Using anti-inflammatory drugs and steroids to relieve pain could increase the chances of developing chronic pain, according to researchers from McGill University and colleagues in Italy. Their resear… [+3208 chars]
Boeing's Starliner capsule is ready to launch again. During a flight readiness review Wednesday (May 11), NASA cleared Starliner to launch on Orbital Flight Test-2 (OFT-2), a crucial uncrewed missio… [+7619 chars]
U.S. stocks dropped in early trading Thursday as investors digested red-hot inflation data that showed price levels remained elevated in April, signaling more aggressive inflation-fighting efforts by… [+9039 chars]
British Columbia reported another increase in the number of people with COVID-19 in the province’s hospitals and intensive care units on Thursday. The update came a week after B.C. reported its firs… [+1762 chars]
A super flower blood moon lunar eclipse is coming this weekend, but it might be hard to spot in the Southern Interior. Ken Tapping, an astronomer with the National Research Council's Dominion Radio … [+1809 chars]
THUNDER BAY, ONT. Local egg producers and chicken growers are on high alert for the highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in farmed birds. Commonly known as bird flu, the contagious viral infectio… [+5809 chars]
For years now, Google hasn’t seemed particularly interested in the tablet market, but yesterday the company announced that it’s working on what might be the company’s first real iPad alternative a ne… [+3858 chars]
Google announced its long-awaited Pixel Watch on Wednesday, furthering the tech giant's expansion into hardware. The company teased its first smartwatch during its Google I/O conference but plans to … [+5031 chars]
VICTORIA - A small poultry flock in British Columbias Comox Valley has tested positive for the avian flu, the first case on Vancouver Island. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a release th… [+1142 chars]
An evacuation order was issued for the entire community of Hay River, N.W.T., at 11:45 p.m. MT Tuesday, with residents asked to head to higher ground or the community centre. "Residents can also tr… [+2120 chars]
Read Story Transcript The killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh will be "a very big loss" for the refuges whose stories she told, says a United Nations spokesperson who knew t… [+3395 chars]
Naomi Judd, the country music icon who died on April 30 at the age of 75, died of a self-inflicted firearm wound, her daughter, Ashley Judd, disclosed on Thursday morning. Ashley Judd made an appear… [+2947 chars]
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