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A sense of relief washed over travellers’ faces as they made their way into arrivals in Winnipeg. For one couple, after going from their home in Nunavut to Vancouver and Toronto, they’re happy to almost be home. “Unfortunately, due to the insane weather, we were delayed about a day and …
Read More »Ransomware attack delays Toronto’s SickKids lab results, systems could be offline for weeks – Toronto
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children says some of its systems could be offline for weeks after it was the subject of a ransomware attack. SickKids says its clinical teams are experiencing delays retrieving lab and imaging results, which could create longer wait times for patients and families. Toronto police confirmed …
Read More »Hiring spree is helping with visa, immigration delays, say federal ministers
The federal Liberal government says hundreds of additional staff members have been added in recent months to address long wait times and backlogs at Canadian airports and passport and immigration offices. But while the hiring spree has started to make a difference, cabinet ministers acknowledged Monday that far more work …
Read More »Toronto’s Pearson airport now 2nd worst in world for delays. Ottawa says travel woes on the mend
Fatima Sherefa, 17, had a rough night at Toronto’s Pearson Airport on Aug. 6. Her flight from Toronto home to Winnipeg had been delayed several times and then, just after midnight, it was cancelled. Sherefa says Air Canada staff didn’t offer hotel accommodation for the night, and instead passed out yoga …
Read More »Corn farmers in B.C.’s Fraser Valley dealing with crop delays after unseasonably wet weather
Usually, by mid-July, Ian Sparkes’ corn crops are fully grown and ready to be harvested and sold. But this year, the Chilliwack farmer says it will be at least another two to three weeks before they can be picked. Sparkes says the cold and wet weather B.C. faced this spring is causing …
Read More »Air travellers face cancellations, delays throughout long weekend
Many passengers are facing delays, lost baggage and missed connections through the Canada Day long weekend. Staff shortages, in the air and on the ground, have been blamed for the chaos. News Source link
Read More »Trudeau says passport delays are ‘unacceptable,’ promises the government will ‘step up’
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to do more to fix what he calls an “unacceptable” state of affairs at the country’s passport offices that have been overwhelmed in recent days as thousands of Canadians scramble to get their hands on the necessary documents before travelling abroad. Speaking to CBC Radio’s The …
Read More »More Canadians could face late-stage cancer tied to diagnosis delays during COVID pandemic
It all started with a stomach bug. That’s what Cheryl-Anne Labrador-Summers thought, anyway. It was October 2020, not long after she’d moved to the tranquil lakeside Ontario community of Georgina, and instead of relaxing with her family like she’d planned, the mother of three was struggling to figure out why …
Read More »Tesla delays Full Self-Driving beta rollout to ~1,000 drivers with perfect safety scores of 100, Elon Musk says due to a "few last minute concerns" (Kim Lyons/The Verge)
Kim Lyons / The Verge: Tesla delays Full Self-Driving beta rollout to ~1,000 drivers with perfect safety scores of 100, Elon Musk says due to a “few last minute concerns” — The “Full Self-Driving” update was supposed to roll out to 1,000 more Tesla owners Friday — Tesla has delayed …
Read More »Drug Delays Onset of Type 1 Diabetes
May 2021 Print this issue A study found that the drug teplizumab helped people at risk for type 1 diabetes. The drug delayed the average time to the start of the disease. Some who were …
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