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Tens of thousands in southern Ontario still without electricity after a deadly storm

Tens of thousands of Ontario residents are facing another day without electricity as restoration efforts continue after last weekend’s brutal storm. Environment Canada said on Saturday a right (a rare widespread windstorm associated with a storm line) developed near Sarnia, Ontario, and moved northeast across the province. Hydro One says nearly 72,760 customers are still …

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Spectators urged Texas police to rush to the school during the shooting: “Go ahead!”

Frustrated spectators urged police officers to charge at Texas Elementary School, where a gunman attack killed 19 children and two teachers, witnesses said Wednesday as investigators worked to trace the massacre that took place. lasted more than 40 minutes and ended when the 18-year-old shooter finished. he was killed by a Border Patrol team. “Come …

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Ontario confirms 20 more deaths from COVID-19; the positivity rate of the test continues to decline

Ontario on Thursday confirmed 20 more virus-related deaths as the test’s positivity rate continued to decline. Ontario labs processed 11,109 tests in the last 24 hours, producing a positivity rate of 8.4%, up from 9.6% a week ago, according to the ministry. This is the lowest test positive rate since Feb. 22, when it was …

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Microsoft Build 2022: CEO Satya Nadella calls Azure “the computer of the world”

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used her keynote address during her company’s Build conference this week to promote new offerings such as Microsoft Dev Box, Power Pages and “live sharing” to Teams and to update developers on the tech giant’s investments in technologies ranging from low code and no code to metavers. “We’re …

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Auger-Aliassime, Fernandez advanced, Andresscu out at Roland-Garros

PARIS – Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez advanced to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday, while Bianca Andreescu was eliminated in straight sets. Auger-Aliassime did a quick job of qualifying Argentine Camilo Ugo Carabelli, winning 6-0, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the third round of the Paris Major for the first time …

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Quebec will begin vaccinating monkeypox contacts, confirms 25 cases

Quebec public health officials report a total of 25 confirmed cases of monkeypox in the province on Thursday. Dr. Luc Boileau, the province’s interim director of public health, described it as a “serious outbreak” of the virus. Officials are investigating several more suspicious cases. “So far we have had between 20 and 30 suspicious cases …

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