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Time changes persist despite experts' consensus to end daylight time
Most Canadians will be turning the clocks back by an hour this weekend as various political moves to end seasonal time changes have yet to take broad effect – but experts say we'd be better off without the twice-a-year shift.
Nov 4, 2022 10:13 AM
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Like US, Mexico faces a state-by-state divide over abortion
OAXACA, Mexico (AP) — Differences over abortion have pitted one large batch of U.S. states against another — one group imposing sweeping bans, the other intent on preserving access to abortion.
Nov 4, 2022 9:50 AM
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Europe OKs 1st one-dose drug to protect babies against RSV
LONDON (AP) — The European Commission has authorized the world's first one-dose drug against a respiratory virus that sickens millions of babies and children globally every year.
Nov 4, 2022 8:57 AM
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Conflict, crisis fuel cholera surge across Mideast hot spots
BHANINE, Lebanon (AP) — Shadia Ahmed panicked as rainwater flooded her shack one night, drenching her seven children. The next morning, the kids were seized by vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms.
Nov 4, 2022 6:10 AM
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Reports say China aiming for less disruptive COVID policies
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese officials are trying to quell an outcry over the death of a 3-year-old boy from a quarantined residential compound that added to public anger at anti-virus controls that have confined millions of people to their homes.
Nov 4, 2022 3:59 AM
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Pfizer study says updated COVID boosters rev up protection
Pfizer’s updated COVID-19 booster significantly revved up adults’ virus-fighting antibodies, the company said Friday, releasing early findings from a rigorous study of the new shots.
Nov 4, 2022 3:45 AM
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Alcohol death toll is growing, US government reports say
NEW YORK (AP) — The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new government data.
Nov 3, 2022 9:12 PM
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Judge scolds mother convicted in Qanon kidnapping plot
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado woman convicted of plotting to kidnap her son from foster care after associating with supporters of the Qanon conspiracy theory was sentenced Thursday to 60 days in jail and two years of supervised probation, after being repr
Nov 3, 2022 6:04 PM
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Cree woman alleges discrimination in lawsuit after newborn dies in Edmonton hospital
EDMONTON — An Indigenous woman has filed a lawsuit against the operator of an Edmonton hospital alleging she faced discrimination and neglect by staff when she delivered her daughter, who died soon after birth.
Nov 3, 2022 4:36 PM
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Ontario hospitals directed to treat some children who need ICU, surgeries may be axed
TORONTO — A surge in hospitalizations for children that's expected to last months has prompted the agency overseeing Ontario's health system to direct general hospitals to accept patients 14 and older who need intensive care.
Nov 3, 2022 2:33 PM
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