Calgarians are fundraising for medical supplies for people affected by coronavirus in China. Almost 2,000 cases of a new viral respiratory illness have been confirmed since an outbreak began last month in the Chinese city of Wuhan. According to the National Health Commission, 56 people have died. “Too many people need help,” said fundraiser organizer Patty Xu at the Calgary […]
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An Edmonton mountaineer has his sights set very high. He’s hoping to become the first Canadian heart attack survivor to summit Mount Everest. “I thought that if I wanted to do something, it needed to be something really remarkable, and it was nothing better than the top of the world,” said Leo Namen. He’s a long-climb climber and avid athlete, […]
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French police are hunting for gunmen after shots were fired in Nimes with people fleeing in terror. It is reported that "one or two" men have been seen carrying Kalashnikov rifles in the southern French town. Footage on social media show people running in panic as shots ring out. There are currently no casualties reported. It has been rumoured that […]
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One of Baldy Mountain Resort’s two chairlifts is closed to the public again on Sunday. For the second day in a row the Sugarlump Quad isn’t ferrying skiers and snowboarders up the hill. In a somewhat cryptic Facebook post on Saturday, the resort appeared to blame the lift closure and the cancellation of a planned race on Sunday on “stolen […]
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You can still have children after you die. You’ll never meet them, of course, but your genetic code can live on in another person, through advancements in reproductive technology. In some cases, people have their sperm or eggs harvested or frozen, perhaps before a cancer treatment, or as part of fertility treatments. In the event of their death — with […]
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MITCHELL Heck, who vanished from Daybrook, Nottingham yesterday evening has been found. Police launched a successful hunt for the missing 12-year-old boy who was last seen riding his BMX bike in the Daybrook area, Nottingham, on Saturday evening at 5:30pm. The young lad, who was described as 4ft 8ins tall with mousey brown hair, went missing while riding his blue […]
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The country’s death toll rose to 42 yesterday, while quarantine measures saw 56 million people in several cities put into lockdown. Thirty-one people have been tested for the deadly coronavirus in the UK, but all of the results have come back negative. About 2,000 people who have recently flown here from Wuhan, a city where the outbreak is believed to […]
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – More than 2,000 people have been infected with a new coronavirus, the vast majority in China where 56 people have died from it, and the United States said it will evacuate some of its citizens from the city at the center of the outbreak. President Xi Jinping said during a politburo meeting on Saturday that China was […]
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Animal control officers with the Regional Animal Protection Society (RAPS) in Richmond are investigating after a box with a number of dead puppies inside was found in the parkade of the Hilton Vancouver Airport. Hilton Vancouver Airport general manager Sanjeet Sadana told Global News staff made the discovery during a routine parking lot check Saturday afternoon, and the manager on […]
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