Fake nurse who treated hundreds of patients in Kingston sentenced to house arrest

A 24-year-old Kingston, Ont., woman has been sentenced to house arrest for what a judge called a series of lies that included forging nursing credentials that allowed her to treat roughly 200 patients before being found out. Madeline Stenhouse appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice on Tuesday wearing a black suit and glasses. She nodded as Justice Alison Wheeler described her “youthfulness” as…

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Lake Okanagan Resort condo owners left in limbo after West Kelowna, B.C fire

Two years after the devastating McDougall Creek fire burned down the majority of Lake Okanagan Resort, displaced residents struggle to rebuild as red tape delays recovery. Heather Ormiston called her second-floor condo unit, overlooking Okanagan Lake, her retirement plan. Now, all that remains of Ormiston’s condo is a barren patch of rocks and gravel. “It…

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Residents on evacuation standby as wildfire blazes northeast of Edmonton – Edmonton

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A wildfire that erupted near the Redwater Provincial Recreation Area in Sturgeon County, Alta., was burning out of control Sunday and local authorities urged residents to prepare for possible evacuations. The fire grew from 110 hectares to an estimated 388 hectares (or 959 acres) overnight, Sturgeon County…

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