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  • WHO worried about surge of COVID in China amid lack of info

    January 04, 2023 - 8:22 AM

    GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday the agency is “concerned about the risk to life in China” amid the coronavirus’ explosive spread across the country and the lack of outbreak data from the Chinese government.

  • Death toll surpasses 6 million for pandemic now in 3rd year

    March 07, 2022 - 11:46 AM

    BANGKOK (AP) — The official global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 6 million on Monday — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over.

  • Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year

    March 06, 2022 - 9:37 PM

    BANGKOK (AP) — The official global death toll from COVID-19 is on the verge of eclipsing 6 million — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over.

  • A more comfortable goodbye? Vets bring pet euthanasia home

    October 14, 2021 - 7:03 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Clarence the giant schnauzer came into Penny Wagner's life as a puppy nearly eight years ago, at a traumatic time for her family.

  • NYC's starry Woodlawn Cemetery an overlooked cultural gem

    July 22, 2021 - 1:24 PM

    NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Cumella, dressed in 1920s garb, laid his old Victrola record player down among the tombstones and turned to the small tour group assembled under the towering trees at Woodlawn Cemetery.

  • Lockdowns in Asia as some nations see 1st major virus surges

    July 09, 2021 - 6:17 AM

    BANGKOK (AP) — Several countries around Asia and the Pacific that are experiencing their first major surges of the coronavirus rushed to impose tough restrictions, a year and a half into a pandemic that many initially weathered well.

  • After the overdose: A family's journey into grief and guilt

    January 28, 2019 - 12:46 PM

    LA QUINTA, Calif. - There is nothing left to do, no more frantic phone calls to make, no begging or fighting that can fix this because the worst thing that could happen already has, so Doug Biggers settles into his recliner and braces for his daughter's voice to echo through his head.

  • Canadians volunteering for Ebola response; veterans warn it's not for all

    October 10, 2014 - 5:26 AM

    TORONTO - Dr. Paul Gully wanted to make a contribution. Dr. Eilish Cleary had practised before in West Africa and knew what it takes to work effectively there. And as West Africa's Ebola epidemic continues to evade control, other Canadian medical professionals are assessing the overwhelming need and thinking about whether they too should step forward.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the third week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjo
  • Discharge coming from the Sandher Fruit Packer plant. Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
    A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

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