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Amy Reiswig holds the newspaper clipping that led her to James Tribon, a former navy diver who helped save her father’s life in 1962. The two met on June 4 at Vancouver’s Tsawwassen Mills mall. (Marie Nelson) This First Person column is the experience of Amy Reiswig, who lives in …
Read More »Doctor who helped get Matthew Perry ketamine pleads guilty
A San Diego doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry ‘s fatal overdose pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to distribute the surgical anesthetic ketamine. Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, entered the plea in federal court in Los Angeles, becoming the third person to admit guilt in the aftermath of the Friends star’s …
Read More »How 2 Ontario Purolator drivers helped rescue a man walking into oncoming highway traffic
A pair of Purolator drivers in Guelph, Ont., are being labelled as heroes by provincial police after saving a man walking into oncoming traffic on a highway. Line-haul driver Melinda Olah says she saw a pedestrian in distress as she was approaching Highway 410 on April 29. “The visibility of …
Read More »Man who helped with war relief in Ukraine volunteers at Calgary Marathon – Calgary
Descrease article font size Increase article font size This is a big weekend for the 1,400 volunteers at the Calgary Marathon. And there’s one person donating his time to the race who’s recently been helping people make it through life in a war zone. Herman Demydov came to Calgary last …
Read More »Auditors allege Canadian charity helped Hamas financier – National
A government audit of one of Canada’s largest Muslim charities alleges some of its directors and employees were involved in “an apparent Hamas support network.” Canada Revenue Agency auditors cited the “troubling” allegation as one of the reasons it felt there were grounds to revoke the charity status of the …
Read More »TIFF 2023: Nicholas Cage says being an internet meme helped him tap into ‘Dream Scenario’ role
Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Nicolas Cage says his own experience being the subject of internet memes helped him prepare for his latest role. Cage stars in “Dream Scenario” as an unremarkable suburban professor and father who becomes famous when he starts appearing in people’s …
Read More »Ontario, Quebec wildfire efforts unlikely to be helped by rainy weather
Mother Nature may offer a brief reprieve to smoky conditions in some areas out west this week, but likely won’t offer too much help in fighting wildfires in eastern Canada. In a briefing Monday morning, Environment Canada meteorologist Gerald Cheng told reporters that while some rain would be seen in …
Read More »How Jimmy Carter once helped clean up a partial nuclear meltdown — in Ontario
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 20, 2023 3:42 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size He is known now as Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States. But in December 1952, James Earl Carter Jr. was a young U.S. naval officer about to be …
Read More »Chef who helped feed millions of Ukrainians awarded Ukraine's Order of Merit
Chef José Andrés of the World Central Kitchen speaks with Rosemary Barton Live about his efforts to feed millions of Ukrainians and bring them hope through food. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded the chef the country’s Order of Merit. News Source link
Read More »How climate change has helped greener energy businesses take off in Canada
Many Canadian businesses have been hit hard in the last few years by everything from the pandemic to the war in Ukraine and climate change. But for some, climate change has been a boon, in part because of government grants meant to increase energy efficiency as Canada aims for net-zero emissions by 2050. It’s all part of a …
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