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Indonesian rescuers wrapped up the search on Tuesday for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Islamic boarding school in the province of East Java after retrieving more than 60 bodies, disaster authorities said. Grief and confusion gripped the small town of Sidoarjo last week after foundational failures caused the …
Read More »Desperate search for survivors after Afghanistan earthquake kills at least 800
Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after an earthquake measuring 6.0 magnitude in eastern Afghanistan, with the Taliban government reporting Monday that 800 people were killed and more than 2,500 injured. The quake late Sunday hit towns in the province of …
Read More »Nagasaki, Japan, marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing as survivors urge youth to push for nuclear ban
The southern Japanese city of Nagasaki on Saturday marked 80 years since the U.S. atomic attack that killed tens of thousands and left survivors who hope their harrowing memories can help make their hometown the last place to be hit by a nuclear bomb. The U.S. launched the Nagasaki attack on Aug. …
Read More »More survivors rescued from water 48 hours after brazen Houthi strike sinks Red Sea ship
Rescuers pulled three more crew members and a security guard alive from the Red Sea on Thursday, maritime security sources said, a day after Houthi militants sank the Greek ship Eternity C and said they were holding some of its missing crew. It was the second Greek bulk carrier sunk this week by the …
Read More »‘Indigenous Survivors Day’: a day of reflection before Canada Day
Today, the city of Thunder Bay is proclaiming June 30th as “Indigenous Survivors Day” and hosting community events. Sixties Scoop survivor Troy Abromaitis said he created Indigenous Survivors Day to honour children who were taken from their families and lands. He said Thunder Bay is the first city to make it a full-day event, …
Read More »2 different plane crash survivors say they sat in seat 11A — does where you sit actually matter?
Two different doomed flights, two different survivors with one thing in common: seat 11A. Vishwashkumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash that killed 241 people on board and several more on the ground after the plane crashed minutes after takeoff last Thursday, has made headlines around the world. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner …
Read More »Thousands of northern Ontario survivors of boarding home program eligible for compensation
Warning: This story is about survivors of the Indian Boarding homes program and talks about abuse and domestic violence. Melissa Ethier and Marilyn Gaudreau squeeze onto a single wide chair, and comfort each other, as they open up about what it was like to be removed from their homes in …
Read More »Roof collapse at Dominican Republic club kills at least 124 as search still on for survivors
A crowd of people grew increasingly agitated Wednesday as they waited at the Dominican Republic’s forensic institute for news of loved ones still missing a day after a roof collapsed at an iconic nightclub in the capital, killing at least 124 and injuring hundreds more. National Institute of Forensic Pathology …
Read More »Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school survivors reach $27M agreement with feds
Antoinette LaFleur waited most of her life for this day. The Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school survivor and elder was on hand Monday to hear the federal government had signed a $27-million agreement in principle with survivors of the school. “I endured because I was able to tell my story that had …
Read More »Rescuers rush to find survivors after deadly mall roof collapse in Peru
The collapse of a food court roof at a shopping mall in northwestern Peru killed six people and left at least 78 others injured, the country’s defence minister said Saturday. The heavy iron roof at the Real Plaza Trujillo shopping mall, a city in the La Libertad region of northern …
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