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Quebec will start vaccinating some people with a smallpox vaccine, in order to combat the spread of monkeypox in the Montreal area. Quebec’s public health director Dr. Luc Boileau said Thursday that 25 cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed in the province. Fourteen of them are in the city …
Read More »Demolition of Yellowknife’s Giant Mine townsite stirs memories, and mixed emotions
Many of the remaining buildings at the defunct Giant Mine townsite will be torn down over the summer, bringing back memories from the half century the gold mine operated on the outskirts of Yellowknife. For some, the area is a source of fond memories of life in a thriving company town. But for …
Read More »Weeks after the flood, N.W.T. homesteaders tackle ’30-acre catastrophe’
Ray Coombs watched the Hay River arrive at his homestead “like a big tidal wave” of water and ice. “It was really surreal what happened,” he told CBC’s Loren McGinnis. “And then it seemed like the perfect storm. “I could hear crackling like a major forest fire — that was …
Read More »Government taking ‘targeted’ approach to monkeypox vaccination: health official
Federal health officials are strategically positioning vaccine doses for monkeypox across the country in response to a growing number of cases, the deputy chief public health officer said Thursday. Dr. Howard Njoo told a news conference that there are now 26 confirmed cases of monkeypox in Canada — 25 in Quebec and one in …
Read More »Suspect shot dead by Toronto police after schools locked down over reports of man with rifle
A man is dead after being shot by police, putting an end to afternoon lockdowns at multiple schools across the Port Union area of Scarborough. However, police remain tight-lipped about what actually happened near Maberley Crescent and East Avenue. Toronto Police Chief James Ramer spoke from the scene for roughly …
Read More »Western countries considering whether to let Russian oligarchs buy relief from sanctions
Western allies are considering allowing Russian oligarchs to buy their way out of sanctions and using the money to rebuild Ukraine, according to government officials familiar with the matter. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland proposed the idea at a G7 finance ministers’ meeting in Germany last week. …
Read More »Police took 3½ hours to visit an apartment complex after shots were fired. Residents want to know why
Jordan Tobin bolted upright from his sleep when he heard a loud bang in the early hours of Thursday morning. Then he heard another one. And another. And about a half-dozen more after that. When the loud bangs abruptly gave way to the screeching tires of a fleeing vehicle, Tobin sprinted …
Read More »These Ontario residents didn’t receive a storm alert — and want to know why
Speaking from his home in Lakefield, Ont., Ed Paleczny is still visibly shaken from the terrifying moments he shared with his wife last weekend, as they watched a storm rip apart the timber-frame cottage they were sheltering inside. “Until you’re in a house with the roof being ripped off and …
Read More »Different country, same scissors: Ukrainian barber ‘crushing it’ in St. John’s
Serhii Firsikov flew to St. John’s on May 9 aboard a plane that the Newfoundland and Labrador government chartered for Ukrainian refugees. (Caroline Hillier/CBC) The hairdryer and hair clippers that Serhii Firsikov brought from Ukraine don’t plug in to the sockets at his new chair at Fogtown Barber Shop in downtown …
Read More »Boeing capsule returns from space station after test flight with no crew
Boeing’s crew taxi returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Wednesday, completing a repeat test flight before NASA astronauts climb aboard. It was a quick trip back: the Starliner capsule parachuted into the New Mexico desert just four hours after leaving the orbiting lab, with airbags attached to …
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