Community Corner On 9/11, Woman Says Halifax Opened Homes, Hearts: 'Remarkable People' Donna Fennikoh, who has Long Island ties, was on a plane on 9/11. According to CBC.ca, 40 aircraft carrying more than 7,000 people were diverted to Halifax Stanfield International Airport on 9/11. "Nova Scotians opened their arms and hearts to us," Fennikoh, who also spent summers in the Hamptons, said. Once in Halifax, Fennikoh said they were taken to the home of the Robinson family, with whom she still speaks today. "They became my family that day, my Canadian family," Fennikoh said.

When wildfires move fast, the people in their path are left with little choice but to flee. And wildfires are moving more aggressively than ever, forcing entire communities from their homes and leaving destruction in their wake. Three memorable wildfires have recently made headlines around the world for how fast they spread, how intensely they burned and the lives they claimed. Read the full report (new window)Michelle Ghoussoub, CBC News

September 11, 2023 —When Kathryn McKissock’s six-year-old son Cameron didn’t feel like playing in his Oshawa, Ont., backyard this summer, she figured he was just tired. Then he spiked a fever, and started burying his head in his hands. Cameron ended up being diagnosed with both meningitis and encephalitis, two dangerous forms of brain inflammation, and spent a month in a Toronto hospital. “They asked us if we traveled, if we had gone anywhere or did anything,” she said. “Something is changing,” he said, “either [through] climate change, the environment, and the urban sprawl — how we’re getting closer and closer to the woods.”Read here

Driving home to Winnipeg from a family event in Saskatchewan, CBC journalist Josh Crabb stopped in at a Virden destination – Eternal Springs – which was new to him. Now, he’s looking forward to spending the week in Virden from Sept. 11 to 15, to gather the stories of Westman. People from Virden and the area are invited to pay a visit to CBC Manitoba’s Westman bureau next week. Crabb and community connection producer Nadia Kidwai will be in Virden at MJ's Coffee Bar & Bistro on Nelson Street most days. “Having grown up in the parkland, it’s an area that’s important to me and one that I really enjoy getting back to.

There's been a big leap forward in a Newfoundland man's campaign to bring an imperiled Afghan interpreter to safety. The Taliban consider working for coalition forces treason, leaving interpreters at great risk, which means Canada owes interpreters a huge debt, says Camsell. He said it's unconscionable for Canada to abandon Afghan nationals like Joe and his family. WATCH I A retired member of the Canadian Forces says his former interpreter is on the run from the Taliban after helping coalition forces in Afghanistan:Début du widget Widget. Fin du widget Widget.

Got a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below. CBC News published this video item, entitled “The origins of ‘parental rights’ | Front Burner” – below is their description. Leave a Comment Subscribe in Google NewsAbout This Source - CBC NewsCBC News is the division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation’s English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca. It frequently collaborates with its French-language counterpart, Radio-Canada Info, although the two are organizationally separate.

FILE PHOTO: Houses are seen for sale and under construction in a neighbourhood of Ottawa(Reuters) - Canada's Housing Minister Sean Fraser is evaluating a wide range of options as he looks to ease the housing crisis in the country, CBC reported on Sunday. "There's a range (of incentives) that we're considering right now. Some could include potential tax incentives for builders to build. Some could include other low-cost financing arrangements," the report quoted Fraser as saying in an interview to CBC. Fraser is also considering removing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on affordable housing projects and dedicating federal lands to rental housing, the report added.

Woodstock library director Jenn Carson said the 2023 Woodstock Reads features Powning’s A Sister’s Tale. Carson explained copies of A Sister’s Tale and the $20 tickets for the Woodstock Reads event are now available at the library and Woodstock town hall. Another one excited to see Woodstock Reads and the promotion of literacy return is Catherine Sutherland, a former Woodstock deputy mayor, councillor and the town’s representative on the library board. Sutherland said the origins of Woodstock Reads date back more than a decade. The arrival of the COVID pandemic hindered attempts to rekindle Woodstock Reads for a few more years.

TIFF 48 – Day 4by Thom Ernst – Film Correspondent(September 10, 2023 – Toronto, ON) While watching director Charles-Olivier Michaud’s RU I was reminded of Barry Greenwald’s Who Gets In? The documentary, Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe plays today at 8:45 pm in Scotiabank 3. I was one of the few existing Canadians who did not watch Mr. Dressup when growing up, but even in my ignorance, I know who Mr. Dressup is; and I know of his puppet pal, Finnegan. Thom Ernst is a Toronto based film critic and writer and an active member of the (TFCA) Toronto Film Critics’ Association. Currently he can be heard interviewing Canadian filmmakers on the Kingston Canadian Film Festival podcast, Rewind, Fast-Forward.

It took a while to establish that humans, like mammals, maintain a stable body temperature, known as normothermia. The first known investigation of human body temperature was by Charles Blagden in 1775. This went hand in hand with investigations into the use of cold in medical treatments and Jaekl’s history of these devices and treatments make interesting reading. Astonishingly, some patients were kept at body temperatures between 33 ⁰C (91 ⁰F) and 25 ⁰C (77 ⁰F) for up to eight consecutive days. This is an extremely interesting book, filled as it is with historical vignettes, descriptions of more recent scientific research.

CBC News published this video item, entitled “What E. coli symptoms should you be watching out for?” – below is their description. A ballooning E. coli outbreak connected to Calgary-area daycares has risen to 164 lab-confirmed cases and put many Canadians on alert. Epidemiologist and cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos outlines the symptoms of E. coli people should look out for. Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news CBC News YouTube ChannelGot a comment? Leave your thoughts in the comments section, below.

Kinngait, Nunavut, in 2018. Mayor Jimmy Manning said the hamlet's big holding tank has been shut off and cleaned as people work to fix the 30-year-old water system. (Travis Burke/CBC - image credit)The community of Kinngait, Nunavut, is again contending with a water supply shortage as repair work is done on the region's water pumphouse. Though some water deliveries are being made to homes in the community, the hamlet has been asked to conserve water. "We're trying to do our very best to get [the] water system back, running normal again," said Manning, while thanking community members for their patience.

Le plus puissant séisme de l'histoire du Maroc a fait plus de 2000 morts et autant de blessés.

On Friday, Health Minister Adrian Dix highlighted progress on a 30-point plan to improve care in the Fraser Health region, including hiring more than 200 staff at Surrey Memorial. Surrey Memorial hospital is pictured on March 6, 2023. Dr. Randeep Gill, an ER doctor at Surrey Memorial Hospital pictured here in March, led a rally outside Surrey city hall on Saturday, where protesters said Surrey residents get fewer health-care resources than elsewhere in the province. Johansen said he has been in discussion with Dix about the hospital emergency room closures for five years, to no avail. Health Minister Adrian Dix admits the hospital closures are not ideal.

Bob McDonald among five speakers taking part in Third Age Barrie series; others include David Hawke, Margaret Prophet, Caroline Taylor, and Andee PelanAn upcoming series of talks hosted by Third Age Barrie will focus on climate change action. The series, called Climate Solutions for a Hopeful Planet, will begin Sept. 19 with Caroline Taylor, whose topic will be Climate 101: A Case for Urgency. The Sept. 26 talk will feature Bob McDonald, host of CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks. His talk is titled The Future is Now: Solving the Climate Crisis with Today’s Technologies. The series will wrap up Oct. 10 with Margaret Prophet, executive director of the Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition, and Andee Pelan, executive director of Living Green Barrie.