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A mother in Victoria, BC, with a rare and debilitating illness, is desperately seeking help. But the 37-year-old woman said that after waiting years for surgery, she is now considering medical care to die. “I’m just suffering. So that’s … not living,” Rosie Ashcraft said in an interview with CTV News. Ashcraft has something called …

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The headmistress of a French Catholic high school in Orleans is leaving school this week, two weeks after students said a “code-enforcement” blitz “made them feel degraded and humiliated. In a letter to the parents and guardians of Béatrice-Desloges Catholic High School, the Conseil des écoles catholiques du Center-Est said that Marie-Claude Veilleux will no …

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Content of the article Alberta Parks closes a section of Fish Creek Park due to a coyote attack. Content of the article In a notice posted on its website, Alberta Parks says aggressive coyotes attacked a dog and a park user in an area south and west of the Parkland community. Closing is maintained until …

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New details are emerging after a 51-year-old man from Alberta was arrested aboard a speedboat that, according to US authorities, was carrying 650 kilos of methamphetamine between Washington State and British Columbia. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers saw the 5.5-meter Bayliner Capri speedboat sink into the water near Stuart Island, Washington, just a few …

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Toronto Pearson Airport chief Deborah Flint says passenger control rules need to be changed to address busy terminals and long queues. Fred Lum / The Globe and Mail Deborah Flint took over Canada’s busiest airport in early 2020, just days before the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the world and left the aviation industry struggling to survive. …

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A new report says Ottawa, Vancouver and Toronto are among the top 20 cities in the world in terms of reconciling work and family life. The 2022 work-life balance index, compiled by office security firm Kisi, looked at 51 cities in the U.S. and 49 in the rest of the world. “Instead of being a …

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Two Algoma students joined other prominent young scientists from more than 100 regions online for the Science Fair across Canada. Ila Giroux and Niyati Patel were co-finalists in the competition with projects that sought to find non-toxic ways to extinguish fires. Giroux received a Silver Excellence Award for his project, ‘Fire Cannot Brew Without O2’. …

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A massive fire destroyed an empty building on the Trans-Canada Highway in Mill Bay, closing the route in both directions for hours during a busy day on Friday. The Mill Bay Fire Department confirmed at about 12:30 p.m. Witnesses in the area passing by saw heavy smoke coming out of the structure as firefighters arrived. …

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Bethany Armstrong watched as the sky turned green on Saturday afternoon. The woman from Peterborough, Ont., Was camping with friends in Lakehurst, Ont., At the time, so she checked a weather app on her phone and noticed a storm warning. That was the only indication he had that a fierce storm was about to strike. …

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Police are investigating a suspected fire that destroyed a warming shelter on the west coast. On May 18, police received a report of a fire in the Whale Back Nordic Ski Club area in Cold Brook. Officers arrived and found that the Pentagon lunch stop had collapsed and was burning: the structure was a …

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