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How financially healthy is your hospital? Eastern Ontario data reveals a grim picture
A CBC News analysis of hospital financial statements reveals many of eastern Ontario’s hospitals have been struggling with their bottom line over the past three years, with about half operating in the red and some borrowing millions from banks. Despite a recent funding boost from the province, advocates and experts worry the situation won’t improve. […]
Vancouver-based mining company confirms the deaths of 9 of 10 workers kidnapped in Mexico
Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver has confirmed the deaths of nine of its 10 workers who were abducted in Concordia, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, in late January. Source link
Dodgers belt five homers in 14-2 rout of Blue Jays in World Series rematch
Teoscar Hernandez, Freddie Freeman, Dalton Rushing — with a pair — and Shohei Ohtani hit home runs to power the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 14-2 rout of the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night at Rogers Centre. Source link
2 fighting bald eagles freed from power line in Surrey
A pair of bald eagles found themselves in a tangle in Surrey, B.C., before power and fire crews helped a local wildlife rehabilitation group free the birds. Source link
Ukrainians mark the arrival of spring by releasing bats into the air, rescued from war
Over the weekend more than 1,000 spectators gathered in Ukraine to carefully open cloth bags and release dozens of rescued bats into the air. Alona Pryslutska, co-founder of the Ukrainian Bat Rehab Center, tells As It Happens guest host Dave Seglins not even the war is stopping this unconventional marker of the arrival of Spring. […]
Blue Jays catcher Kirk to undergo surgery to repair thumb fracture
Toronto Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk will undergo surgery to repair a left thumb fracture. Source link
‘Just ridiculous’: Still furious over Olympics, Brad Jacobs faces Oskar Eriksson in 1st rematch at Rock League
Competing on sheets next to each other in the inaugural Rock League Draw at Toronto’s Mattamy Athletic Centre, Jacobs and Eriksson — rivals dating back to the hog-line controversy in Cortina — did not interact as their 10-person teams went head-to-head. Source link
'About more than remembrance': Work on Humboldt Broncos memorial continues 8 years after crash
This year marks eight years since the deadly Humboldt Broncos crash. Humboldt’s mayor says work is continuing on a memorial in the team’s home city. Source link
Charge head coach Carla MacLeod stepping away to focus on cancer treatment
MacLeod, who announced last November that she’d been diagnosed with breast cancer, will be leaving the team for an undetermined length of time as she continues her treatments, the PWHL club said Monday. Source link
Ahead of World Cup, ICE says its agents don't carry guns in Canada
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says its agents in Canada don’t carry firearms, following questions about a potential ICE presence at upcoming FIFA World Cup games. Source link