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Feds announce $7M for Hurricane Melissa relief in Caribbean countries
The MP overseeing Canada’s foreign aid announced $7 million in humanitarian relief for Caribbean states hit by Hurricane Melissa on Thursday. Source link
Magnetic gel could remove kidney stones more effectively
Standard techniques for removing kidney stones often require repeated surgery, but a magnetic gel seems to make the process more efficient Source link
Liquified, composted: How green are these alternative death practices?
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we look at the environmental impacts of two alternatives to burial and cremation of human bodies; check out a new kind of floating solar panel; and look into an idea to boost recycling rates and help vulnerable people at the same time. Source link
Calgary students among thousands across Alberta taking part in provincewide walkout
Calgary students took part in a provincewide school walkout Thursday in response to the outcome of the Alberta teachers’ strike. Protest organizers say they’re standing up for teachers, while the education minister and a Calgary school board say students shouldn’t leave class. Source link
Speed cameras across Ontario to be removed in 2 weeks, transportation minister says
Ontario’s transportation minister says speed cameras across the province are set to be removed in two weeks, after Premier Doug Ford’s government passed legislation Thursday to ban them. Source link
‘We deserve answers’: Missing N.S. children honoured at candlelight vigil
Five blue balloons fluttered in light wind under cotton candy skies outside a Nova Scotia RCMP detachment on Wednesday evening as community members and friends and family of missing children Jack and Lilly Sullivan gathered for a candlelight vigil. Source link
World Athletics uncovers systematic internal theft totalling over $1.7M US for years
World Athletics says it lost more than 1.5 million euros ($1.7 million US) to “systematic theft” which allegedly involved its own employees. Source link
$1.3B federal inmate hospital a 'profound misallocation': correctional investigator
Ottawa’s plans to spend $1.3 billion to build a new hospital for inmates in New Brunswick is misguided and a “profound misallocation of resources,” Correctional Investigator of Canada Ivan Zinger says in his annual report released Thursday. Source link
Ottawa's DB Pridham named NSL's first player of the year
Soccer star Delaney Baie Pridham has added Northern Super League player of the year honours to her trophy case. Source link
Manitoba has gained doctors but is having trouble keeping them, Doctors Manitoba says
Manitoba has attracted more doctors to the province over the past couple of years, but keeping them here is still an issue, a new report says. Source link