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Nova Scotia

RCMP say sudden deaths of man, woman in Yarmouth are suspicious

The Nova Scotia RCMP is currently investigating two suspicious deaths in Yarmouth. The Southwest Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit is…

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Health

Inquest into deaths of 5 Niagara inmates told health and security can be at odds in jail

A senior official at the Niagara Detention Centre (NDC) told the inquest into the deaths of five men that there can be tension…

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Canada

Families want inquiry after 9 police-involved Indigenous deaths

A group of Black and Indigenous women say they want a national public inquiry into a recent spate of police-involved…

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Health

Overdose deaths saw a sharp drop in the U.S. Experts hope it’s not ‘a blip’

The Current19:27Opioid deaths dropped this year. Experts hope it’s not ‘a blip’ New figures from the U.S. Centres for Disease…

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Canada

Sask. court fines SaskPower $840K for deaths of 2 workers

A Weyburn court has given SaskPower one of the largest fines for a workplace accident in recent Canadian history for…

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Health

Rwanda will deploy Marburg vaccine under trial as deaths rise to 12

Rwandan health authorities will begin a vaccine study against the Marburg hemorrhagic fever as the East African country tries to stop…

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Health

Ebola-like Marburg virus linked to 8 deaths in Rwanda

Rwanda says that eight people have died so far from the highly contagious Marburg virus. The announcement comes just days after…

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Health

Kenneth Law, who sold poisonous chemical linked to 131 deaths, sued by Ontario teen’s parents

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Two years after losing her only child, Maria Lopez says she takes strength from…

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Politics

NDP MP urges policy changes in emergency debate on First Nations deaths by police

A New Democrat MP urged the House of Commons to put politics aside and find immediate policy solutions on Monday…

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Politics

MPs to hold emergency debate after 6 First Nations deaths by police over 2 weeks

The House of Commons will hold an emergency debate Monday evening after six separate incidents in two weeks where First Nations people were killed by…

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