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Scientists from Sask., Sri Lanka work together to address threat of antibiotic resistance in animals
Two scientists whose connection was sparked in Saskatchewan are working together from different sides of the globe to improve animal health in Sri Lanka, in hopes of addressing a potential global health threat."Literally right here is where we sat together," said Joe Rubin, looking around his lab at the University of Saskatchewan.It's the scene where an international friendship formed on the Prairies.Rubin is a professor of veterinary microbiology at the Western College of Veterinary Medicine in
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Autistic kids 'falling through the cracks' as many in N.S. denied financial aid based on IQ
Like many pre-teens, Rowan Squires loves princesses, drawing on her iPad and watching cartoons — but she also requires around-the-clock care in nearly all aspects of her life.Rowan is autistic and has severe sensory issues, obsessive-compulsive disorder and the functional language skills of a toddler, said her mother and full-time caregiver Elizabeth Mason-Squires. "She has limited daily functional ability in this neurotypical environment that we live in, which inhibits that beautiful, special,
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N.B.'s industrial carbon tax revenue will return to emitters as subsidies
The New Brunswick government collected $18 million in industrial carbon tax revenue from the province's biggest emitters last year — money it plans to hand back to them this year in the form of subsidies.Environment Minister Gary Crossman said the revenue will be used to provide incentives to big industry to help them lower their emissions, something the carbon price itself is supposed to do by making the emissions more expensive. "The money collected by the output-based pricing system is being
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Fredericton's 12 Neighbours community welcomes final house
The final tiny home has been placed in the Fredericton community of 12 Neighbours.On Tuesday, home number 96 was trucked in and installed as part of the project to give homeless people in Fredericton places to call their own. "Today is a milestone day," said Marcel LeBrun, the man behind the concept and creation of the 12 Neighbours community."Two years ago, this was just a bunch of trees and vacant land." Marcel LeBrun stands at the entrance of the final tiny home installed in the community of
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Expect delays: What drivers in P.E.I. can expect for roadwork this spring and summer
Islanders and visitors to P.E.I. can expect some travel delays this spring and summer with roadwork taking place across the province."We are going to do some bridge construction, some paving and road construction," said Stephen Yeo, chief engineer for the provincial Department of Transportation and Infrastructure."We're going to do some intersection upgrades, so there is quite a bit to work to do across the Island." A major project the province will work on over the summer is a three-kilometre s
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In Serbian village, women fight to escape encroaching mine
Before dawn, 78-year-old Vukosava Radivojevic prepared breakfast for her husband then walked into her village in eastern Serbia to guard a barricade stopping trucks entering an open-pit copper mine that residents say is contaminating local land and water. Radivojevic is one of two dozen women who since January took shifts day and night on a small bridge in Krivelj to protest against the mine, run by a subsidiary of China's Zijin Mining, that dominates the surrounding countryside and encroaches
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MHAs blast government for not removing limitations on child abuse 'for the sake of Jack Whalen'
Eddie Joyce is growing frustrated with the provincial government after raising the same petition nine times in the House of Assembly, asking government to amend a law that prevents some victims of childhood physical abuse from suing for compensation.Joyce, who sits as an Independent, is one of several members who has brought forward the petition to amend the province's Limitations Act to remove the statute of limitations for physical abuse suffered by children.He's been raising the issue since l
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