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Ottawa, Canada | AFP | Canada, with the backing of the United States, will seek to join the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, Foreign Minister Melanie Joly announced Thursday. At a joint news conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Joly said the two countries aimed to “further align our approaches” in the Indo-Pacific. “To further economic cooperation in the region, I’m pleased to announce that Canada will seek membership in the Indo-Pacific Economic […]
by Michel Comte Agence France-Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — An acute nursing shortage is clogging or even closing hospital emergency rooms across Canada, pushing an already stressed national health system to the brink with potentially severe consequences for patient care. Burnout from the Covid-19 pandemic, abuse from patients and salary discontent have seen nursing staff quitting their jobs in droves, and experts say the situation is only likely to worsen. The impact on emergency care […]
Montreal, Canada | AFP | Myles Sanderson, one of two brothers suspected of carrying out a series of September knife attacks in central Canada, committed all the murders on his own, police said Thursday. Among the 11 people killed was his brother, Damien Sanderson, who was initially listed as the second suspect before his body was found near one of the crime scenes. But “Myles committed, alone, all the homicides,” Royal Canadian Mounted Police […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) – Connecticut Sun forward Alyssa Thomas nailed 13 points, 14 rebounds and seven assists as the United States close in on an 11th title after setting up a women’s basketball World Cup semi-final against Canada Thursday. Guard Kelsey Plum added a game-high 17 points in a 88-55 pummelling of Serbia, with the three-time defending champions strong on both offence and defence. They will meet Canada in Sydney on Friday after the world […]
Montreal, Canada (AFP) by Mathiew LEISER Powerful storm Fiona lashed into eastern Canada on Saturday, cutting power to thousands and washing houses into the sea as it pummeled the area with fierce winds and rains “like nothing we’ve ever seen,” police said. Two women were swept into the ocean in Newfoundland, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said. One was rescued, and investigators were looking into the second case. Mayor Brian Button of Channel-Port aux Basques, […]
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) — Several countries said this week they were temporarily shutting their embassies in Haiti’s capital, amid unrest over fuel price hikes. That move has sparked demonstrations in one of the Americas’ poorest countries, where the government is struggling to take on powerful gangs and provide basic services. The embassy of the Dominican Republic, which shares the Caribbean island of Hispaniola with Haiti, said it was closing its “doors to the […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – Germany has a shortage of plumbers. The United States needs more postal workers. Australia is lacking engineers. In Canada, hospitals are looking for more nurses. “The Great Resignation” that countries have experienced since Covid pandemic restrictions were eased is not over yet. Michael Blume, chief executive of a software company in eastern Germany, said he had “a lot of difficulties finding workers”. “Wherever we look, we are lacking qualified workers,” Blume, […]
by: Thomas I. Likness, Canada Bureau (Eagle News) — The second suspect wanted in a stabbing rampage in Canada that left 10 people dead and 18 others injured died shortly after being captured Wednesday, said the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Thirty-two-year-old Myles Sanderson was taken into police custody after police forced the stolen vehicle he was driving off the road about two hours from where the crimes occurred. “Shortly after his arrest, he went into medical […]
Rosthern, Canada (AFP) by with Michel Comte in Ottawa / Anne-Sophie THILL The last suspect in the stabbing spree in a remote western Canadian Indigenous community died after being arrested Wednesday at the end of a long manhunt, local media said. Several broadcasters and newspapers, citing unnamed police sources, announced 32-year-old Myles Sanderson’s death, without giving details of the circumstances. Police are scheduled to hold a news conference at 7:30 pm local time (0130 GMT). […]
by with Michel Comte in Ottawa / Anne-Sophie THILL Agence France-Presse JAMES SMITH CREE NATION, Canada (AFP) — Canadian police on Wednesday arrested the second and final suspect over the stabbing spree that saw 10 people killed and 18 wounded in a remote Indigenous community, two days after the first suspect was found dead. A pickup truck in a ditch surrounded by a dozen police cars pointed to a dramatic end to a four-day manhunt […]
By: Thomas I. Likness (Eagle News Service) (Eagle News) — Ten people are dead and at least 15 have been injured following a series of stabbings in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The dead and injured were found in 13 different locations, RCMP Assistant Commissioner Rhonda Blackmore told a news conference Sunday. “It is horrific what has happened in our province today,” she said. “There could be more injured.” […]
