Canada

One of the key figures in the Peel region’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years is abandoning its role. Peel’s official health doctor, Dr. Lawrence Loh, will begin working as executive director and general manager of the College of Family Physicians of Canada in September, succeeding Dr. Francine Lemire. The news …

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As communities in Ontario and Quebec pick up the pieces after a deadly storm left thousands without electricity, AccuWeather’s new forecasts reveal that humid, warm weather is expected to continue in the region for the summer season. According to AccuWeather senior meteorologist Brett Anderson, a part of eastern Canada that runs from central and southern …

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Alberta’s justice minister faces criticism for his “strange” and “remarkably useless” comments he made in the legislature on Tuesday when an NDP MP asked him to help fight crime in the Chinatown. Tyler Shandro stated that two men who died recently were the victims of shootings, which is not the information provided by the police …

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Conservatives are joining a growing number of calls for Canada Soccer to cancel a controversial exhibition match against Iran scheduled for next month in Vancouver. The families of those killed on board PS752 when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down the plane in 2020, killing all 176 passengers and crew members, including 85 …

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OTTAWA- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday canceled plans to run in person at a Liberal fundraiser in British Columbia after the RCMP warned that an aggressive out-of-event protest could escalate if it arrived, said a source close to the decision. The source spoke to The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity because they were …

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Serhii Firsikov flew to St. John’s on May 9 aboard a plane that the Newfoundland and Labrador government rented for Ukrainian refugees. (Caroline Hillier / CBC) The hair dryer and hair clippers that Serhii Firsikov brought from Ukraine are not lit on the plugs of her new chair at the Fogtown barber shop in downtown …

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The full list of proposed names for the 77 new local governments and 12 rural districts was unveiled on Wednesday afternoon at a press conference in Irishtown. Many of these names are identical, or nearly identical, to the large communities they encompass. Well-known titles such as Kedgwick, Campbellton and Belledune abound. But in the list …

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Police say they are investigating manure left at the door of Prime Minister John Horgan’s local election office in Langford, BC A press release from the RCMP on Wednesday said officers were called to report a dump of manure and signs posted at the Horgan community office around 9am. He says the suspects are believed …

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Another KGH outbreak Photo: archive photo Another outbreak of COVID-19 has been reported at Kelowna General Hospital. Interior Health unveiled the outbreak on its website on May 24th. The outbreak is at 4W, the surgical floor (ortho / neurology / trauma). It is unknown at this time how many workers and / or patients have …

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Alberta public health officials reported more than 50 deaths from COVID-19 in the last week of reports, while the number of people with the disease treated in hospital and in intensive care has dropped. Provincial data show that 55 deaths were recorded by COVID-19 from 17 to 23 May. According to Alberta Health, the people …

A further 55 deaths have been reported from COVID-19 in Alberta, with hospitalizations falling Read More »