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      In just over a week, more than 4,000 people have tested positive in a population of about 60,000, including the country's secretary of health and human services.

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      Ontario sees slow forest fire season a year after record-setting fires

      Ontario is seeing far fewer forest fires this year than the 10-year average, and only a fraction of what it experienced last summer, when fires tore through a record amount of land in the province, according to the provincial government. There have been 179 fires so far this year, with 2,416 hectares of land burned, Evan Lizotte, a fire information officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources, said in a recent interview. That's compared with the 10-year average of 669 fires and 174,196 hectare

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      Trump legal adviser ordered to testify in Ga. election probe

      ATLANTA (AP) — A judge in Colorado on Tuesday ordered a legal adviser for former President Donald Trump's campaign to travel to Georgia to testify before a special grand jury that's looking into whether Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. Judge Gregory Lammons in Fort Collins, Colorado, made the decision after holding a hearing on a request from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to compel testimony from attorney Jenna Ellis. Prosecutors are inter

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      The Canadian Press

      Which EVs qualify for new US tax credit? Websites offer help

      WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of the rollout of a huge new climate, tax and healthcare law, the U.S. government is moving forward with its plan to award new tax credits to electric vehicle purchasers. Several new websites launched Tuesday to help people identify which vehicles qualify for the credits. Based on data submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, at least 31 new 2022 and 2023 models qualify for the tax credit. For starters, they must be made in North America to be el

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      CBC

      Victim of downtown Windsor police shooting bought machete from nearby shop, owner says

      The 70-year-old man who police shot in downtown Windsor Monday bought a machete from a pawn shop not far from the incident. That's according to Valentin Petre, who owns the Rabbit Hole pawn shop near the corner of Wyandotte Street and Ouellette Avenue. Petre says he gave investigators video of a man who appears to be Allan Andkilde, the victim in the shooting, buying the item from his store. "He's been here a few times," Petre said. "We talk once in a while, not to the point where we're buddy-bu

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      CBC

      MUN adds 5 family medicine residency spots to coax international grads back to Canada

      Memorial University is adding five spots to its family medicine residency program to entice Canadian graduates of international medical schools to finish their training at home — and stay in Newfoundland and Labrador when they're done. Premier Andrew Furey made the announcement Tuesday afternoon, the most recent provincial initiative aimed at recruiting and retaining health-care professionals as the province, and much of the country, struggles with staffing shortages. "We're moving with a sense

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      CBC

      Pod of dolphins rescued from shallow cove off Nova Scotia's South Shore

      Residents of a small island off Nova Scotia's South Shore were instrumental last weekend in saving a stranded pod of dolphins from a shallow cove, a marine animal rescue responder said. The Marine Animal Response Society received a call at around 10 a.m. Sunday morning informing them that five to seven dolphins were trapped in Hagars Cove on McNutts Island, response specialist Andrew Reid said. Reid credited local community members for keeping the dolphins off the rocks and partially submerged w

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      Palestinian President Abbas skirts apology for Munich attack

      BERLIN (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed no regret Tuesday for the deadly attack by Palestinian militants on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics a half century ago, countering that Israel had committed “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians over the years. Eleven Israeli athletes and a German police officer died after members of the Palestinian militant group Black September took hostages at the Olympic Village on Sept. 5, 1972. At the time of the attack, the group was linke

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      Cowboys For Trump leader fighting to keep job in New Mexico

      SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cowboys for Trump founder Couy Griffin is fighting to keep his seat as a New Mexico county commissioner as he faces possible removal and disqualification from public office for his participation in last year’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Griffin was previously convicted of a misdemeanor for entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021. He was sentenced to 14 days and given credit for time served. Three residents of Santa Fe and Los Alamos counties filed a lawsuit seeking

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      Operations 'under review' at Caribou mine near Bathurst following poor quarterly report

      A mining company says its operations near Bathurst, N.B. are "under review" following a period of low productivity rates. Trevali Mining Corporation released its second-quarter 2022 financial results, which showed the company suffered a 44 per cent decrease in revenue over the previous quarter, with its Caribou mine, located just west of Bathurst, being partly to blame. "Caribou's full-year production and cost guidance has been suspended and the operation is under review, following continued ope

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      The Canadian Press

      Edmonton gondola needed better Indigenous consultation, councillor says

      EDMONTON — The sole city councillor to vote in support of a gondola across Edmonton's river valley says the outcome may have been different if there were better Indigenous consultation. A recommendation that a city agreement with Prairie Sky Gondola be terminated passed 12 to one on Monday. Karen Principe, councillor for Ward Tastawiyiniwak, was the lone vote against nixing the project. But she says more meaningful consultations with Indigenous people were needed before signing the land-lease ag

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      The Canadian Press

      Ex-congressman from California arrested, charged with fraud

      FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A former U.S. Congressman from central California was arrested Tuesday by federal agents on wire fraud, money laundering, and campaign contribution fraud charges stemming from “multiple fraud schemes,” federal prosecutors said. Terrance “T.J.” Cox was arrested by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigations in Fresno, where he was booked to the Fresno County jail on a U.S. Marshals hold, jail records showed. It was not immediately known if he has an attorney who can spe

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      CBC

      Province warns Islanders of blue-green algae found in Black Pond

      P.E.I.'s Chief Public Health Office says blue-green algae has been found in Souris's Black Pond. The province issued an advisory Tuesday warning Islanders to avoid exposure to the water. Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) may form scum that can cause skin rashes and irritations for swimmers. Ingesting the water may cause nausea, vomiting, sore throat, diarrhea and abdominal cramps. As a result of the discovery, the province is advising people to avoid eating fish caught in the area. The province i

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      CBC

      Contract tracing in effect to try to halt spread of monkeypox in N.B.

      Public Health is contact tracing to try to limit the spread of monkeypox in New Brunswick. The province's first confirmed case of the virus, announced last Friday, had not travelled out of New Brunswick, said Dr. Yves Léger, the deputy chief medical officer of health. This "reasonably" means the person got the virus either from a New Brunswick resident or somebody travelling in the province, Léger said in an interview Tuesday on Shift. To limit the spread of the virus, Public Health has been fol

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      euronews Videos

      Smell of Portugal's forest fires reaches Madrid 300 kilometres away

      The Spanish capital's emergency services received hundreds of calls about the smell of burning, while a satellite image shows a column of smoke spreading from Portugal.View on euronews

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      CBC

      Parents 'shocked' by forest school closure 3 weeks before fall term

      Three weeks before classes were set to resume in September, Tír na nÓg Forest School in Saint John has announced it will discontinue its preschool, elementary, and middle school programs. In a letter to parents this week, founder Tim Jones stated the decision was made "with heavy hearts," and all deposits would be refunded in full. The K-8 school in Rockwood Park had between 50 and 70 students. Founded in 2012, the school presented traditional subjects like math, literacy, science, social studie

    • Business
      CBC

      NS Power gets delay to rate-increase hearings so it can talk more with province

      Provincial regulators agreed Tuesday to delay proceedings into Nova Scotia Power's proposed 10 per cent electricity rate increase. The pause was requested by the company and supported by the Nova Scotia government to give them more time to discuss ways to protect ratepayers from sharply higher fuel costs. The company is allowed to automatically pass those costs to customers, through a yearly fuel adjustment mechanism. "Given the potential impact that an increase in fuel and purchased power costs

    • News
      The Canadian Press

      Quebec launches 'massive' COVID-19 vaccination campaign ahead of fall

      QUEBEC — Premier François Legault said Tuesday the government would launch a "massive" vaccination booster campaign to get ahead of the next wave of COVID-19, which he said is expected after students return to class and people start spending more time indoors. All Quebecers over the age of 18 will be eligible to make an appointment for a booster by the end of the month, Legault told reporters in Quebec City alongside Health Minister Christian Dubé and public health director Dr. Luc Boileau. "Fal

    • News
      The Canadian Press

      Alberta promises more officers for rural municipalities with provincial police plan

      CALGARY — The Alberta government continues to make its case for a provincial police force, saying it would add hundreds of front-line officers to small detachments. The United Conservative government outlined its blueprint for more police in rural Alberta today. It says 275 front-line police officers would be added to Alberta's 42 smallest detachments. Justice Minister Tyler Shandro says the proposed model would have 65 to 85 community detachments that would have a minimum of 10 police officers

    • News
      CBC

      COVID-19 levels remain high in Ottawa as indicators decline

      Recent developments: Ottawa recorded three new COVID-19 deaths over the past four days. While many of the key indicators of COVID-19 levels in Ottawa have dropped, public health officials say levels remain high in the community. Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says the local vaccination rate of children under five is among the highest in the province. Earlier this month, the province's chief medical officer of health said the seventh wave of COVID-19 in Ontario had peaked. Health officials say the cu

    • News
      The Canadian Press

      'Malicious intent' suspected in wolf escape, Greater Vancouver Zoo says

      LANGLEY, B.C. — The Greater Vancouver Zoo says a "small number" of its wolves are unaccounted for after the animals were believed to have been released as a result of "malicious intent," but there is no danger to the public. The zoo says on its website that a number of wolves were discovered outside their enclosure in the morning and it's working with the B.C. Conservation Officer Service to "contain" the animals, while the Langley RCMP investigate what appears to be a case of unlawful entry and

    • News
      CBC

      Defense lawyer says more detail is needed in case against Indigenous fishers

      The case of a commercial fisher who's suing Indigenous groups continued in Saint John on Tuesday. The case began in April, when Mary Ann Holland applied to the Court of Queen's Bench for an injunction to stop Indigenous fishers from catching elvers in an are where she has an exclusive licence to fish. The lawsuit named Neqotkuk, also known as Tobique First Nation, Sitansisk Wolastoquiyik, or St. Mary's First Nation, Welamukotok, or Oromocto First Nation, and Woodstock First Nation, along with th

    • Politics
      The Canadian Press

      Biden signs massive climate and health care legislation

      WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill into law on Tuesday, delivering what he has called the “final piece” of his pared-down domestic agenda, as he aims to boost his party’s standing with voters less than three months before the midterm elections. The legislation includes the most substantial federal investment in history to fight climate change — some $375 billion over the decade — and would cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 out

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      Local Journalism Initiative

      Dead B.C. woman transported to morgue in back of police truck

      A lack of BC Ambulance paramedics meant Bella Coola RCMP had to transport a dead woman in a body bag in the back of their pickup truck to the hospital, on July 23, Samuel Schooner, chief of the Nuxalk Nation, said. Schooner who spoke to Black Press Media on August 15 about ambulance staffing concerns, said because ambulances were more than two hours away, RCMP officers responded to the medical call where the 52-old woman was in cardiac arrest. The officers provided CPR for more than an hour befo

    • News
      CBC

      Body of Edmonton teen recovered from pond in Whitecourt, Alta.

      The body of an Edmonton teenager missing in a pond in Whitecourt, Alta., since Sunday has been recovered. Volunteer rescue divers recovered the body of Hassan Mohamed, 14, around 10:20 a.m. Tuesday, an RCMP spokesperson said. RCMP had been called to the Rotary Park Outdoor Waterpark just before 4 p.m. Sunday after a "child swimmer" had gone missing, police said in a news release the same day. The waterpark is adjacent to the park's pond. RCMP initially said the missing swimmer had been in the wa

    • Science
      Canadian Press Videos

      How climate bill pushes Americans to go green

      President Joe Biden has signed a landmark climate change bill into law, which includes the biggest federal investment in history to fight climate change, some $375 billion. (Aug. 16)

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