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Advocacy groups are petitioning for the end of SNAP interview requirements

Advocacy groups are petitioning for the end of SNAP interview requirements

NEW YORK (AP) — Student and legal advocacy groups are petitioning the U.S. Department of Agriculture to lift the interview requirement for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicants to receive food aid.
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'People are dying': Edmonton council meeting hears call for homelessness emergency

'People are dying': Edmonton council meeting hears call for homelessness emergency

EDMONTON — The mayor of Alberta's capital introduced a motion calling for an emergency to be declared over homelessness and housing Monday, along with a plan for immediate and systemic change.
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A surgeon general report once cleared the air about smoking. Is it time for one on vaping?

A surgeon general report once cleared the air about smoking. Is it time for one on vaping?

NEW YORK (AP) — Sixty years ago, the U.S. surgeon general released a report that settled a longstanding public debate about the dangers of cigarettes and led to huge changes in smoking in America.
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UN agency chiefs say Gaza needs more aid to arrive faster, warning of famine and disease

UN agency chiefs say Gaza needs more aid to arrive faster, warning of famine and disease

RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza urgently needs more aid or its desperate population will suffer widespread famine and disease, the heads of three major U.N.
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B.C. extends free HPV vaccines eligibility to men born in 2005

B.C. extends free HPV vaccines eligibility to men born in 2005

VANCOUVER — British Columbia is extending eligibility for free vaccines against the human papillomavirus to men born in 2005.
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P.E.I. opposition is asking for answers about feasibility of new medical school

P.E.I. opposition is asking for answers about feasibility of new medical school

CHARLOTTETOWN — While construction continues on the University of Prince Edward Island’s new medical school, the leader of the opposition says Islanders deserve answers on how the school will affect an already strained health system. P.E.I.
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Ontario launches 10-person long-term care investigations unit

Ontario launches 10-person long-term care investigations unit

TORONTO — A 10-person team of long-term care investigators in Ontario will now look into allegations of homes failing to protect their residents from abuse or neglect.
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Austin is released from hospital after complications from prostate cancer surgery he kept secret

Austin is released from hospital after complications from prostate cancer surgery he kept secret

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was released from the hospital on Monday, after spending two weeks there to treat complications from surgery for prostate cancer he kept secret from senior Biden administration leaders and staff for we
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Almost 100,000 Afghan children are in dire need of support, 3 months after earthquakes, UNICEF says

Almost 100,000 Afghan children are in dire need of support, 3 months after earthquakes, UNICEF says

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Almost 100,000 children in Afghanistan are in dire need of support, three months after earthquakes devastated the country's west, the U.N. children’s agency said Monday. A 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Herat province on Oct.
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Yogurt bowls made with Quaker granola recalled over possible salmonella exposure

Yogurt bowls made with Quaker granola recalled over possible salmonella exposure

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling various yogurt and parfait bowls that contain Quaker granola previously recalled due to possible salmonella contamination.
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