Researchers at the University of British Columbia are helping lead a first-of-its-kind project to improve Alzheimer’s disease prevention, diagnosis and care for people of Asian ancestry across North America. Asian people could face particular risks but are underrepresented in most research. Researchers at the University of British Columbia are helping …
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Parents say Canadian scouts learning ‘resiliency’ as storm forces jamboree to move in South Korea
Thousands of youths have travelled to Buan, South Korea, for the World Scout Jamboree, including 235 youths and 143 volunteers from Canada. Parents say that despite the extreme heat and tropical storm threatening the jamboree, they’re happy their kids are getting a chance to stay abroad. Jamboree to move from …
Read More »Halifax police agrees withholding information was wrong, settles legal case with CBC
Halifax Regional Police has agreed to release more information about its internal discipline decisions, after a year of negotiations with CBC. The police department acknowledged it didn’t meet its obligations under the law when it refused to provide the information in 2022 After the public broadcaster took police to court, …
Read More »Sexual assault trial for former head of military human resources is set to begin
An Ottawa civilian court is set to hear the trial of Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson, the military’s former head of human resources. Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson is charged with sexual assault and committing indecent acts but denies wrongdoing. The trial of Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson, the military’s former head of human resources, is …
Read More »Wildfire near Princeton, B.C., forces evacuation of music festival
A wildfire burning near Princeton, B.C., forced the evacuation of a music festival attended by up to 1,000 people on Sunday evening, according to officials. Music festival near Princeton with up to 1,000 attendees evacuated Sunday after ATV ignited fire nearby: RCMP. The latest on the wildfires: The Rice Road …
Read More »What’s behind Ontario’s alpaca agri-tourism boom?
A dramatic rise in the popularity of alpaca farms in some areas of Ontario is driving a shift in the agri-tourism sectors, with at least 60 farms listed on Google alone, from Windsor to Ottawa and everywhere in between. 20 years ago, 5-10 alpaca farms were in the province, farmer …
Read More »Flood-hit communities in the Maritimes on alert for more rainfall
After two significant flash-flooding events in as many weeks, we have to be on guard for another wave of heavier rain to push in late Tuesday into Wednesday morning. With lots of locations around Halifax, N.S., still fully saturated, soils will likely be too compromised to fully absorb heavy runoff, …
Read More »15 Alberta communities have now declared agricultural emergencies
It’s dry in southern Alberta. But you don’t need to tell area farmers that. As of August 3, 15 Alberta communities have declared agricultural emergencies this summer. Alberta government data shows some areas have received 50-year-low levels of precipitation. On Cactus Coulee Ranch just east of Redcliff in Cypress County, …
Read More »I loved being a medic, but I couldn’t accept the dysfunction in our system
Paramedics sometimes joke about “Ambulance Gods” when it seems everything goes wrong at a chaotic scene. Colin Fraser describes one call in particular, and why it was the demand for perfection in that imperfect world that made him turn in his stethoscope. After countless exasperating calls, I was nearing the …
Read More »‘We’re all God’s children’: Historic Montreal church hosts annual Pride celebrations
Tatenda Mandenga stood before a congregation in a downtown Montreal cathedral on Sunday and spoke the words he was long forced to swallow in his home country. “I’m gay and I own it. This is who I am,” he said. The 30-year-old refugee from Zimbabwe, who arrived in Canada last …
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