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CHURCHILL, Manitoba – Change has broken, remade and continues to reshape this remote town where tundra meets forest on the shore of Hudson Bay. The economic base collapsed when the military left town. Rail service and cargo ships — the lifeblood of supplies for a town not connected to the rest of the world by roads — blinked out. The …

An American presidential historian predicts a Kamala Harris presidency as the outcome of the U.S. November elections. In an interview with CTV News Channel on Tuesday, Allan Lichtman forecast that Kamala Harris will become the first woman president and the first president of mixed African and East Asian descent. Lichtman is known for his accurate election predictions. He has correctly …

NAIROBI, Kenya – A man accused of dousing gasoline on an Ugandan Olympic athlete, causing her death days later, has succumbed to burns sustained in the attack, according to the Kenyan hospital where he was treated. Dickson Ndiema was admitted at the Moi Referral Hospital in the western Eldoret city for burns covering 30 per cent of his body. Ndiema …

MONTREAL – Just days after demolishing his deal with Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is holding a three-day strategy session with his MPs in Montreal, where his MPs are embracing their new-found distance from what one called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “radioactive” brand. Singh has brought his caucus of 23 MPs to the prime minister’s hometown, to prepare …

In 2022, Tanya Frisk-Welburn and her husband bought what they hoped would be a dream home in Mexico. The seller was a company called Caban Condos whose website described it as “two guys from Saskatchewan” building condominiums near idyllic seaside locations in the Yucatan peninsula. Frisk-Welburn, who lives in Bengough, Sask., stumbled upon the company’s advertisements while planning a holiday …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. chief said Monday that the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and demanded an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure. Secretary-General António Guterres said in an interview with The Associated Press that it’s “unrealistic” to think the U.N. could play a …

Over 140 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions overnight, including Moscow and surrounding areas, killing at least one person, officials said Tuesday, in one of the biggest drone attacks on Russian soil in the two-and-a-half-year war. A woman died and three people were injured in the town of Ramenskoye, just outside Moscow, where drones hit two multi-storey residential buildings and …

On social media, health-related misinformation pops up as relentlessly as furry heads in a game of whack-a-mole. In recent years, posts have claimed that ginger can be “10,000 (times) more effective(opens in a new tab)” at killing cancer than chemotherapy, that fluoridated water provides “no benefits, only risks(opens in a new tab),” and that the measles vaccine is “more dangerous(opens in …

Primary and acute care providers, highly trained professionals who are adept at using up-to-date technology to help look after patients, still rely heavily on a distinctly 20th-century device: the fax machine. “It’s 2024. We’re digitally connected in pretty much all other aspects of our lives. Why not for something as important as our health and wellness?” said Dr. Rashaad Bhyat, …

Saskatchewan’s overdose crisis is tragically on par with last year’s record breaking total, with more than 200 people having lost their lives to accidental overdoses in the first seven months of the year. From Jan. 1 to July 31, 229 people have died as a result of drug toxicity in Saskatchewan. Of those, 104 have been conclusively proven to be …