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How this team is transforming health care for African Nova Scotian women
The Nova Scotia Sisterhood aims to provide culturally sensitive health-care services to Black women and gender-diverse individuals. The team is working to break down some of the systemic barriers that exist for African Nova Scotians trying to navigate the health-care system. Source link
Months after fatal crash near Walkerton, Ont., legacies of 4 students and their teacher live on
In the seven months since a crash that killed a teacher and four teenagers from a Walkerton, Ont., high school, several funds and foundations have been set up to keep memories of the five alive. “The legacy is still there,” says Dan Rourke, dad of one of the students who died. Source link
Months after fatal crash, legacies of 4 Walkerton, Ont., students and their teacher live on
In the seven months since a crash that killed a teacher and four teenagers from a Walkerton, Ont., high school, several funds and foundations have been set up to keep memories of the five alive. “The legacy is still there,” says Dan Rourke, dad of one of the students who died. Source link
Trump test-drives affordability message as Republican election losses mount
U.S. President Donald Trump is embarking on what the White House describes as a campaign to show Americans that he’s addressing their cost of living concerns, an effort to reverse the Republican Party’s sinking popularity. Source link
Alberta boy, 12, pleads guilty to attempted murder of 7-year-old brother
A 12-year-old Lethbridge, Alta., boy who “had been researching murder on YouTube” before he stabbed his seven-year-old brother nine times, pleaded guilty to attempted murder Wednesday afternoon. Source link
Climate change supercharged cyclone damage in parts of Asia, study finds
Deadly cyclones with torrential rains are supercharged by warming temperatures, says a new report by the World Weather Attribution group. At least 1,600 people were killed after Cyclones Senyar and Ditwah tore through Malaysia, Thailand and Sri Lanka in late November. Source link
N.L. man accused of attempted murder was discharged from involuntary mental health order, family says
The family of a man charged with two counts of attempted murder says they were shocked to learn he’d been released from a community treatment order months ago, and say he was denied vital care before the near-fatal attacks. Source link