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At the river dock in Oiapoque, a frontier city near Brazil’s northern coast, Cleidiney Ribeiro steers his river boat into the water. “Progress is coming to Oiapoque,” he says with optimism, as he motors out an hour and a half to where the river meets the Atlantic Ocean. Cleidiney Ribeiro …
Read More »Blue Jays fans hearts to be tested one last time as Dodgers force winner-take-all for World Series
Even baseball fans who were in ‘92 and ‘93 have never seen this: the Toronto Blue Jays will play a seventh, winner-take-all Game 7 for the World Series for the first time ever — and while hope remains high, you can feel the city’s blood pressure rising. Despite a solid …
Read More »Most criminal cases in Ontario now ending before charges are tested at trial
Emily Quint says she would never have pursued the prosecution of the man she alleges sexually assaulted her nearly three years ago if she’d known what she’d go through. “The whole process was horrific,” said Quint. “The way that it ended, my whole world went up in flames.” A year …
Read More »Controversial law designed to free up Ontario hospital beds to be tested in court
A new charter challenge set to get underway on Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing or face a $400-per-day charge if they refuse. The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and the Ontario Health Coalition argues …
Read More »1st drug of its kind that could treat incurable eye diseases being tested
Researchers at the University of Waterloo are working on new synthetic drugs which may be the cure for degenerative eye diseases as well as similar issues in other parts of the body. A drug, developed by Sachdev Sidhu and his associates at Waterloo’s school of pharmacy, aims to treat patients …
Read More »B.C. man who opened store selling tested hard drugs dies of overdose: family – BC
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The man who was arrested for starting a mobile hard drugs store on the Downtown Eastside has died of an overdose, according to a post from family. Jerry Martin’s brother shared a post online saying his 51-year-old brother died suddenly and fentanyl …
Read More »Sachin Tendulkar discharged hospital after recovering from COVID19 will be home quarantine had tested positive COVID19 on March 27
Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar has been discharged from hospital after recovering from the dreaded Coronavirus (COVID-19). The 47-year-old will be in home quarantine for few days. The legend had tested positive for COVID-19 on March 27. Sachin had been hospitalized after he tested postive for Covid-19 recently. He was …
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