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Three grain ships leave Ukrainian ports First ship to arrive in Ukraine since the start of the war Eastern struggle “hell”, says Zelenskiy Amnesty says Ukrainian troops endanger civilians NATO chief warns Putin not to go further ISTANBUL/Kyiv, Aug 5 (Reuters) – Three ships loaded with grain left Ukrainian ports on Friday under a recently …

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Nearly a year after Premier Tim Houston and his government were elected largely on a promise to fix Nova Scotia’s ailing health care system, more than 100,000 people don’t have a family doctor. But one of Canada’s leading health experts says the solution isn’t to hire more doctors. “The number of family doctors in Nova …

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With just over a week to go before the Ever After Music Festival kicks off, some artists have taken to social media to announce that their shows have been cancelled. The popular electronic dance music festival is scheduled for August 11 and 14 at Burl’s Creek in Oro Medonte, but the council denied the organizer …

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Transcription of the story It’s been two years since Paul and Tracy Naggear lost their three-year-old daughter in the Beirut blast, and it hasn’t gotten any easier. Alexandra was the youngest known victim of the port explosion that killed at least 215 people and leveled large swathes of Lebanon’s capital in 2020. Her smiling face, …

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British Columbia Premier John Horgan suggested Wednesday that reaching out to a Victorian couple who placed a newspaper ad to find a family doctor could be one of his next steps in pressuring the federal government to increase health financing. The ad worked for Janet and Michael Mort, who now have a family doctor after …

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A three-alarm fire tore through a pair of South Vancouver homes Wednesday afternoon. The Vancouver Fire Department was called to Columbia Street near 62nd Avenue around 4:30 p.m. “Crews encountered a fully involved structure in the rear of the building, which in turn trapped the second house,” Assistant Chief Walter Pereira told CTV News. Pereira …

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With a last chance to publicly address all members of the conservative party, Jean Charest wanted to make it clear that he was at least physically present. “You have to run. You actually have to run,” he said, sitting around a small table with two of his fellow candidates for Wednesday’s third official Conservative leadership …

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Emergency officials have ordered all residents to evacuate the community of Olalla, BC, about 40 kilometers southwest of Penticton, due to the Keremeos Creek wildfire. The unincorporated town, with a population of more than 400, was placed under full evacuation orders Thursday afternoon, affecting approximately 200 properties, around 5 p.m. by the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District. …

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Cash lost in an online scam Photo: contributed A Kelowna man is out with a “significant amount of money” after sending it to a stranger he met online. Kelowna RCMP issued an alert on Thursday, after receiving a report on July 7 about a man who had been scammed online. “Kelowna RCMP received a complaint …

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Matt Berry was driving home after playing golf Monday evening when overcast skies quickly turned into a rare storm that dropped hail the size of softballs, pounding the windshield and leaving about 150 dents in his car. “It was covered in shards of glass,” the graphic designer said as he recalled the time he pulled …

Hail the size of tennis balls, softballs and eggs fell in Alberta: Environment Canada Hail the size of tennis balls, softballs and eggs fell in Alberta: Environment Canada Read More »