FUKUOKA, Japan – Canada’s best swimmers are in Japan and ready to take on the world at the Fukuoka 2023 World Aquatics Championships. The 20th edition of the best-on-best competition began Friday with the women’s 10-km open water marathon at Seaside Momochi Beach Park. Approximately 2,400 competitors from 200 countries are expected to compete, including 32 Canadians (16 men, 16 women) across pool and open water swimming. The rest of the pool team is now in Toyota for its staging camp at the same location. The eight-day pool swim meet gets underway July 23.

UBC’s Okanagan campus community is saddened to learn of the sudden death of Devyn Gale, a third-year School of Nursing student. wildland firefighter this summer, lost her life battling a wildfire near Revelstoke on Thursday, July 13. “Our UBC Okanagan campus is devastated,” says Dr. Lesley Cormack, Principal and Deputy Vice-Chancellor of UBC’s Okanagan campus. “As a student in the third-year nursing student cohort, Devyn had strong connections with her fellow students and her instructors,” says Dr. Tarrant. The nursing faculty will connect fellow third-year students with Student Wellness in the coming days.

The Amautiit Nunavut Inuit Women’s Association’s launched a child abuse awareness campaign on Friday, saying they hope it helps advocate for the rights of children to grow up in households free from abuse. “Amautiit hopes that the launch of this campaign will serve as a reminder to all Inuit to speak up and speak out against child abuse of any kind,” the group said in a statement. The association partnered with Qulliit Nunavut Status of Women Council and Pauktuutit Inuit Women’s Association on the project. But in a news release, the association said the project was launched in response to Nunavut’s high rates of child abuse. “Child sexual abuse, family violence and high suicide rates are ongoing challenges which require a constant, focussed response,” the association said.

OTTAWA - Federal assistance including military resources are being mobilized to help British Columbia’s fight against hundreds of wildfires, Minister of Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair announced Friday. Blair said in a tweet he has approved a request for federal assistance to aid firefighters and emergency management personnel who are “working tirelessly” in B.C. ”They will work alongside the approximate 2,000 BC Wildfire Service personnel across our province, in addition to further international resources arriving this weekend. The order affects the area along the Dean River Valley east from Kimsquit Bay, extending to approximately 36 kilometres along the Dean River Valley, including two commercial lodges. The BC Wildfire Service says the Dean River fire was caused by lightning and is about three square kilometres in size.

Luke DePalatis, right, gets a cooling spritz of water from Michael Abel during a rally by striking writers and actors outside Warner Bros. studios Friday, July 14, 2023, in Burbank, Calif. This marks the first day actors formally joined the picket lines, more than two months after screenwriters began striking in their bid to get better pay and working conditions and have clear guidelines around the use of AI in film and television productions. On both coasts, though, there was a buoyant mood in the air as picket lines were reinvigorated by the support of some of the 65,000 actors who comprise SAG-AFTRA (98% of members voted to approve a strike back in June). Yet, look at this — our picket lines are more full than ever and now have another union on strike with us.”SAG and WGA last went on simultaneous strikes more than six decades ago. It’s the fact that Bob Chapek, Bob Iger, David Zaslav are making untold millions in bonuses while writers and actors are going to the Emmys with negative bank accounts.”

The Stars’ 20-year-old center Wyatt Johnston was a force in his rookie NHL season, scoring 24 goals for the Dallas and carving himself out a spot on the third line with team captain Jamie Benn. Trust the scoutingThe Stars drafted Johnston without having seen much of him, the OHL canceling its 2020-21 season due to the coronavirus. Big debutOn October 13, Johnston made his NHL debut in the Stars’ 2022 season opener against the Nashville Predators — and scored. All-time franchise youngsterThrough Johnston’s first season he’s established himself as one of the most prolific youngsters in franchise history. Terrific teenJohnston’s 15th goal of the season, scored as the Stars walloped the Colorado Avalanche, set the record for the most goals scored as a teenager in Dallas Stars history.

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Some things were non-negotiable: the baby grand piano, her grandmother’s rocking chair, a pair of Aubusson rugs. These were among the cherished possessions Joan Healy just had to keep when she and her husband Tom moved into a condo half the size of their 5,000-square-foot house. Pieces with strong sentimental value should stay with their downsizing owners, to create a space that “still feels very much like home with things they love,” said Gillies. Here, her floor plans showed that the dining room table or an antique mahogany sideboard had to go. “Endlessly bored” with ubiquitous white decor, Healy was emphatic that the condo should come alive with colour.

The paper drew on satellite imagery of wildfire smoke, air quality records and labour market data in the U.S.One of the things that really surprised me about wildfire smoke is that in the United States, the geography of wildfire smoke is very different from the geography of fires, said Molitor. Shuai Pan, the lead author, had previously looked at the effects of pollution from the transportation sector, but became interested in the consequences of wildfire smoke while doing his doctoral work in the U.S.Epidemiological research suggests exposure to wildfire smoke is associated with increased mortality and certain common respiratory diseases, Pan said. Those numbers would be far higher if the research had drawn on this summer's smoky air, Pan said. In the midst of Canada's record wildfire season this year, Dave Sawyer, an environmental economist at the Climate Institute of Canada, tried to calculate (new window) the health cost of smoke in this country. Sawyer said the economic toll of wildfire smoke is yet another reason to act on climate change.

All for an unsanctioned, pop-up safe site for local drug users, specifically geared to people who inhale rather than inject. The nearest official safe consumption site is in Peterborough, almost 60 kilometres away. Harm reduction worker Ashley Smoke and other volunteers operate an unsanctioned, pop-up safe smoking site in Cobourg, Ont., on Friday nights. Photo: (CBC) / Marnie LukeBut other significant bureaucratic hurdles remain, especially for safe sites that receive provincial funding. In April, the inhalation sites recorded more than 35,000 visits, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions.

What will happen if there is depressurization on the ISS? In fact, there has been a recent case of depressurization on the ISS in the Russian Soyuz capsule. Still, it did not lead to any catastrophic consequences (except for reputational issues for the Russian space industry). Let’s understand what will happen if another depressurization occurs and how the crew will deal with such an extreme situation. Such a breach in the ISS hull will result in an air leak at a rate of 0.009 kg/s or approximately 40 cubic meters of air per hour.

Hamiltonians looking to play their hand in Las Vegas will now have to look elsewhere for flights to Sin City. Swoop spokesperson Julia Brunet confirmed in an email the airline will be suspending its route between Steeltown and Las Vegas after July 26 and through to Oct. 28. The suspension of the route comes a month after WestJet announced its plans to shut down Swoop, its budget subsidiary airline, and absorb its operations in late October. The Hamilton to Las Vegas route is the only local flight affected by the adjustments, according to the airline. Those affected can request a refund or rebook an alternate WestJet flight out of Toronto.

The body of a swimmer who disappeared in the Ottawa River at Britannia Beach on Wednesday has been recovered, Ottawa police say. (Francis Ferland/CBC - image credit)Ottawa police say they have recovered the body of a swimmer who disappeared on Wednesday at Britannia Beach. On Wednesday, emergency crews were called to the beach on the Ottawa River west of the downtown core at about 7:10 p.m. for reports of a 21-year-old man who had disappeared in the water. Another disappearance at same beach, same time of dayThe disappearance of the 21-year-old happened at almost exactly the same time of day as a call on Sunday about a 17-year-old girl who had disappeared in the water near Britannia Beach. Theresa Kavanagh — an avid swimmer who frequents Britannia Beach — told CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning on Friday that there are "many, many signs and warnings" about the drop-off created in the sand under the water.

In Paris, CBC can prove that it’s more than just another channel in an overcrowded media landscape. The Games are never merely a sporting event, and the Paris Olympics represent an arena where CBC can champion its case for public funding, silencing critics who question its relevance and necessity. Further, Paris 2024 is poised to revolutionize the traditional Olympic experience—unless security concerns put a damper on the celebrations. Paris 2024 thus marks an inflection point for the CBC. While our athletes will be vying for gold in their respective sports, CBC will be competing to secure its place in the heart of Canadian public life.

The head of Childersburg Rescue Squad in Alabama, Captain Jim Dennis, has clarified his previous comments regarding the alleged deaths caused by a viral TikTok challenge involving jumping from a high-speed boat. According to a report by Nationalpost.com, Dennis stated that his comments about four recent drownings were taken out of context. In an interview with al.com, Dennis explained that the rescue squad had responded to four drownings in the past six to eight months. However, he emphasized that not all of those incidents were linked to the boat jumping challenge. He added that while one death was a result of jumping out of a boat, it is unknown whether it was connected to TikTok.