B.C. health minister to visit Kelowna hospital as critics say facility in ‘crisis’ – Okanagan

British Columbia’s health minister says she will visit Kelowna General Hospital (KGH) amid mounting pressure over what critics say is a pediatric care crisis at the facility. It comes after local BC Conservative MLAs Gavin Dew (Kelowna-Mission), Kristina Loewen (Kelowna Centre) and Macklin McCall (West Kelowna-Peachland) pressed the minister to visit the site earlier Monday….

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Canada cricketers celebrate T20 World Cup qualification with win over Bermuda

Teenage batsman Yuvraj Samra scored 45 runs Sunday as Canada celebrated qualification for next year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with a six-wicket win over Bermuda in the final game of the four-country Americas Qualifier. Canada’s seven-wicket win over the Bahamas on Saturday, coupled with Bermuda’s nine-wicket loss to the Cayman Islands, sealed the Canadian…

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Iranian Canadians and others watch and worry after U.S. strikes on nuclear sites

Iranian Canadians and Jewish groups turned worried eyes to the Middle East on Sunday, as U.S. strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites raised fears of escalating violence. Nimâ Machouf, a member of a Montreal Iranian women’s association, said family members in Iran are living “from one bomb to another.” “I’m very worried because this will only accelerate…

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4 people are missing after helicopter crashes on Quebec’s North Shore

Four people are missing after an Airmedic helicopter crashed near Natashquan, a community on Quebec’s North Shore,  around 10:30 p.m. Friday. The air ambulance was in the process of a medical evacuation and crashed into a lake shortly after takeoff, according to Nic Defalco, a spokesperson for Canada’s Transportation Safety Board (TSB). Four crew members and…

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