‘People will suffer and will die’: Emergency doctor says some health triage has begun
EDMONTON — The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association, Dr. Paul Parks, says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta — an assertion disputed by the province. The dispute arose Friday as the Canadian Armed Forces
Thousands of mail ballots still to be counted, including in two tight races in B.C.
OTTAWA — The final federal election result may be delayed until this weekend — or even longer — because thousands of mail-in ballots have still to be counted. Twelve ridings did not start counting mail ballots until Friday, Elections Canada confirmed....
Draft of Arizona GOP’s election review finds Biden won
PHOENIX (AP) — A draft report of an election review in Arizona's largest county by supporters of former President Donald Trump found that President Joe Biden did indeed win the 2020 race there, an embarrassing end to a bizarre quest
Biden urges COVID-19 booster shots for those now eligible
President Joe Biden on Friday urged those now eligible for boosters of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to get the added protection a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the extra doses for millions of older or otherwise
Iraqi migrant dies near Belarus border, death toll up to 5
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — An Iraqi migrant died near Poland’s border with Belarus and another was hospitalized with COVID-19, Polish border guards said Friday.
Catalan separatist leader out of Sardinia jail, can travel
ROME (AP) — Catalan separatist leader Carle Puigdemont has been released from a jail in Sardinia after a judge ruled that he could go free ahead of an Oct. 4 extradition hearing.
Kovrig and Spavor on way back to Canada after nearly three years detention in China
Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were free and bound for home late Friday after being imprisoned in China for nearly three years, while Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was heading in the other direction, her own legal saga ending in
Harris ‘View’ interview delayed, hosts positive for COVID-19
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris' live interview on “The View” was abruptly delayed Friday after two hosts of the talk show learned they had tested positive for COVID-19 moments before Harris was to join them on the
White House steps up work on what to do about thawing Arctic
The Biden administration is stepping up its work to figure about what to do about the thawing Arctic, which is warming three times faster than the rest of the world.
Nurses want national hiring and retention strategy amid staffing ‘crisis’
Logan Giesbrecht left his dream job as an emergency room nurse when the mental health strain of an understaffed department became unbearable, even before the pandemic's fourth wave hit and anti-vaccination protesters began gathering outside hospitals. ...