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Another global event is causing another run on what many might consider a household necessity, although in this case, some might prefer a toilet paper shortage. For those who love Diet Coke — and there are many — it’s much more than a fizzy brown beverage. It’s a way of …
Read More »Gas Shortage Slashes Food Orders
नई दिल्ली55 मिनट पहले कॉपी लिंक ईरान-अमेरिका जंग के बीच भारत में कॉमर्शियल LPG सिलेंडर की किल्लत का असर फूड इंडस्ट्री पर भी दिखने लगा है। कई शहरों में रेस्टोरेंट और क्लाउड किचन गैस की कमी से जूझ रहे हैं। इस वजह से स्विगी और जोमैटो जैसे फूड डिलीवरी प्लेटफॉर्म …
Read More »B.C. mushroom picking robots get $40M boost to fill growing agricultural labour shortage
A B.C.-based startup that makes artificial intelligence (AI)-run mushroom harvesting robots says a recent $40-million investment will help the company remain at the cutting edge of autonomous agricultural technology, at a time when the industry is facing widespread labour shortages. 4AG (pronounced “forage”) Robotics is based in the rural lakeside city …
Read More »F-35 program facing skyrocketing costs, pilot shortage and infrastructure deficit: AG report
Canada’s plan to buy 88 U.S.-built F-35 fighter jets is facing significant challenges, including skyrocketing costs, a shortage of trained pilots and a lack of critical infrastructure, according to a new report from Auditor General Karen Hogan. The audit for the F-35 program is part of Hogan’s spring audits, released Tuesday, which …
Read More »RCMP’s 911 dispatcher shortage is putting Mounties and public at risk: audit
A recently released RCMP audit says its 911 dispatch centres across the country are struggling with severe staff shortages and burnout, putting front-line Mounties and the public at risk. Described as the lifeline for officers in the field, the RCMP is responsible for 17 operational communications centres, where dispatchers field …
Read More »Burn patients face intense recovery amid drug shortage under Israeli blockade of Gaza
Hamza Abu Shabab cringed in pain as his mother pulled off his shirt and eased his bandaged head back onto his pillow so she could apply ointment to his small, burned body. The seven-year-old suffered third-degree burns across his head, neck and shoulders when, frightened by an Israeli airstrike, he …
Read More »Military now accepting recruits with asthma, ADHD and other conditions amid staffing shortage
As the Canadian Armed Forces continue to try and dig out of a deep recruitment hole, they’re starting to give new recruits with medical conditions a shot at joining the military rather than automatically turning them away. Maj.-Gen. Scott Malcolm, the military’s surgeon general, says the forces will now consider applicants …
Read More »A way out of the family doctor shortage? Shift training, say medical school deans
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. A patient sounds slightly short of breath with a subtle decline in their strength. The …
Read More »The anesthesiologist shortage is now a ‘full-blown crisis.’ Should Canada use nurse anesthetists?
White Coat Black Art26:30Should Canada have nurse anesthetists? The effects of a shortage of anesthesiologists could be improved if specially trained nurses were allowed to provide anesthesia care — something they do in the United States, nursing advocates say. But physicians’ groups have pushed back against the idea in at …
Read More »How a viral TikTok video led to a year-long global shortage of Swedish candy
A global shortage of Swedish-made candy, all thanks to a viral TikTok video? Stranger things have happened. But that’s exactly what went down earlier this year, when TikTok influencer Marygrace Graves showed followers the sweets she’d scooped up from a weekly visit to BonBon, a Swedish candy shop in New …
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