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2024 election: Your guide to all the key primaries, debates and what happens next
Five states — Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Kansas and Ohio — are holding primaries on Tuesday.
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Surge in fatal suspected overdoses as potent synthetic opioids found in unregulated drug supply: TPH
Health officials are warning of a surge in suspected overdose deaths in Toronto as two powerful synthetic opioids were recently found in the unregulated drug supply.Toronto Public Health (TPH) said Monday that paramedics responded to six fatal suspected overdoses between March 14 and 17, about triple the average over four-day spans in the last three months.The overdoses happened in various parts of the city, TPH said.Toronto's Drug Checking Service, a free program funded by different levels of g
1 min read - BusinessThe Weather Network
Spring begins with the risk of 30 cm of snow in Alberta. There's a silver lining
After days of record warmth, Alberta will see quite the reversal of fortunes this week, culminating in a multi-day snowfall event and a drastic temperature plunge
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Spring is here — after Canada's warmest winter on record
Spring has officially arrived, after a winter that didn't feel much like one.The months of December, January and February were the warmest on record in Canada, part of a pattern of unprecedented temperatures across the globe over the past year.David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment and Climate Change Canada, said this past winter could be described as a "cancelled season.""It often arrives on Halloween and leaves at Easter, and we kept waiting for this one to arrive," he said. On av
4 min read - NewsThe Canadian Press
Review of priest accused of sexual assaults in Nunavut finds Oblates unaware
An independent review of a priest accused of sexually abusing Inuit children in Nunavut says his Catholic order wasn’t aware of the allegations when he returned to France. Retired Superior Court justice André Denis led the review into 93-year-old Johannes Rivoire. Denis found the Oblates of Mary Immaculate didn't know Rivoire was being investigated by Canadian police when he arrived in France in 1993, and the religious order was not contacted by RCMP when charges were laid five years later. The
4 min read - NewsThe Weather Network
Winter fights back with cold, winds, snow as spring officially begins in Ontario
Much colder than normal temperatures kick off spring in Ontario, with strong and gusty winds, snow showers, and bands of lake-effect snow this week
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Financial incentives not enough to retain nurses, critics say
As British Columbia attempts to entice nurses to work in rural and remote communities, some say financial incentives don't go far enough to adequately address the ongoing nursing shortage. Christina Rogers, a registered nurse in Terrace, B.C., who specializes in labour and delivery, says the lack of resources in communities like hers could make potential nurses think twice before deciding to move for work. She says the small size of her team means more work and more responsibility for those on s
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