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A theatre of propaganda: The Capitol, cameras and selfies
NEW YORK — One of the defining images of the Capitol Hill siege was of a man dangling from the balcony of the Senate chamber. Clad in black and with a helmet over his head, he might have been hard
A theatre of propaganda: The Capitol, cameras and selfies
NEW YORK — One of the defining images of the Capitol Hill siege was of a man dangling from the balcony of the Senate chamber. Clad in black and with a helmet over his head, he might have been hard
Harris team says it was blindsided by VP-elect’s Vogue cover
WILMINGTON, Del. — Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris has landed on the cover of the February issue of Vogue magazine, but her team says there's a problem: the shot of the country's soon-to-be No. 2 leader isn't what both sides had agreed
Experts call for community sacrifices to ensure COVID-19 safety in schools
TORONTO — Schools shuttered by fears of a post-holiday pandemic surge reopen in many parts of the country Monday, but experts say keeping kids safe will depend on stepped-up control measures beyond the learning environment. Thousands of students in Alb...
Bush family’s Texas home eyed for national park designation
DALLAS — The Texas house where former U.S. President George W. Bush spent his childhood is under study for possible designation as a national park, the National Park Service said Friday. In a statement, the service said it has scheduled a
Health Canada delays drug-pricing reforms, citing COVID challenges for manufacturers
Health Canada says it's delaying the implementation of long-awaited changes to Canada's drug-pricing regime by another six months. A spokesman for the department says the amendments to patented medicine regulations, which were set to take effect Jan. 1...
Health Canada delays drug-pricing reforms, citing COVID challenges for manufacturers
Health Canada says it's delaying its long-awaited overhaul of drug-pricing regulations by another six months. While pharmaceutical manufacturers and patient advocates welcomed the decision, they say the federal government needs to go back to the drawin...
Pennsylvania lawmaker joins familiar incumbent – her son
HARRISBURG, Pa. — An incumbent Pennsylvania state representative was joined by a familiar face when lawmakers took the oath of office Tuesday — his own mother. Six-term Republican Rep. Ryan Mackenzie's district borders, for a couple miles, the one that...
Doctors urge high-risk pregnant, breastfeeding women to get access to COVID vaccines
OTTAWA — The head of the Ontario Medical Association says the risk COVID-19 poses to pregnant and breastfeeding women is higher than the risk of taking a vaccine against the virus that causes it.Dr. Samantha Hill, a cardiac surgeon in
Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests
OTTAWA — A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Léger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveyed visited with people outside their households, com...
