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Some Jewish Canadians say this Passover comes with solemnity and complex emotions
By The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2024
Some Jewish Canadians say they have complex emotions and feel more solemn than usual this Passover because of the war in Gaza and a rise in antisemitism in Canada. The major Jewish holiday lasts seven or eight days each year and commemorates the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Consciousness a ‘realistic possibility’ in birds, fish, squid and bees, scholars say
By The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Biologists, cognitive scientists and philosophers across the globe say there is a reasonable possibility the vast majority of creatures on Earth are sentient in some way. The New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness was released Friday with 39 signatories from universities from Canada to Australia who say there is “at least ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wrong body returned from Cuba to Quebec family after father dies on vacation
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2024
MONTREAL – A Montreal-area woman is asking Canadian authorities to help locate her father’s body in Cuba after a devastating mix-up that saw her family receive a stranger’s remains instead. Miriam Jarjour says she was swimming with her 68-year-old father in the ocean near Varadero on March 22 when he suddenly had a heart attack ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Health Department reports 28 cases of eye damage linked to solar eclipse
By The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s Health Department says it has received 28 reports of eye damage related to the April 8 total solar eclipse that passed over southern parts of the province. The 28 cases reported as of April 17 include inflammation of the cornea, dry eyes and solar retinopathy, which is a permanent burn to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa should engage more with the four million Canadians living abroad: senator
By The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2024
OTTAWA – A senator is calling on Ottawa to see Canadian citizens living abroad as more than just people to evacuate in times of crisis. B.C. Sen. Yuen Pau Woo argues Canadians who live abroad have ties that Canada could use to boost its diplomatic, cultural and economic heft around the world. He commissioned a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau, Poilievre condemn chant on Parliament Hill glorifying Hamas attack on Israel
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning a weekend protest on Parliament Hill where a participant openly supported the Hamas attack on Israel last fall. Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre both say such comments are unacceptable. Saturday’s protest, which came more than six months into the Israel-Hamas war, featured Palestinian flags and placards ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: First Nations people more likely to leave ER: data
By The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without care, study says Researchers say First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than non-Indigenous patients. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds don’t ‘care if they die,’ says lawyer helping Canadian children held in Syria
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on April 22nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Five Canadian children are languishing in a squalid detention camp in northeastern Syria after Ottawa denied their mothers permission to come to Canada, says a lawyer fighting in court on behalf of the families. The development is the latest setback for Canadians among the many foreign nationals in ramshackle centres set up after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without care, study says
By The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2024
Researchers say First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than non-Indigenous patients. They say a new study shows that anti-Indigenous racism is part of the reason why. Lead author Patrick McLane of the University of Alberta says provincial data from 2012 to 2017 showed 6.8 per cent of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebecers who were in youth protection less likely to graduate, be employed: study
By The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2024
MONTREAL – A recent study commissioned by the Quebec government says young people who had been in the care of the province’s youth protection authorities are less likely to graduate from high school or to be employed than their peers. The study, conducted by researchers at several Quebec universities, found only 37 per cent of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Whale experts confident orca calf will survive, find family if rescue plan succeeds
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on April 21st, 2024
ZEBALLOS, B.C. – The odds of a two-year old killer whale calf surviving in the open ocean on its own and eventually reuniting with family members remain solid if a rescue team manages to free the orca from the Vancouver Island lagoon where she’s been trapped for nearly a month, whale experts say. A second ... Read More »
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