Archive for October, 2009
Health officials in Alberta have announced they’re suspending all H1N1 vaccination clinics in the province, citing a national shortage of the vaccine. Instead, the province will focus on high-risk groups.
CBC – Hundreds of people were again lining up at swine flu vaccination clinics in Newfoundland and Labrador on Saturday, amid word health officials have tightened up the rules on who can get the shot, and predictions the supply will soon run out.
The Ottawa Sun – The city is taking its H1N1 fight up a notch. In an e-mail to city council, medical officer of health Dr. Isra Levy said new centres will be opened that can help meet the high demand of flu patients flooding emergency rooms.
The Ottawa Sun – Sherry Pang was 14 years old when the symptoms first started to surface.
The Canadian Press – LADYSMITH, B.C. – Hundreds of children and adults dressed as ghouls, goblins, anteaters and coal miners, all lit by a Halloween full moon, greeted Olympic torchbearers in this Vancouver Island community on Saturday.
CBC – The first weekend for newly operating swine flu clinics in Ontario saw much the same activity as the past few days, with long lineups for those anxious to get the H1N1 vaccine.
CBC – A house in Regina is heavily damaged after a truck, trailing a boat, struck the building Friday night.
The Ottawa Sun – Guide to ripping a phone book in two: Bend over slightly, fold the book in a V shape and rip.
Somali pirates who are demanding $7 million in ransom for a British sailing couple said Saturday that boats from other countries are plundering Somalia’s fish-rich waters.
Society of America, just finished a three-month road trip in which he visited the graves of 150 poets in 23 states.
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah will announce Sunday whether he will boycott next week’s runoff against incumbent Hamid Karzai, his spokesperson said, after talks about how to resolve the country’s ongoing election crisis appear to have broken down.
The Ottawa Sun – Ottawa Sun Columnist Susan Sherring takes a look at libraries. Can they survive in a computer based world?
The Canadian Press – EDMONTON – The Alberta government ordered its health officials Saturday to immediately suspend all public H1N1 flu clinics until further notice because of a national shortage of vaccine.
A convicted rapist who fled before police arrived to arrest him on new rape charges was arrested Saturday in his inner-city neighbourhood after police found six decomposing bodies at his home.
The Canadian Press – TORONTO – As demand for the H1N1 vaccine continues to overwhelm flu clinics across Canada, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says people shouldn’t worry about who’s to blame for a countrywide shortfall and instead focus on getting the vaccine to those who need it most.
Reports leaked to W5 reveal in the cases of three men killed by RCMP officers, the B.C. Attorney General’s ministry had evidence contradicting statements of the Mounties involved — yet it chose not to prosecute.
The Edmonton Sun – Kids dressed up as vampires, zombies and other ghoulish creatures flocked to the Alberta Art Gallery”s Haunted Museum for an afternoon of festivities.
The Edmonton Sun – From the sandy deserts of Syria to the snow-capped mountains in Yukon, Jeremy Marie has hitchhiked his way to Edmonton, where he couldn’t wait to see the “world’s largest mall.”
The Canadian Press – HAMILTON, Ont. – Picket lines will be going up at McMaster University in Hamilton on Monday morning after CUPE local 3906 rejected the university’s latest contract offer for teaching assistants and research assistants.
The Canadian Press – MONTREAL – Provincial public health officials are calling on Quebecers to respect vaccine priority lists and to remain calm as the second wave of the H1N1 virus hits the province.
The Canadian Press – WINDSOR, Ont. – There may be some doubters in the Liberal ranks about tax harmonization, but that shouldn’t stop Ontario from forging ahead with the controversial plan, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Saturday.
CBC – All public swine flu clinics have been cancelled in Nova Scotia for the weekend due to a vaccine shortage, and family doctors have also had their supply cut off.
CBC – With the concern and confusion about the swine flu, some parents are wondering if it’s safe to allow their children to go trick-or-treating, but New Brunswick’s chief medical officer says it should be fine.
The Canadian Press – OTTAWA – Barack Obama’s honeymoon with the public isn’t over yet – at least not in Canada.
The Canadian Press – WINDSOR, Ont. – Two Ontario men wanted by the FBI for alleged involvement in a radical Islamic group were arrested Saturday in Windsor, Ont., days after the group’s alleged leader was killed in a shootout with the FBI.
Earlier this month, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing went door-to-door in his city’s troubled east side, imploring locals to sign up for an annual Halloween campaign to guard against arson.
CBC – One man is dead and another is in critical condition after a car crashed into a snowplow in northeastern Alberta Saturday morning.
CBC – Premier Shawn Graham is using a new YouTube video to sell New Brunswickers on the benefits of Hydro-Quebec’s takeover of NB Power but he also acknowledges there’s an important caveat to the deal.
The latest Canadian victim of the relentless IED campaign by insurgents in Afghanistan was headed home Saturday after his flag-draped coffin was loaded onto a military transport plane.
CBC – Ondrej Pavelec made 50 saves and Rich Peverley had a goal and an assist to lead the visiting Atlanta Thrashers to a 3-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon.