Illness breaks out in beleaguered Ontario First Nation
Sonal Gupta / nationalobserver - Health tests at Kashechewan First Nation, which is already in a state of emergency due to water contamination, show a widespread outbreak of the water-borne cryptosporidium — likely a result of the contamination.
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WATCH: Protestors at UBC force Dallas Brodie, Frances Widdowson off campus
Jarryd Jäger / westernstandard - When OneBC leader Dallas Brodie and former professor Frances Widdowson arrived at the University of British Columbia on Thursday morning, they were greeted by hundreds of protestors.
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Hundreds line up near Edmonton to endorse referendum on Alberta leaving Canada
sootoday - STONY PLAIN — Hundreds of people braved bone-chilling temperatures today at a community centre just west of Edmonton to sign a petition to force a vote on Alberta leaving Canada.
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Ontario faces extreme cold as polar vortex drives temperatures to global lows
Jeremy Borg / westernstandard - TORONTO — Ontario is expected to become the coldest place on Earth this week as an intense Arctic air mass driven by a disrupted polar vortex settles over the province, sending temperatures and wind chills to extreme lows.
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Lethbridge police charge Taber man after alleged hotel room sexual assault of 12-year-old
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - Lethbridge police have charged a Taber man after an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl in a city hotel room, an incident authorities say involved multiple minors and alcohol.
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Judge says Montreal man not criminally responsible for killing parents, grandmother
sootoday - MONTREAL — A Montreal man has been found not criminally responsible for stabbing his parents and grandmother to death in their home in 2023.
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