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Health

State of emergency declared due to nursing shortage in northern Manitoba Cree nation

Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in northern Manitoba is declaring a health care state of emergency due to a nursing shortage that has…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. fire chief questions lack of emergency support, alert delay in recent flooding

As questions remain about why Nova Scotia municipalities didn’t request an emergency alert during the recent flash flooding, one fire chief says there…

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Halifax

Halifax’s bureaucracy fails two emergency readiness audits

On a muggy morning which promised a heat warning in the afternoon, Halifax’s auditor general turned up the heat early…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. minister blames municipalities for delay in emergency alert in last week’s flood

The Nova Scotia government is criticizing municipalities for their decision not to request an emergency alert during flooding last week that…

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Canada

Fort William First Nation declares state of emergency over drug epidemic

Fort William First Nation in northwestern Ontario has declared a state of emergency as the community struggles with an ongoing…

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Entertainment

Need emergency access to rhythm, rhyme and reasons for living? Dial the Hamilton poetry hotline

Some emergencies require a response that involves a poem about how well drinking water pairs with an ice cream sandwich. …

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Health

Heat-related emergency calls spike in B.C. as temperatures soar

Health officials have responded to dozens of heat-related calls in recent days, as about 20 heat warnings are still in…

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Health

Possible tuberculosis exposure at Yellowknife emergency room as N.W.T. declares outbreak

The N.W.T.’s acting chief public health officer has declared a tuberculosis outbreak in Yellowknife after two cases were recently identified…

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Nova Scotia

Emergency alert cancelled after man arrested in Lunenburg County

RCMP say a dangerous man with a firearm has been arrested in Lunenburg County. An emergency alert issued just before 7:30…

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Politics

Environment minister calls for emergency decree to protect Quebec caribou from ‘imminent threat’

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is recommending the adoption of an emergency decree to protect the boreal caribou in Quebec as some…

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