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Quebec City residents asked to avoid five swamped ERs amid staff shortages
Quebec City residents are being asked to avoid unnecessary trips to five emergency rooms that are struggling with staff shortages and overcrowding. The Centre hospitalier universitaire de Qubec says s...
Jul 19, 2022
Province outlines roadmap to tackle racism
EDMONTON, AB - The Government of Alberta has laid out its Anti-Racism Action Plan.The plan highlights the government's commitment to play a leading role in addressing racism. It outlines actions that ...
Jul 19, 2022
Random COVID-19 testing resumes at four major airports; tests to be done offsite
OTTAWA, ON - Mandatory random COVID-19 testing resumed Tuesday for travellers coming into Canada through four major airports in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Montreal.But the actual tests will be c...
Jul 19, 2022
Canada's turbine decision could weaken united sanctions front against Russia: Hillier
WASHINGTON - Retired general Rick Hillier says he fears Canada's decision to return Nord Stream 1 pipeline turbines to Germany will weaken global sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. ...
Jul 19, 2022
Random COVID-19 testing resumes at four major airports; tests to be done offsite
Mandatory random COVID-19 testing resumes today for travellers coming in through Canada's four major airports in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal. But the actual tests will be completed outsid...
Jul 19, 2022
Residents advised of short-term road closures for Tuesday, July 19 in Lethbridge
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The City of Lethbridge is advising commuters of several short-term road closures.Beginning Tuesday, July 19, 2022, northbound Stafford Drive North, over the Canadian Pacific Railway b...
Jul 19, 2022
Methanol in blood of teens who died in South African tavern
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The toxic chemical methanol has been identified as a possible cause of the deaths of 21 teenagers at a bar in the South African city of East London last month. Methanol was found i...
Jul 19, 2022
Southern Alberta man charged with manslaughter
FORT MACLEOD, AB - The Alberta RCMP Major Crimes unit has charged a Southern Alberta man with manslaughter. On Saturday, July 16, 2022 at around 1:00 a.m., Fort Macleod RCMP responded to an assault in...
Jul 19, 2022
Nova Scotia mass killer accumulated cash through 'illegitimate or suspicious' means
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia mass killer used "illegitimate or suspicious means" to amass cash and enjoy a lifestyle well beyond his reported $40,000 annual income, the inquiry into his 2020 murders has ...
Jul 19, 2022
UK shatters its record for highest temperature
LONDON (AP) - The U.K. weather office says Britain has shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered, with a provisional reading of 39.1 degree Celsius (102.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in Cha...
Jul 19, 2022