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A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday. Police took …
Read More »From clinics to culinary tours to laser tag: How this Ontario city is wooing future doctors
Shahzeb Khan had never been to Cambridge, Ont., before. But after a week of touring private gardens, visiting various entertainment venues and shadowing family doctors and specialists, the University of Ottawa medical student is considering moving to the community after he graduates. “I definitely have a much better impression of this …
Read More »Government accountability watchdog calls for end to free concert tickets for city councillors
A democracy watchdog is questioning the practice of municipal governments receiving free tickets to events hosted at public venues, following a CBC News investigation. Access to free tickets has been under scrutiny after a former federal cabinet minister accepted tickets from a Crown corporation to see Taylor Swift during the Eras Tour. …
Read More »Flin Flon braces for devastation as wind expected to drive wildfire into city, mayor says
The wildfire situation has reached a desperate level in Flin Flon, Man., where the mayor says he and the few remaining people have been told to leave because the winds are changing and there’s nothing else they can do. George Fontaine said he expects the worst. “We’ve seen devastation across the country in …
Read More »Kyiv mayor says city faces fresh onslaught of Russian drone, missile attacks
Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early on Saturday with drones and missiles, triggering fires, strewing debris in districts throughout the city and injuring at least eight people, the city’s mayor said. Reuters witnesses saw and heard successive waves of drones flying over Kyiv, and a series of explosions jolted the …
Read More »Former City of Surrey finance clerk suspected of defrauding city of $2.5 million
Surrey police and RCMP financial crimes officers are investigating allegations that a former City of Surrey finance clerk defrauded the city of more than $2.5 million by cutting hundreds of cheques to accounts associated with herself and her boutique cake baking business. According to a search warrant obtained by the …
Read More »9 women, 3 children among Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Gaza City school shelter
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 59 people, hospital officials said Wednesday, as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign against Hamas in a war now entering its 20th month. The strikes included one attack on Tuesday night on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 …
Read More »Utah unveils Mammoth as permanent name of NHL team in Salt Lake City
The NHL team in Salt Lake City is now known as the Utah Mammoth. Owners Ryan and Ashley Smith unveiled the franchise’s permanent name Wednesday after more than a year of fan input and voting. “From Day 1, we committed that this team would be built with and for the …
Read More »Children among 10 killed by Israeli strike on Gaza City home
An Israeli airstrike destroyed a three-storey home in Gaza City on Saturday, killing 10 people — half of them children — as Arab mediators scrambled to restart a ceasefire. Israeli strikes killed at least 49 people in the past 24 hours, according to health officials. The dead in the early-morning …
Read More »B.C. city buys health clinic to help community retain and recruit new doctors
The Cure is a CBC News series examining strategies provinces and territories are using to tackle the primary care crisis. A group of doctors in British Columbia’s northeast, with the help of city council, has saved a clinic from closure — and now has its sights set on bringing team-based care to a …
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