Georgia state health officials are investigating whether E. coli was spread at the Georgia National Fair held earlier this month. Officials with the Georgia Department of Public Health said they have confirmed four cases of the illness among children who were at the event from Oct. 7 to Oct. 17, news outlets reported. Three of…
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War forced these Japanese Canadians into internment camps. Chance brought them to the same long-term care home
by Sue JonesSeveral Japanese Canadians who were forced out of their homes into internment camps by the Canadian government in the Second World War are now living in Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care in northeastern Toronto.Sue Kai tells her son, Brian, about her years of being forced to live in an internment camp for Japanese Canadians…
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Maxime Bernier’s defamation lawsuit against political pundit dismissed by Ontario court
by Sue JonesA defamation lawsuit launched by People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier against an outspoken political commentator and strategist has been dismissed by an Ontario court.Maxime Bernier and his newly formed People’s Party of Canada were the targets of widespread criticism ahead of the 2019 federal election. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)A defamation lawsuit launched by…
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‘I’m begging you: Get vaccinated,’ Yukon premier implores public while announcing rise in COVID-19 cases
by Sue JonesYukon Premier Sandy Silver and the Yukon’s acting chief medical officer of health, Dr. Catherine Elliott, gave an update on the territory’s COVID-19 situation Wednesday morning.Yukon Premier Sandy Silver and Dr. Catherine Elliott, acting chief medical officer of health, gave an update on the territory’s COVID-19 situation on Wednesday morning. Silver implored members of the…
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Friend, cousin reflect on life, death and legacy of Helen Betty Osborne, 50 years after her murder
by Sue JonesOn Nov. 12, 1971, Cree teenager Helen Betty Osborne was the victim of a now notorious hate crime that ultimately exposed what Indigenous communities had known all along — racism in Manitoba was alive, thriving and deadly.Fifty years after her murder in northern Manitoba, Helen Betty Osborne is remembered by her friend Rita McIvor. ‘I miss her.…
Khloé Kardashian revealed that she experienced an irksome—but ultimately harmless—side effect due to COVID-19: temporary hair loss. “My hair really fell out with COVID,” Kardashian said during a Twitter Space chat this week, as People reports. “So after, it was really a struggle for a minute,” said Kardashian, who had the virus early on in the…
More than 200 million years ago, modern frogs’ ancestors lost the teeth in their lower jaws. How did Guenther’s marsupial frog regain…
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Ottawa spent more money in Alberta than it raised in tax revenues from the province in 2020, economist says
by Sue JonesFor the first time in decades, Alberta received more federal support than it raised in revenues last year, new data from Statistics Canada shows — and was also the largest recipient of COVID-related federal spending increases in Canada.Customers enjoy a meal at Annabelle’s Kitchen in Calgary’s Marda Loop neighbourhood on June 11, 2021. (The Canadian Press)For…
Dozens of school divisions in Alberta’s smaller cities and rural area are wrestling with how to handle provincial pressure to adopt a proof of vaccination mandate for staff.St. Paul Education superintendent Glen Brodziak says the public debate over mandating staff proof of vaccination has been angry and difficult to deal with. (CBC)Dozens of the province’s…
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Moncton woman can’t continue addiction treatment unless she agrees to ‘invasive’ birth control method
by Sue JonesA Moncton woman says she feels she’s not in control of her own reproductive decisions, after losing access to her addiction treatment because she and her doctor don’t agree on the birth control method she’s chosen.Rebecca Billard feels that access to her opioid addiction treatment, Sublocade, is a matter of life or death. (Pierre Fournier/CBC)A…