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Flu cases starting to surge, with kids and teens especially vulnerable: doctors
TORONTO - Cases of influenza are continuing to ramp up across the country, with kids and teens bearing much of the brunt of the dreaded winter bug, say infectious diseases exp...
Jan 09, 2019
Vice Media makes last-ditch attempt to keep reporter's materials from RCMP
TORONTO - A high profile RCMP demand for a journalist's background materials related to interviews with a suspected terrorist should be set aside even though Canada's top court recently upheld the pol...
Jan 09, 2019
Newfoundland town asks for help as stranded seals block roads, cry out
RODDICKTON, N.L. - A Newfoundland mayor said dozens of stranded seals are causing havoc in her town, and she's calling on federal Fisheries officials to remove them. Roddickton Mayor Sh...
Jan 09, 2019
Some undocumented U.S. migrants approved for temporary Canadian visas
OTTAWA - Elidee Sanchez says her nightmares about her harrowing journey crossing the Mexico-U.S. border finally came to an end the day she arrived - legally - in Canada. After spending 17 years l...
Jan 09, 2019
Singh gets his chance for a seat as Trudeau calls three Feb. 25 byelections
OTTAWA - The relevance of the NDP in an election year will be put to the test next month in federal byelections called Wednesday by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Trudeau set Feb. 25 as...
Jan 09, 2019
Remorse will resonate in sentencing of driver in Broncos crash: legal expert
A legal expert says she would be astounded if a judge handed the maximum sentence to a semi-truck driver who has pleaded guilty to all 29 charges stemming from a devastating collision with a bus ...
Jan 09, 2019
Fifteen military suicides reported in 2018 despite new prevention strategy
OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan has promised to redouble efforts to prevent suicide in the Canadian Forces after new figures showed more than a dozen members of the military took their own liv...
Jan 09, 2019
New program for Canadian thalidomide survivors aims to help with costs of aging
OTTAWA - Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says the federal government is launching a new financial program in the spring for Canadians harmed by a now-banned pregnancy drug. The Canadian Thalid...
Jan 09, 2019
In the news today, Jan. 9
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Jan. 9 --- FULL SENTENCE UNLIKELY FOR BRONCOS CRASH DRIVER: EXPERT A legal expert says she doubts the truck driver who pleaded guilty for his role in the H...
Jan 09, 2019
Trump, Democrats trade prime-time blows over border-wall standoff, shutdown
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump took his case for a wall along the southern U.S. border directly to the American people Tuesday, using the first televised Oval Office address of his presidenc...
Jan 09, 2019
