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Abbas, international leaders to hold Gaza talks in Riyadh this week
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and several international officials will be in Riyadh this week for talks aimed at pushing for a peace agreement in Gaza to be held on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting, the WEF's president said on Saturday. "We do have the key players now in Riyadh and hopefully the discussions can lead into a process towards reconciliation and peace," Børge Brende said at a news conference in Riyadh, adding that Gaza's humanitarian crisis would be on the agend
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Surgeon general urges measles vaccine among military amid rise in cases, positive member
Soldiers at Base Gagetown in New Brunswick and other members of the military across the country are being urged to ensure they and their families are up to date on their measles vaccinations.Maj.-Gen. Scott Malcolm, the surgeon general for the Canadian Armed Forces, issued a notice earlier this month to raise awareness of the risks and the importance of being vigilant."Measles is highly contagious – on average, one case leads to 18 more, if unvaccinated," he said in the memo, obtained by CBC New
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Local bookstores provide an experience the competition can't match, says retailer
Independent booksellers in Nova Scotia say community support has allowed them to thrive in the face of competition from online retailers.Many independent bookstores in the province and around the country will mark Canadian Independent Bookstore Day on Saturday.Charlotte Ashley of Trident Booksellers and Café in downtown Halifax has been in the business for 20 years.She said many bookstores when out of business when Amazon came on the scene. But she said the public is now realizing that local boo
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Officials say new Glace Bay youth facility will be transformational for generations
New life is coming to the site of a former machine shop for the coal mining business in the heart of Glace Bay, N.S.A ceremonial sod turning was held Friday in an empty field next to a parking lot and a well-used skate park to kick off construction of a $15-million youth and family centre.The project is targeted at a community with an industrial past that officials say has one of the highest youth poverty rates in the province."The well-being of our children and our youth today is one of the bes
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Exploration of lesbian fiction from the '50s, '60s asks how much has changed, really?
It was the 1950s when a desperate young woman, rejected by her family because of her sexuality, walked into a drugstore, intent on taking her own life that day.Inside the shop, the woman spotted a book cover featuring two women — a novel by American author Ann Bannon, the so-called Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction whose salacious stories of forbidden love served as one of the few representations of homosexuality at the time.The young woman purchased the book and read it in one sitting on a bench, s
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VideoMilitary movement on Israel's border with Gaza Strip as efforts to secure cease-fire continue
Israel on Saturday carried out further airstrikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, while tanks and armored vehicles massed near the border fired into the Palestinian territory. The latest violence came amid increasing international pressure on Israel and the Hamas militant group to reach a cease-fire agreement. (AP Video: Joeal Calupitan)
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From comics kept under the bed to printed collections, a new publisher is saving N.L.'s illustrated past
Kevin Woolridge launched Heavy Sweater Comics in November. He has already published seven titles, including three of his own. (Elizabeth Whitten/CBC)Newfoundland and Labrador's very own comic book publisher is introducing readers to comic books made in the province and wants to push local artists to get their work out there.Kevin Woolridge, who launched Heavy Sweater Comics in November, marvels at how quickly it has grown since then, as he now has seven titles in print."It's built up very quickl
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