San Jose political leaders launch push to tackle blighted buildings
SAN JOSE — A San Jose councilmember has embarked on a quest to tackle what appears to be a worsening affliction of blight and decaying buildings in the Bay Area’s …
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Ontario will need tens of thousands of new nurses, PSWs by 2032
Ontario will need 33,200 more nurses and 50,853 more personal support workers by 2032, the government projects — figures it tried to keep secret but were obtained by The Canadian …
Tour boat captain sentenced to 4 years for fiery deaths of 34 people
A U.S. federal judge on Thursday sentenced a scuba dive boat captain to four years in prison and three years supervised release for criminal negligence after 34 people died in …
Ending Sudan’s civil war may require help of countries currently helping inflame it, observers say
The suffering Sudan’s devastating conflict has inflicted on millions of people made a slight dent in global indifference last week as the one-year anniversary of its start came and went. …
Anti-Black racism addressed in new course for health-care providers
A family doctor who helped create an anti-Black racism course for health professionals says she hopes participants will “unlearn” long-standing discriminatory practices that contribute to inequitable care for a vulnerable group. …
The mother of a school shooter was convicted of manslaughter. What does this mean for other cases?
A Michigan mother could face up to 60 years in prison after a jury convicted her on Tuesday on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, after her teenage son killed four …
Health Canada approves RSV vaccine for maternal immunization
Health Canada has approved a new vaccine geared toward protecting two groups most severely affected by the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV): newborns, who would receive antibodies through maternal immunization, and Canadians …
Canada’s first sport integrity commissioner Sarah-Eve Pelletier to resign in early 2024
Sarah-Eve Pelletier will resign as Canada’s first sport integrity commissioner early next year. The Quebec lawyer and former artistic swimmer was appointed in April 2022 to head the Office of …
Israel’s military has turned its sights on Jenin refugee camp following deadly Hamas attacks
When you visit the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the children dance around you like fireflies, full of winks and whistles and happy to show the way …
B.C. doctor fired for refusing COVID-19 shot loses bid to get hospital privileges back
A B.C. doctor who was fired after refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has lost her bid to get her hospital privileges back. The Hospital Appeal Board has found that …