an attempt to stave off a scheduled cleanup Friday that demonstrators suspect is a pretext to evict them.
Oct 14, 2011