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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Kylian Mbappe scored twice to move into a tie for second in career World Cup goals …
Read More »Federal court judge grants last-minute delay for driver in Humboldt Broncos bus crash
A federal judge has granted a last-minute reprieve for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, temporarily preventing his imminent deportation to India. Lawyers for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu appeared in Federal Court on Friday, hoping to avoid Sidhu’s deportation, which was scheduled for Monday morning. Sidhu, …
Read More »NASA moon rocket suffers setback likely to delay March launch: officials
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. NASA’s new moon rocket suffered another setback on Saturday, almost certain to bump astronauts’ first lunar …
Read More »Complaint filed about off-duty RCMP officer who arrested woman with intellectual delay
A review is underway of the actions of an RCMP officer who arrested an intellectually delayed woman and removed her from a mental health social centre, while off duty and in a different police jurisdiction. The woman, 34, has a seizure disorder, autism, and intellectual and cognitive impairments. CBC News …
Read More »Delay in COVID-19 lockdowns in U.K. resulted in some 23,000 more deaths: public inquiry
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Former British prime minister Boris Johnson oversaw a “toxic,” “chaotic” and dithering response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with a delay in locking the country down resulting in …
Read More »Matawa Chiefs Council wants Rogers to delay 3G shutdown, telling CRTC it’s ‘a matter of life and death’
The Matawa Chiefs Council is warning that Rogers’s planned 3G network shutdown could have consequences for remote First Nations communities in northern Ontario, including putting lives at risk. The council said it sent a letter to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) this week that calls for an urgent …
Read More »RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers stop recommending MMRV vaccine for kids under 4, delay vote on hepatitis B shot
A panel of experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has voted to change its recommendations on how children under four years of age should be vaccinated against measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (MMRV), while a planned vote on the Hepatitis B vaccine for young children will be …
Read More »She says Service Canada made an error on her Old Age benefit application — the delay almost got her evicted
A Toronto senior is speaking out after she was left without her Old Age Security benefit for months because of a simple error by Service Canada that left her in a dire situation: the wrong year was allegedly entered into its system. Debbie Westfall says she applied for OAS in January, well before she turned …
Read More »Mediators agree to swap of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages following delay
Mediators have reached a deal to release Palestinian prisoners who were originally set to be freed by Israeli authorities last Saturday, along with the handover of Israeli hostages’ bodies by Hamas, an Egyptian official said on Wednesday. The source, who was briefed on the matter, said the handovers would take place under Egyptian supervision but did not specify the release date. …
Read More »B.C. judge orders WestJet to stop telling unhappy passengers the sky’s not the limit on delay claims
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered WestJet to stop telling passengers there’s a limit to how much they can claim for expenses incurred by flight delays and cancellations. Justice John Gibb-Carsley issued the interim injunction in New Westminster, B.C., Friday ahead of a trial set for next year over …
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