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How remote First Nations are working with Ornge to improve medical transportation
A new program in remote First Nations across northwestern Ontario aims to improve access to medical transportation and emergency medical service training. Communities are leading the emergency first response team (EFRT) program in partnership with the air ambulance service Ornge. Here’s how the EFRT aims to improve health-care access in fly-in First Nations. Source link
Canada's Victoria Mboko ousted from Indian Wells women's doubles
Canada’s Victoria Mboko and doubles partner Mirra Andreeva of Russia lost their Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open quarterfinal in straight sets to Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic on Wednesday. Source link
Trump administration launches process to replace tariffs struck down by U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Wednesday launched a trade investigation into excess industrial capacity in 16 major trading partners in a move to rebuild tariff pressure after the U.S. Supreme Court tore down the centerpiece of Trump’s trade policy last month. Source link
Canadian women drop narrow decision to host Turkey in FIBA World Cup qualifying opener
Bridget Carleton scored a game-high 24 points as Canada erased a 19-point deficit, but ultimately fell 71-69 to Turkey in the FIBA women’s World Cup qualifying opener Wednesday in Istanbul. Source link
Social media video shows drone strike on Oman oil storage facility
A video posted to social media Wednesday shows a drone strike on an oil storage facility at Oman’s Port of Salalah. CBC News verified the footage by matching the facility shown to maps and other pictures of the port, by comparing the explosion to other videos showing the facility burning and by confirming the uniform […]
NDP's U.S. arms-control bill fails, 15 Liberal MPs break rank with government
An NDP private member’s bill that would have ended exemptions from Canada’s export-control regime for weapons and ammunition destined for the U.S. failed to pass at the House of Commons on Wednesday, though it garnered the support of 15 Liberal MPs who sided against their government. Source link
Drunk Mom author became the 'poster girl for sobriety' — but struggled secretly with relapse
Toronto author Jowita Bydlowska had told the world how she got sober in her 2013 bestselling memoir Drunk Mom. What she didn’t expect was having to write about relapsing over a decade later. Source link
What happens if — or when — Mark Carney and the Liberals get to a majority?
The potential ramifications of Lori Idlout’s move to the Liberals are not small. And they extend in several different directions. Source link
Cal Quantrill leads Canada to its first WBC quarterfinal, pitching 5 sterling innings
Canada has advanced to the World Baseball Classic’s playoff round for the first time in the international tournament’s 20-year history. Source link
U.S. must admit responsibility for deadly airstrike on Iranian school if at fault, says Republican
A Republican senator says the U.S. must not pretend Iran school strike didn’t happen, and admit to the mistake if in fact the U.S. military was responsible for the attack. Source link