Another Quebec municipality was evacuated due to forest fires Friday evening. The 2,000 residents of Lebel-sur-Quévillon were called to leave their homes as a nearby blaze approached the community. Nearly twice as many fires in Quebec this year compared to 10-year average. More Quebec municipalities are receiving evacuation notices as …
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Breaking up is hard to do — especially when it’s with your doctor
The letter arrived last week, ending our 23-year relationship. It opened the way you’d expect — “this letter is probably the hardest one I have ever written” — before going on in great detail and with much sadness about how the timing wasn’t right, before giving me the old “it’s …
Read More »Mags on catwalk 2023
Time really flies! It feels like just yesterday when Mags was born, and now Mags is celebrating 20 years of amazing fashion-forward creations. It’s truly a blessing to see Mags become a byword for exquisite fashion among women of all ages, sizes, and statures. She had her fair share of …
Read More »Triple train crash: Over 280 dead, hundreds hurt in India
At least 288 people were killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision in India, officials said Saturday, the country’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years. Wreckage debris was piled high at the crash site near Balasore, in the eastern state of Odisha, where some carriages had …
Read More »Welcome to the ‘Oatside’
Popular Singaporean oat milk brand Oatside is finally available for retail in the Philippines. The young and popular brand, which founder and CEO Benedict Lim started in 2020, is often spotted in cafes and supermarkets in neighboring Asian countries such as Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Oatside …
Read More »Cape Breton boy’s dream of having pump track nearby now in motion
Kail Dutt was nine years old in 2021 when he decided the Cape Breton Regional Municipality should have a pump track. And thanks to his efforts, it soon will. The CBRM has issued a tender for the construction of a paved pump track in the former Neville Park soccer field …
Read More »Damaged water bomber won’t be back in service this year
An oft-delayed decision on the fate of a grounded water bomber will be pushed back further. In February, the Newfoundland and Labrador government issued a request for qualifications to short-list companies capable of fixing the aircraft, which hasn’t been in the air since 2018. That document stressed that the decision …
Read More »Vitriol in Val d’Or: How homelessness and petty crime have reignited racial tensions
Many of the residents of Val d’Or say they feel unsafe in the small city and blame the homeless population. For those who work with First Nations people in the area, the language used is unacceptable and will do nothing to help the community heal. Anger bubbles over in mining …
Read More »Scared of heights? How virtual reality can help people overcome their phobias
Virtual reality-based (VR) therapy combines other forms of therapy, including talk, with technology, allowing patients to immerse themselves in their fears in a groundbreaking way. It’s been used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and other mental health diagnoses. Fay Nugent challenged her phobias in a series of virtual scenarios. …
Read More »3 decades later, the Diana effect — and the Casey House effect — come to the stage
A play premiering at Ontario's Stratford Festival is set against the anticipation of a royal visit by the late Diana, Princess of Wales, to Canada's first free-standing AIDS hospice. The work explores the potential to overcome alienation, the power of kindness and finding dignity in death. Play debuting at Stratford …
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