A number of people have fallen sick in Germany and the Netherlands and one has died after drinking champagne contaminated with ecstasy. In mid-February, a 52-year-old man died in the German town of Weiden and seven other people needed hospital treatment. Eight people, aged 33 to 52, had all drunk from a bottle of champagne…
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Seattle-King County Public Health is investigating an outbreak of norovirus-like illness associated with vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, and chills at Rock Wood Fired Pizza in Renton, WA. No hospitalizations or deaths are associated with the 12-case outbreak. Rock Wood Fired Pizza, located at 830 N. 10th St. in Renton has a “good” current rating for…
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Modern family! The Kardashian-Jenners come from a big brood and have only added to their ranks over the years. Kourtney Kardashian was…
Mixing up monikers! Amy Schumer, Grimes and more celebrity parents have changed their kids’ names after their arrivals. The comedian and her…
Big things in store! While making their mark on the entertainment and business world, the Kardashian-Jenner clan are raising the next generation.…
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Police training in domestic violence scrapped for years before veteran’s murder-suicide: inquiry
by Sue JonesThe provincial fatality inquiry examining why an Afghanistan veteran killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Monday that Nova Scotia police officers had limited intimate partner violence training in the seven years before the murder-suicides.The second-latest witness at the Lionel Desmond fatality inquiry testified about policing standards and training in Nova Scotia. (Dave Irish/CBC)The…
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Canada wants WHO approval for Medicago COVID-19 vaccine so it can be donated: Sajjan
by Sue JonesInternational Development Minister Harjit Sajjan says he wants the World Health Organization to greenlight Medicago’s COVID-19 shot so it can be donated and used by the COVAX vaccine-sharing alliance.The COVID-19 vaccine produced by Medicago, a biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Quebec City and shown here, will “very likely” not be approved for emergency use, a World…
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Liberals, opposition debate CP Rail stoppage but avoid discussing back-to-work legislation
by Sue JonesWhile the CP Rail work stoppage has businesses calling for back-to-work legislation, the Liberal government and opposition MPs avoided discussing the idea as they debated next steps in the House of Commons Monday. Canadian Pacific rail cars in a yard in Scarborough, Ont. on March 21, 2022. About 3,000 unionized engineers, conductors and other train workers across…