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Homicide team investigates suspicious death at B.C. nursing home

Homicide team investigates suspicious death at B.C. nursing home

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case of a suspicious death at an Abbotsford, B.C., residential care home earlier this month.
With AI plan, Trump keeps chipping away at a foundational environmental law

With AI plan, Trump keeps chipping away at a foundational environmental law

When President Donald Trump rolled out a plan to boost artificial intelligence and data centers, a key goal was wiping away barriers to rapid growth.
Palestinian death toll in Israel-Hamas war passes 60,000, Gaza Health Ministry says

Palestinian death toll in Israel-Hamas war passes 60,000, Gaza Health Ministry says

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — More than 60,000 Palestinians have been killed during the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Tuesday.
Photo Gallery: Gull released in B.C. after rehabilitation

Photo Gallery: Gull released in B.C. after rehabilitation

A gull that was skewered with a discarded wooden barbecue stick that generated a flurry of phone calls to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC has been released after rehabilitation.
Ontario launching $260-million round of funding for skills development

Ontario launching $260-million round of funding for skills development

TORONTO — Ontario has opened up applications for a $260-million round of funding to train workers.
To stay sharper while aging, get active, challenge your brain, and eat healthy

To stay sharper while aging, get active, challenge your brain, and eat healthy

WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s official: Older Americans worried about cognitive decline can stay sharper for longer by exercising both their bodies and their brains and eating healthier. That’s according to initial results released Monday from a rigorous U.
Let kids create their own garden, and other tips for instilling a love for growing things

Let kids create their own garden, and other tips for instilling a love for growing things

When I was a kid, my friends and I spent long summer days outdoors, picking daisies, observing roly-poly (also known as pill) bugs, holding caterpillars and trying to catch fireflies (lightning bugs).
Provincial deficits to narrow in coming years despite trade war: report

Provincial deficits to narrow in coming years despite trade war: report

OTTAWA — Under pressure from the U.S. trade war and a slowing economy, Canada's provinces are all expected to run fiscal deficits this year — but a Conference Board of Canada report predicts those deficits will narrow in the coming years.
Motion in Nanaimo, B.C., to ask for closure of safe injection site deferred

Motion in Nanaimo, B.C., to ask for closure of safe injection site deferred

City council in Nanaimo, B.C., has voted to defer a motion on asking the local health authority to close an overdose prevention site next to city hall. The vote to defer Coun.
Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, officials say, as aid delivery remains chaotic after new measures

Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, officials say, as aid delivery remains chaotic after new measures

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes or gunfire killed at least 78 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Monday, including a pregnant woman whose baby was delivered after her death but also died, local health officials said.
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