Petra Löwer

A dark and rainy night didn’t stop hundreds of people from rallying in downtown Vancouver Thursday night to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. The event was one of nearly 100 across Canada and the U.S., under the banner of “shut it down…
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Alberta’s Opposition leader is calling on Premier Danielle Smith to dump the province’s multimillion-dollar ad campaign touting the benefits of quitting the Canada Pension Plan. NDP Leader Rachel Notley says the $7.5-million…
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<!-- -->Washington: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out a ceasefire in Gaza on Thursday, saying the military was performing "exceptionally well," but insisted Israel does not plan to reoccupy the Palestinian…
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Shirley Wishlove was just five years old when her older brother enlisted to fight in the Korean War. It was June 1950, when Leslie Strachan left Kelowna to join the military effort to keep North Korea from militarily overtaking…
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<!-- -->US health authorites on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya. (Representational)Washington: US health authorities on Thursday approved the world's first vaccine for chikungunya, a virus spread by…
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The mayor of Halifax, which recently secured a deal with Ottawa to fast-track the building of thousands of new homes, says he was caught off guard by recent complaints from premiers over being left out of funding agreements between…
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Higher interest rates, combined with stricter regulations, have some Canadians beginning to second-guess the wisdom of investing in a short-term rental property. Deana Steele says she has never seen as many condo and vacation homes…
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<!-- -->Biden has also warned Iran and its ally Hezbollah against widening the conflict.Washington: Israel has agreed to daily four-hour military pauses in northern Gaza for humanitarian purposes, the White House said Thursday,…
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<!-- -->The civil situation in the Gaza Strip is not an easy one, Israeli military official said.Nitzana, Israeli: An Israeli military official on Thursday denied the dire humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, as a conference to…
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Birth control pills may adversely affect the brain’s fear-regulating regions in women, potentially causing anxiety and stress-related disorders, according to a recent Canadian study. The peer-reviewed study out of Quebec and…
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