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Summer McIntosh of Kelowna, BC, crowned a sensational week of swimming on Saturday, becoming the first Canadian with two wins and four medals in a single world championship. The 15-year-old reduced her youth record time to four minutes and 32.04 seconds on Saturday in the women’s 400m combined event in Budapest, Hungary. Earlier this week, …

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Smallpox is not yet a global health emergency, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday, although WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was deeply concerned about the outbreak. “I am deeply concerned about the monkeypox outbreak, this is clearly an evolving health threat that my colleagues and I in the WHO Secretariat are …

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By Corey Atad. 2 hours ago May Pang tells her part of the story of her affair with John Lennon. This week, the trailer for the new documentary “The Lost Weekend: A Love Story” has been released, which chronicles the romance between the former Beatle and his assistant 10 years younger than him. Pang, then …

May Pang says Yoko Ono pushed her to have an affair with John Lennon in the new documentary “The Lost Weekend” Read More »

This illustration shows test tubes labeled “Monkeypox virus positive and negative” of May 23, 2022.DADO RUVIC / Reuters The World Health Organization said the escalation of the monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored, but does not guarantee a global health emergency will be declared. In a statement on Saturday, a …

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Heavy storms that hit parts of southern Manitoba on Friday caused heavy hail, heavy rains and localized flooding, Environment Canada preliminary reports. The community of St. Adolphe, south of Winnipeg, saw hail measuring 2.8 centimeters, the size of a tonie, the weather agency said in a summary issued Friday night. In the Sage Creek neighborhood …

Hail the size of a toonie, 100 mm of rain in an hour as storms surrounded southern Manitoba Read More »

Patrick Brown, right, a well-known character from downtown St. Patrick. John’s, died in February. Deb Bellows, in the center, and her husband Jim, on the left, were friends of Brown for about 25 years. (Submitted by Deb Bellows) This weekend, friends and family plan to celebrate the life and legacy of a man known to …

On its 70th anniversary, friends and family will pay tribute to the late icon of the center of Sant Joan Read More »

Contributed by the Vancouver Police Department A new video documenting the last known whereabouts of a missing woman for more than seven weeks was released Saturday by Vancouver police and the missing woman’s family. Tatyanna Harrison was last seen in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in April. “Every day that goes by without finding Tatyanna increases our …

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A motorcyclist has died after a collision in Etobicoke on Friday night. It happened after 10pm in the Albion Road and Westmore Drive area east of Highway 27. Police said the motorcyclist was taken to hospital with fatal injuries. He later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The driver of …

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A plant considered a dangerous weed has been discovered in the Don Valley area, Metrolinx said in a warning to the public. Metrolinx, the province’s regional traffic agency, said in this week’s warning that its crews recently found Giant Hogweed, a harmful, leafy plant that is an invasive species, along the corridor tracks. from Richmond …

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This month, the New Brunswick government rented a plane to carry 170 Ukrainians fleeing the war. At the airport, the tearful reunions and welcome hugs seemed the same, but despite having traveled to find safety, these newcomers to Canada are not considered refugees. In March, the federal government created a special program that accelerates immigration …

Why Ukrainian newcomers are not refugees and why this matters Read More »