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VideoHealth Matters: Nearly 282M people faced acute hunger worldwide in 2023, report reveals
A new report says nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza having the largest number of people facing famine. The Global Report on Food Crises says that's an increase of 24 million people compared to 2022. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for April 25, 2024.
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Quebec police say 40 'high risk' sex offenders arrested in provincewide operation
MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say they've arrested 40 sex offenders in an operation involving multiple police forces across the province. The operation targeted people considered a high risk to reoffend. Police looked for offenders who had violated court-imposed conditions and those subject to arrest warrants. They say they found "numerous" people who had violated an order to register with the national sex offender registry. The operation, which began April 2, involved 24 municipal police
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Police investigating after man plunges to his death from balcony
Toronto police say they're investigating if a man was pushed to his death from a balcony downtown late Wednesday.The incident happened just before midnight in the area of Church and Shuter streets.Paramedics told CBC Toronto that they transported a man in his 30s to a trauma centre. He was pronounced dead in hospital, according to police.The homicide unit has taken over the investigation.Investigators are searching for two males and two females in connection with the incident. Police were unable
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Fort Smith man convicted of murder receives youth sentence of 7 years
A Fort Smith, N.W.T., man who, when he was 17, shot and killed Jordan Tourangeau, has been sentenced to seven years for second-degree murder under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.That's the maximum sentence allowed under the act. It was a joint recommendation by the Crown and his defence lawyer, and was accepted in Fort Smith court Wednesday by Chief Justice Shannon Smallwood.The man cannot be identified as he was a youth at the time of the crime.He will spend four years in prison, followed by th
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VideoHaiti's Henry resigns as prime minister, making way for a new government
Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence. (April 25) (AP/ Pierre Luxama)
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Quebec family reimbursed $10,000 for being shipped wrong body after death in Cuba
MONTREAL — A Montreal-area family that was sent the wrong body after a loved one's death in Cuba has received a $10,000 reimbursement and an apology from the Caribbean country. Miriam Jarjour says her family was refunded the money paid to repatriate her father's remains but still doesn't know what happened to his body. Laval, Que., resident Faraj Allah Jarjour had a heart attack and died on March 22 while vacationing with his family near Varadero, Cuba. But the casket that was sent to Canada las
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of N.L.'s COVID-19 travel ban
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal related to Newfoundland and Labrador's decision to close its borders early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The case, which was launched by Kim Taylor of Nova Scotia and backed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, claimed the province's travel ban was unconstitutional. Taylor was barred from travelling home to Newfoundland and Labrador on May 5, 2020, to attend her mother's funeral.It was dismissed in September 2020, and the province's ap
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