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Violinist tries to serenade B.C. orca calf to freedom, as others ready nets and boats
ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Carol Love watches the tides at a Vancouver Island lagoon, and when the time is right, she starts to play her violin. She plays for an audience of one, a killer whale calf that has been trapped alone in the lagoon for almost a month. Preparations for more conventional efforts to save the whale continue, involving a large fishing net. But Love, from Nanaimo, B.C., stands and plays on a bridge at high tide, hoping her music entices the young orca to swim through a narrow channel,
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Calgary defence lawyers support judge following Crown's office criticism
A group of defence lawyers is backing a Calgary judge whose comments about supports for child witnesses were characterized by the Alberta Crown's office as biased.Earlier this month, chief Crown prosecutor Peter Mackenzie sent an email to all prosecutors in southern Alberta regarding Justice Harry Van Harten. It required them to make recusal applications on cases before him involving the Luna Child and Youth Advocacy Centre after the judge made comments in court calling supports for child witnes
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VideoHillary Clinton says 'Suffs' on Broadway 'could not be better timed'
Hillary Clinton says the opening of "Suffs" on Broadway "could not be better timed." The former Secretary of State is a producer of the new musical about the women's suffrage movement. (April 18)
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VideoPossible TikTok ban revived as part of House foreign aid package
Legislation that could ban TikTok if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake has won a major boost as House Republicans included it in a package of bills that would send U.S. aid to Ukraine and Israel.
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Work continues to reopen ICU at Summerside hospital, says health minister
Health P.E.I. continues to recruit and hire doctors and other staff at Prince County Hospital in Summerside, but the situation remains challenging, the province's health minister said Thursday.There is locum coverage confirmed for the summer months at the hospital, said Mark McLane, and one new internist has been signed and will begin working in July. McLane said the hospital would need six internists in order to reopen the intensive-care unit, or ICU, which has been closed since May 2023. The h
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VideoEx-youth center resident testifies about abuse in New Hampshire state custody
The man who blew the lid off decades of abuse allegations at New Hampshire’s youth detention center was emotional while testifying at his civil trial.
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VideoTrudeau, Singh attack Tories' over anti-union record
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh separately addressed a room full of union leaders, attacking the Conservatives and depicting themselves as champions of the working class. Trudeau says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s populist reach out to workers won’t change his record, while Singh accuses Poilievre of lying to blue-collar Canadians. (April 18, 2024)
