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Listen to this article Estimated 4 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. A tent used for treatment of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo was set …
Read More »Israel fires deadly airstrike at Gaza tent camp, Palestinian officials say
Listen to this article Estimated 5 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. Israel fired airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing at least 11 people, Palestinian officials …
Read More »Father and son dress as Santa, visit Gaza tent city with gifts, music to celebrate New Year
Listen to this article Estimated 4 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. Sunset bathed the north of Gaza City in golden light Tuesday evening as Izzat Al-Qawasmeh and …
Read More »Danielle Smith and the Alberta separatists gather in the UCP tent
There was a period, in the old Progressive Conservative dynasty days, when there wasn’t much daylight between a chamber of commerce crowd in Alberta and the party convention crowd. Maybe a number more windbreaker-clad ranchers at the latter, but both audiences would come to root for the same thing: a …
Read More »She was trying to sell a play tent for $40. It ended up costing her $1,250
A woman in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island wants to warn others about an online phishing scam through Facebook Marketplace after a sale that was supposed to earn her $40 cost her $1,250 instead. When Severine Nichols was getting rid of her daughter’s play tent last week, she did …
Read More »As temperatures dropped in Gaza, this family took refuge in a hole 1.5 metres under their tent
Over the last nine months of the war in Gaza, Nora al-Batran was pregnant with twins. The 38-year-old was displaced multiple times with her husband and children as they skirted bombs and gunfire and sought refuge in a tent in the town of Deir al Balah. On Dec. 6, al-Batran …
Read More »Guelph mayor hopes bylaw will address safety concerns at tent encampments
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Guelph Mayor Cam Guthrie is weighing in on a proposed bylaw aimed at the use of public spaces in the city. A motion was passed at last Tuesday’s planning meeting to have staff draft a public space use bylaw that will address …
Read More »‘Band-aid’ solution of tent encampments on Halifax Common rejected by council
Halifax councillors have rejected a recommendation to turn parts of the Halifax Common into designated encampments for homeless people, in an evening of tense and emotional discussion over the issue. Councillors did pass other motions that include leasing private property, using municipal surplus lands and looking to campgrounds and outdoor …
Read More »Tent fire on the Downtown Eastside spreads to propane tanks, former event space – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Vancouver Fire crews made short work of a tent fire that spread to The Imperial, leading to water damage at the closed down event venue. The tent fire was sparked around 6:45 p.m. Sunday at Main and Hastings Streets. Multiple propane tanks …
Read More »No end in sight to Vancouver’s CRAB Park tent city – BC
Almost two years after it was established, the encampment at Vancouver’s CRAB Park is not going anywhere, although many residents have moved out. Kevin Strome, who was among the first to pitch a tent in the Downtown Eastside park, said he worked with Carnegie Community Centre outreach staff to find …
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