Roads and paths were damaged in Outaouais and eastern Ontario by heavy rain on Friday. In Chelsea, in Outaouais, the situation is such that the Municipality declared a state of emergency for the next 48 hours on Saturday morning. Four areas are landlocked due to roads cut by the rain. These are Hollow Glen, Juniper, … Read more
The United States provided Austria with intelligence that helped foil a planned jihadist attack, the White House revealed on Friday, August 9. Two young men wanted to carry out the attack during American pop megastar Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna. “The United States shared intelligence with (our) Austrian partners to help thwart a threat to … Read more
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) emergency committee on monkeypox will meet “as soon as possible” to assess whether to declare the highest level of alert in the face of the ongoing epidemic in several African countries, the head of the organization announced on Wednesday. Given the spread of monkeypox outside the Democratic Republic of the … Read more
Austrian police arrested a 19-year-old suspect on Wednesday who was planning Islamist attacks in the Vienna region, particularly in connection with concerts by American singer Taylor Swift scheduled for the end of the week. An Austrian citizen who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group has been arrested, the Director General of Public … Read more
Further difficulties in the situation of chicken and pig farming: this is what the CGPER is denouncing. Several breeders are currently seeing their project to set up in the animal sectors refused, and for good reason: the plant responsible for processing slaughterhouse waste no longer complies with European standards. The unions want to alert the … Read more
Professor Xavier de Lamballerie, professor of virology at the University of Aix-Marseille, heads a laboratory dedicated to emerging viral diseases. He is a member of Covars, the Committee for Monitoring and Anticipating Health Risks created after the Covid-19 crisis. Last year, Covars warned of the growing risk of diseases linked to the tiger mosquito (dengue, … Read more
The Fourth Street Bridge in Revelstoke was recently struck by a municipal truck. The damage forced its closure, blocking the only route to the Queen Victoria Hospital, says Mayor Gary Sulz. Queen Victoria Hospital is the single most comprehensive health care facility available to the community of Revelstoke, approximately 155 kilometres northeast of Kelowna. The … Read more
Les Joyeux Patenteux, a youth program broadcast on Radio-Canada, were in Dudwell in recent days. They offered Lac d’Argent its own artificial floating island. It was during the filming of the episode entitled L’île Filtralo that Les Joyeux Patenteux offered this islet to Lac d’Argent. The latter consists of a structure that contains coconut fabrics, … Read more
He had to wait until his fifth participation in the Olympic Games to win the gold he so coveted. Serbian Novak Djokovic became the oldest Olympic tennis champion in history after his narrow victory against Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz (7-6, 7-6). “It’s my pride to play for Serbia,” enthuses the 37-year-old player who can now boast … Read more
The National Inuit Health Survey has been in full swing in Nunavut in recent weeks. The regional organization Nunavut Tunngavik, which is organizing the survey in communities, hopes it will provide a clear picture of the needs that need to be addressed and will help guide funding and programs for Inuit more accurately. Baptized Qanuippita? … Read more