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Program offers free mental health support to healthcare workers
With vaccine mandates affecting those who work in healthcare, a new pile of stress seems to have been added to the already copious load. No matter their views, Care to Speak offers healthcare workers ...
Oct 26, 2021
UN: Net zero pledges on climate give hope, but still vague
BERLIN (AP) - The United Nations reported Tuesday that fresh pledges by governments to cut greenhouse gas emissions raise hopes but aren't strict enough to avoid catastrophic global warming. A report ...
Oct 26, 2021
Vernon residents will see sanitary sewer rates increase over the next five years
Vernon residents will see their sanitary sewer rates increase three percent annually over the next five years.Vernon city council heard during the regular council meeting on Monday, Oct. 25 that the r...
Oct 26, 2021
Sudan general: Prime minister is being held at a home
CAIRO (AP) - Sudan's top general says the deposed prime minister is being detained for own safety at the general's own house, not in a prison. The military took power in a coup on Monday. Gen. Abdel-F...
Oct 26, 2021
Iran says cyberattack closes gas stations across country
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iranian state television says a cyberattack has targeted gas stations across the Islamic Republic. The announcement read on air comes after long lines formed at stat...
Oct 26, 2021
Tuesday marks deadline for B.C. health workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19
VICTORIA - The deadline for British Columbia health-care workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 is today. The provincial health officer's order covers doctors, nurses, students, residents, co...
Oct 26, 2021
New federal cabinet, improving health care in Ontario : In The News for Oct. 26
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 26 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Oct 26, 2021
Poll: Canadians still reluctant to hand out Halloween candy due to pandemic
OTTAWA - Many parents are planning to let their children go trick-or-treating this year - but a new poll suggests they may find fewer doors open than in pre-pandemic Halloweens. Some 93 per cent of re...
Oct 26, 2021
Ex-South Korean President Roh Tae-woo dies at 88
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, who participated in a military coup then won the election that was the country's first move toward democracy before he was imprison...
Oct 25, 2021
'We've got to run' -- Idaho mall shooting leaves 2 dead
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Police say they exchanged gunfire with a suspect during a shooting at a shopping mall in Boise, Idaho, that killed two people and injured four -- including an officer. Boise Police...
Oct 25, 2021
