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Restaurant critic's departure reveals potential hazards of the job

Restaurant critic's departure reveals potential hazards of the job

Restaurant critics appear to have the best job in journalism, enjoying meals a few nights a week on someone else’s dime. But New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells had painted a more complicated picture.
Trump campaign releases letter on his injury, treatment after last week's assassination attempt

Trump campaign releases letter on his injury, treatment after last week's assassination attempt

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's campaign released an update on the former president's health Saturday, one week after he survived an attempted assassination at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The memo, from Texas Rep.
Cowrie childcare facility granted development permit

Cowrie childcare facility granted development permit

Thirty-nine more childcare spaces may soon be available in Sechelt
Canada's airports, hospitals begin returning to normal after global IT outage

Canada's airports, hospitals begin returning to normal after global IT outage

MONTREAL — Airports, hospitals and police services across Canada continued their gradual return to normal operations on Saturday as they recovered from a global technology outage caused by a defective update to computers using Microsoft Windows.
Here's what to do with deli meats as the CDC investigates a listeria outbreak across the U.S.

Here's what to do with deli meats as the CDC investigates a listeria outbreak across the U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) — As U.S.
Do you really have to wait to go swimming after eating?

Do you really have to wait to go swimming after eating?

Did your parents warn you against jumping in the pool right after eating? They were misguided. In most cases, there’s no need to wait at least 30 minutes after eating to go for a swim, doctors say.
Alberta town takes action fighting crime, addressing homelessness, addictions issues

Alberta town takes action fighting crime, addressing homelessness, addictions issues

COLD LAKE, ALTA. — In Cold Lake, Alta., drivers leaning through windows at the McDonald’s drive-thru have been ambushed by people running by and snatching food right out of their hands.
In Montreal, services for the vulnerable trigger backlash, but no easy solutions

In Montreal, services for the vulnerable trigger backlash, but no easy solutions

MONTREAL — Officials in Montreal are struggling to get the public on board with the city's approach to treating people with severe addiction and homelessness, as those social crises become fodder for political attacks.
B.C. hospitals pivot to paper amid CrowdStrike global technology outage

B.C. hospitals pivot to paper amid CrowdStrike global technology outage

VANCOUVER — About 50,000 devices in British Columbia hospitals and health facilities were impacted by the CrowdStrike global technology outage, forcing staff to pivot to using paper to manage everything from lab work to meal orders, the province's he
Two deaths linked to listeria food poisoning from meat sliced at deli counters

Two deaths linked to listeria food poisoning from meat sliced at deli counters

At least two people have died and more than two dozen were hospitalized in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning linked to meat sliced at grocery store deli counters, federal health officials said Friday.