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Listen to this article Estimated 2 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 instructed crew members aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to return to planned operations after …
Read More »This 19-year-old attempted suicide. Hospital staff sent him to a homeless shelter
WARNING: This story references self-harm and suicide. Paramedics rolled Jeremiah Dixon into the emergency department on a gurney after he’d made multiple attempts to take his own life. Less than a day later, he was discharged and sent by taxi to a local homeless shelter. “I was scared and shocked,” …
Read More »Rescued raven learns to imitate ‘dramatic’ sneeze of Prince George shelter operator
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. Ravens and crows are known as talented mimics, but one particular bird is catching attention for …
Read More »Neighbours raise safety concerns after squatters take up shelter in vacant downtown St. John’s home
At first, Chantal Jordaan thought the sounds coming from next door must have been rats. Sounds can travel easily through the walls of the attached homes on historic Gower Street in downtown St. John’s. Those sounds came into sharp focus late last year when, Jordaan said, she heard a cough. …
Read More »Shelter runs out of naloxone as B.C. community sees 80 drug overdoses in 24 hours
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. A shelter in B.C.’s Cowichan Valley ran out of naloxone last week after the area saw an estimated 80 toxic drug poisonings in a 24-hour period, according …
Read More »Aid groups call for urgent access of shelter, food items into Gaza as winter nears
Thousands of boxes filled with shelter items and food are sitting idle in Jordan, Egypt and Israel, humanitarian agencies say, warning that very little aid is making its way into Gaza nearly four weeks after a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel began. As colder weather approaches, hundreds of thousands …
Read More »Newborn dies after being found in bus shelter in Longueuil, Que.
CBC News has confirmed that the newborn found in a bus shelter in Longueuil, Que., has died. Longueuil police spokesperson Jacqueline Pierre told Radio-Canada the baby was less than 28 days old. Monday morning, Longueuil police posted on their social media that they found a baby in a bus shelter …
Read More »OPP asking people in Caledon area to shelter in place in response to incident with potentially armed people
Ontario Provincial Police are asking people along parts of Highway 9 in the Caledon area to shelter in place Saturday morning as officers respond to “an incident in the area involving some potentially armed individuals.” The shelter in place covers Highway 9 between The Gore Road, Patterson Side Road, Finnerty Street …
Read More »‘So much more positive’: Leaving downtown to use a homeless shelter gave this woman hope
Calgary officials are trying to make the city feel safer by testing the idea of small, daytime homeless shelters in the suburbs. For Kim Richards, that approach was exactly what she needed. The former small-business owner says she was stuck deep in grief and drug addiction, drawn into a negative …
Read More »U.S.-backed Gaza aid group halts distribution as 18 killed in Israeli strike on school shelter
The U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) will not give out any aid on Wednesday as it presses Israel to boost civilian safety beyond the perimeter of its distribution sites, a day after dozens of Palestinians seeking aid were killed. The GHF said it has asked the Israeli military to “guide foot traffic in a way …
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