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Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital on Sunday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, medics said, in a strike Israel said was against Hamas fighters exploiting the facility. Health officials at the Al-Ahli Arab Baptist Hospital in Gaza City evacuated the patients …
Read More »Freezing rain warning leads to schools cancelled across P.E.I. Monday
PEI·Updated All Public Schools Branch and French-language board schools on Prince Edward Island were cancelled Monday because of a forecast of freezing rain. Warning in place across the province Thinh Nguyen · CBC News · Posted: Mar 31, 2025 5:52 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago A freezing …
Read More »Tariff exposure lower in B.C.; warning against illicit sexual performance drugs: CBC’s Marketplace Cheat Sheet
Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. B.C. economies ‘less exposed’ to potential U.S. tariffs: Canadian Chamber of Commerce The Canadian Chamber of Commerce ranks Canadian cities’ vulnerability to U.S. tariffs using custom Statistics …
Read More »Los Angeles wind forecasts this week trigger red flag warning for wildfires
Dangerously high winds were expected to resume on Monday in Los Angeles, potentially hampering efforts to extinguish two stubborn wildfires that have levelled whole neighbourhoods and claimed the lives of at least two dozen people. Dry Santa Ana winds of up to 80 to 112 kilometres per hour were forecast to …
Read More »Tsunami warning cancelled after quake off northern California coast, no threat to B.C.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit off a sparsely populated stretch of northern California coast on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to evacuate low-lying areas amid a tsunami warning that was later cancelled. Emergency Info B.C. says there is “no tsunami threat to B.C.” No deaths or injuries were reported. There were no …
Read More »Israel continues strikes on Gaza, issues warning for Lebanon’s south coast
The Israeli army issued an urgent warning Monday for people to stay off the beach or on boats on Lebanon’s coast, from the Awali river southward, until further notice, saying it would soon begin operations against Hezbollah from the sea as fighting between the two countries continued. Israel later issued another evacuation …
Read More »‘Widespread and heavy’: Toronto to see plenty of rain with warning in place
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Torontonians may get drenched over the next 24 hours as Environment Canada warns of potentially “widespread and heavy” rainfall for the city. The federal weather agency has issued a rainfall warning for Toronto, saying some areas may see a total of 50 …
Read More »AI ‘early warning’ system shows promise in preventing hospital deaths, study says
An AI early-warning system that predicts which patients are at risk of deteriorating while in hospital was associated with a decrease in unexpected deaths, a new study says. The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found a 26 per cent reduction in non-palliative deaths among patients in …
Read More »Downpour in Jasper National Park slows fires, but comes with warning
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 25, 2024 4:52 pm Updated August 26, 2024 9:08 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Parks Canada says a weekend drenching of rain on parts of Jasper National Park is doing a lot to quell fire …
Read More »Tornado warning ended for central Alberta as supercell activity triggers severe thunderstorms
A tornado warning was issued just after 7 p.m. for a swath of central Alberta, where a line of severe thunderstorms could possibly be producing a tornado. The warning was later dropped around 9 p.m. Visit Alberta Emergency Alert for the latest details. Previous story below: After days of high …
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