RUNNING ON FUMES: Lack of staff nearly closes Brandon maternity ward
Concerns about staffing levels at the maternity ward in Brandon were also raised by a nurse in the fall, as a post on the Manitoba Nurses Union Facebook page on Nov. 7, from a nurse who said they ...
Starting this year, income assistance in N.S. to be tied to consumer price index
The 3.1 per cent boost instituted this month is on top of a 2.5 per cent increase to income assistance rates that came into ...
FACTS MATTER: Liberal campaign ad fails to tell the whole truth
It is true that Polievre would scrap the current Liberal housing program, despite some of his MPs wishing to see it remain.
One killed in single vehicle roll over north of Thompson
At 7 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, Thompson Rural RCMP received a report of a possible single vehicle collision on Highway 280, ...
New Mexico States parts with AD Moccia in wake of report on sex-abuse in hoops program
The assault allegations forced New Mexico State to shut down its 2022-23 season. In 2023, the school paid out $8 million to settle a lawsuit brought by two of the victims, former players Deuce ...
An orca that carried her dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again
In 2018, researchers observed J35 pushing her dead calf along for 17 days, propping it up for more than 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers). The calf had died shortly after it was born, and the mother and ...
'That's why we don't talk about it': Jets hush-hush on chance to make hay
Shhhhh — don’t tell anyone, but the Winnipeg Jets play their next eight games at home. Talk about a real chance to make some hay while the sun shines for one of the best home teams in hockey, already ...
California begins 2025 with solid start to winter snowpack, but more storms are needed
PHILLIPS STATION, Calif. (AP) — California is beginning 2025 with a solid start to the winter snowpack, officials said Thursday, but they cautioned that more storms are needed to keep the state’s ...
Turo-rented cars were involved in 2 deadly incidents this New Year's. Here's what we know
NEW YORK (AP) — Two deadly incidents on New Year’s Day — an attack being investigated as an act of terrorism in New Orleans and an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck in Las Vegas — both involved vehicles ...
Bowl action? There was plenty, and the best came far away from the spotlight of the college playoffs
Nothing these days says “big” in sports better than Snoop Dogg himself. This year, the rapper-commentator-celebrity put his name on the Arizona Bowl, and also offered all the Colorado State and Miami ...
A small caravan of migrants sets out from southern Mexico but is unlikely to reach the US
A new caravan of migrants began walking from southern Mexico on Thursday toward the U.S. border, starting out from the city of Tapachula near the border with Guatemala. The majority of the migrants ...
Rosita Missoni, matriarch of Italian fashion house that made zigzag knitwear iconic, dies aged 93
ROME (AP) — Rosita Missoni, the matriarch of the iconic Italian fashion house that made colorful zigzag-patterned knitwear high fashion and helped launch Italian ready-to-wear, died Thursday, a ...