Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba racing fans were out of luck Tuesday night, as Assiniboia Downs cancelled its events due to lingering poor air quality. The Downs, located just west of Winnipeg, said in the interest of both the horses and the riders, it was forced to …
Read More »Cold front to bring relief following ‘extremely hot’ conditions Friday in much of southern Ontario
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A heat warning remains in place for a large part of southern Ontario with “extremely hot” conditions expected on Friday, though a cold front is expected to bring relief later in the day. The heat warning covers areas including Barrie, the GTA, …
Read More »Inmates say dangerous conditions inside understaffed Nova Scotia jail violate rights
Inmates at a Halifax-area jail say their rights have been violated by months-long rolling lockdowns, as correctional officers refuse work because of dangerous conditions in the provincial detention centre. A series of complaints recently brought before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court tell a similar story: inmates locked in their cells …
Read More »Carberry, Man. community rocked by fatal bus crash, demands better road conditions
The community of Carberry, Man. has been rocked after 15 people were killed and 10 hospitalized when a semi-truck and a passenger bus collided on Thursday. It happened at the highway’s intersection with Highway 5 near the town of Carberry, and residents are saying the road conditions there are unacceptable. …
Read More »Ontario coroners looking to unionize over working conditions and upcoming reforms
Burned out and fed up with working conditions they say are unfair, Ontario’s coroners are pushing to be allowed to unionize – despite their first raise in more than a decade and a law preventing them from doing so. The Ontario Coroners Association says coroners are frustrated with a new …
Read More »Ontario to pay $33M in proposed settlement for class actions over London jail conditions
A proposed settlement has been reached in two class action lawsuits against the province over conditions at London’s Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre, and allegations that thousands of inmates were deprived of their Charter rights while at the troubled provincial jail. Under the proposed settlement, still subject to approval by a judge, …
Read More »Police seek Ontario offender wanted on Canada-wide warrant for breach of conditions
The Ontario Provincial Police say they are searching for a federal offender who allegedly breached his statutory release conditions. The OPP’s repeat offender parole enforcement squad said a Canada-wide warrant has been issued for 24-year-old Jasean King. He is known to frequent the Windsor, Oshawa, and the Greater Toronto Area, …
Read More »Southern, eastern Ontario brace for snowstorm, difficult travel conditions
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 25, 2023 9:38 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for most of southern and eastern Ontario, with a significant storm expected to hit parts of the province. Snowfall started in southwestern Ontario Wednesday morning …
Read More »Flooding rain across Prairies may not be enough to end prolonged drought conditions. Here’s why
CBC Alberta and Saskatchewan have teamed up for a new series on weather and climate change on the Prairies. Meteorologist Christy Climenhaga will bring her expert voice to the conversation to help explain weather phenomena and climate change and how it impacts everyday life. After last year’s record-breaking heat and …
Read More »Monkeypox can ‘masquerade’ as other conditions, with wide range of symptom severity
As global outbreaks of monkeypox made headlines, Dr. Antoine Cloutier-Blais’ Montreal clinic began seeing patients with unusual — and often painful — bodily lesions. By early June, the family physician and his colleagues had treated around 15 patients with confirmed infections, out of the roughly 100 lab-confirmed cases reported so …
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