Hamilton A resident of Brantford-Brant is currently hospitalized with rabies. The health unit says it’s the first case in Brantford-Brant ever and the first in Ontario since 1967.Suspected exposure was from a bat in Gowganda area of the Timiskaming regionCBC News · Posted: Sep 06, 2024 3:54 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago
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Canada-wide warrant issued for woman in fatal Toronto shooting
A 36-year-old woman is wanted for first-degree murder following a shooting near an after-hours club in Toronto earlier this month. On Sept. 1, Toronto police said they were called to the area of Eglinton Avenue West and Times Road, just east of Glenholme Avenue, at around 6:20 a.m. When responding officers arrived, they found a
Pakistani citizen arrested in Canada, charged with plotting terrorist attack in New York
A Pakistani citizen has been arrested in Canada and charged with plotting a terrorist attack in New York City. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shazeb Jadoon, resided in Canada and attempted to enter the U.S. to carry out a mass shooting at a Jewish centre in
Victim of Vancouver stranger attacks had surgery to reattach severed hand: police
The surviving victim of a pair of stranger attacks in downtown Vancouver on Wednesday has undergone surgery to reattach his hand after it was severed in the assault, according to police. The victim, who police identified only as a man in his 50s, was the first person assaulted early Wednesday morning in what Vancouver’s police
‘Taco Bear’ gets new name while recovering after 10-hour trip to Windsor, Ont.
An injured black bear cub that survived a 10-hour drive to southwestern Ontario while being fed Taco Bell has been renamed “Windsor” following its new found connection to the Rose City. The bear was picked up from the middle of a highway near Cochrane, Ont. during the Labour Day long weekend by two men who
Half-billion dollar settlement approved for former kids in care in Manitoba
WINNIPEG – A judge has approved a settlement for three class-action lawsuits, worth $530 million, over federal child benefit payments that were clawed back by the Manitoba government. The agreement will compensate an estimated 30,000 children who spent time in child welfare, some of whom have since become adults, for money the province took over
An Apple Store in Oklahoma City is close to approving an union agreement for its workers
Talks between Apple and the union for the Apple Store in Oklahoma City have produced a tentative agreement that includes new benefits and protections for its staff. The Penn Square Mall Apple Store in Oklahoma City announced they’ve reached a “tentative labor agreement” with Apple and the Communication Workers of America (CWA), according to a
The new reMarkable Paper Pro adds a color display
If you remember the reMarkable 2 when it was announced in March 2020, you’ll be excited to hear about its successor: the reMarkable Paper Pro. This new distraction-free writing slate comes with a nicer chassis, faster internals, a bigger display and most importantly, a color screen. If you’re unfamiliar, reMarkable is the standard bearer for
Landon Knack can’t catch a break as Dodgers’ NL West lead shrinks to 4
Dodgers pitcher Landon Knack delivers during the sixth inning of a 3-1 loss to the Cleveland Guardians at Dodger Stadium on Friday night. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) Landon Knack has been a human life preserver for the Dodgers, an unsung rookie right-hander who has helped keep the rotation afloat when seas get a
Plasmonic modulators could enable high-capacity space communication
Experimental setup of the FSO outdoor experiments. Tunable laser source (TLS), driving amplifier (DA), arbitrary waveform generator (AWG), transmitter digital signal processing (Tx-DSP), erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA), bandpass filter (BPF), optical spectrum analyzer (OSA), polarization division multiplexing emulator (PDM), high power optical amplifier (HPOA), real time controller (RTC), deformable mirror (DFM), wafefront sensor (WFS), optical