Alberta Health Services says it is "highly likely" that the source of an E. coli outbreak that has led to more than 150 cases in Calgary children is food that was distributed from a central kitchen shared between a number of daycare sites in the city. 19 patients have been …
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Parents struggle as 27 hospitalized in Calgary daycare E. coli outbreak
Twenty-seven patients are currently hospitalized after an outbreak of shiga toxin-producing E. coli forced the closure of 11 daycare sites in the city over the Labour Day weekend. AHS says contaminated food from shared central kitchen is the likely source of outbreak Stephanie Ivey was shocked to hear the words …
Read More »B.C. man says opening his home to international students has helped him stave off loneliness
Bill Pittman offers space in his Rutland home for international students, charging below-market rent in exchange for assistance with housework — and helping him deal with social isolation. 'Without these beautiful people in my life, I'd be very lonely,' says Kelowna senior Bill Pittman When Sele Akere first saw a …
Read More »Manitoba inmate said ‘I can’t breathe’ more than 20 times while restrained by guards before death, video shows
CBC News viewed a nearly 21-minute-long video detailing a 2021 standoff between Headingly inmate William Ahmo and corrections officers that was shown in court last week during the trial of a corrections officer now charged in Ahmo's death. Court shown video of February 2021 altercation between officers and William Ahmo, …
Read More »Some children affected by E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares on dialysis, health officials say
Alberta Health Services says there are 142 lab-confirmed cases of E. coli linked to an outbreak at Calgary daycares — and a small number of children are now receiving dialysis. Alberta Health Services says they will allow some daycares to re-open next week An E. coli infection put her daughter …
Read More »Poilievre invokes former Liberal prime ministers’ fiscal records in speech at Conservative convention
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre doubled down on his promise to balance the federal budget when he took the stage at his party's national policy convention Friday evening — and to invoked his political rivals' predecessors while doing so. Delegates defeat push by social conservatives to overhaul nomination process Watch Poilievre's …
Read More »Accused in University of Waterloo stabbings now also faces terrorism charges
A former University of Waterloo student now faces terrorism charges, along with the attempted murder and assault and other charges already against him, in connection with the June classroom stabbings in southern Ontario that left three people with serious injuries. Geovanny Villalba-Aleman, 24, also faces attempted murder, assault, weapons counts …
Read More »CCLA lawsuit asks court to quash parental consent rule in N.B.’s gender-identity policy
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has made true on its threat to sue New Brunswick if it didn’t revoke its changes to the school gender-identity policy. Revised policy gives parents a say in whether teachers can use students' chosen pronouns, names The Canadian Civil Liberties Association has filed the first …
Read More »From opinion polls to party faithful, Poilievre’s Conservatives are riding high. But is it too soon?
The race to be the next prime minister of Canada has yet to be called but Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre appears to be comfortably set in the pole position. Some insiders wonder if the party can maintain the momentum. After a record-setting convention, Tory prospects seem bright — if …
Read More »Conservatives approve policies to limit transgender health care for minors, end race-based hiring
Conservative delegates voted Saturday to add some new social conservative policies to their policy playbook including a proposal to limit access to transgender health care for minors and to do away with vaccine mandates. Other debate focused on female spaces, the energy industry and Canada's passport Conservative delegates voted Saturday …
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