Canada wildfires: At least 30,000 households in British Columbia told to evacuate
Reuters By Jaroslav Lukiv & Aoife Walsh BBC News About 30,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Canada’s British Columbia province, where nearly 400 wildfires are raging. Two huge fires in the Shuswap region merged overnight, destroying blocks of…
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Lead levels in Canadian water ‘exceed safe limit’ in a third of cases
From BBC The amount of lead in the water supply of major Canadian cities exceeded safe levels in hundreds of thousands of homes, a major investigation has found. Some areas showed lead levels higher than those in the US city…
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Canada win Test Series against Cayman Islands
From International Netball Federation Congratulations to Canada who won all three of their test series games against Cayman Islands, held last weekend in Burnaby, British Columbia. Although Cayman Islands lost all 3 matches, we are pleased to announce that they have…
Tips to fight inflammation and aging
By Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. Mike Roizen, MDs In mid-September, the National Interagency Fire Center reported that firefighters continued to battle 89 large blazes across the Western states and Alaska. In Canada last August, British Columbia alone had more…
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Smoke brings Seattle its worst air pollution in decades
By Jeff Masters From Weather Underground Smoke from the wildfires raging in southwestern Canada and the Northwest U.S. have brought Seattle and much of Washington State their worst PM2.5 air pollution in the past twenty years over the past few…
Canada is stepping in as a wave of opioid overdoses spread across the US
By Rachel Browne, VICE News From Business Insider As a wave of opioid overdoses continues to spread across North America, Canada is now allowing doctors to prescribe heroin as a treatment for severe addicts. Health Canada lifted rules this week that barred…
Tiny kitten with two missing paws gets a teeny wheelchair to frolic in
By Laura Vitto From Mashable For one teeny kitten, good things come from fighting to stay alive. Cassidy is a two-legged kitten who spent the first nine weeks of life with no one to care for him. When a concerned…
Convicted Cayman Islands criminal Brian Kuhn back in the news again
By Kelly Hayes From Global News Canada Kelowna landlord discovers tenant has criminal past A Kelowna couple is fighting to take re-possession of their home after renting it out to a businessman with a shady past. KELOWNA–A Kelowna couple is…
Like something from ‘Star Trek” — what is that strange-looking vessel?
ON THE WATERFRONT By David G. Sellars From Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles — Galeocerdo — which is the genus name of the tiger shark — came into the Port Angeles Boat Haven for a load of fuel on Friday…
makes you wonder how Earth is even real
18 photos that will make you wonder how Earth is even real By Brian Koerber From Mashable Nature sure knows how to put on a good show. With sub-zero temperatures and extreme heat waves, she is a force to be…
