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Homicides were up in Birmingham in 2020. Here’s where each one happened Updated Mar 01, 2021; [Can’t see the chart? Click here.] 2020 was a violent year in Birmingham. Alabama’s largest city suffered 122 homicides last year - the most in the last 25 years. There have now been at least 100 homicides in the Magic City in each of the last five years. “2020 was a very difficult year. We were not only hit by a global pandemic, financial woes and civil unrest following the death of George Floyd,” Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said earlier this year. “There’s a fourth crisis that e...

Hospitality businesses that did not earn revenue in 2019 are not eligible for federal government support and hundreds have signed a petition saying they should be included in support programs because they have non-reversable financial commitments.

A Vancouver Island company has provided a drill bit that will be used to pierce the surface of the red planet and collect core samples that will be brought back to earth.

Tofino Bus, Vancouver Island Connector service suspended indefinitely amid requests for relief Tofino Bus and the Vancouver Island Connector’s bus routes have been suspended indefinitely, despite the company's intention to resume the long-awaited bus service on Feb. 12. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Feb 04, 2021 7:51 PM PT | Last Updated: February 5 The Tofino Bus and the Vancouver Island Connector have suspended bus services indefinitely due to low ridership during the pandemic.(Tofino Bus All Island Express/Facebook)

New UVic research into physical markers of stress among nurses finds disrupted sleep patterns Stress over a long period of time can take a physical toll. New research from the University of Victoria is looking at what effect stress is having on front-line nurses. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Jan 30, 2021 11:00 AM PT | Last Updated: January 30 Researchers at the University of Victoria had nurses wear monitors on and off shift to track changes in their heart rates.(Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images)