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Nigerian woman dodges deportation due to fears of being made a mistress
1+ hour, 51+ min ago (824+ words) A Nigerian woman has managed to stave off deportation from Canada by arguing that she feared a powerful businessman in her homeland who wanted to make her his mistress. Amina E-Osmund Ekpo was slated to report for removal from Canada…...
Most Canadians favour return of death penalty for murderers, poll finds
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (669+ words) Among decided respondents, two-to-one favoured a return to capital punishment, which was abolished in Canada in 1976 A growing number of Canadians say they support the return of the death penalty in this country for convicted murderers, a new poll has…...
Canadian tourist reportedly victim of accidental shooting in South African national park
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (251+ words) The tourist, who has not yet been identified, was part of a group staying outside the park and had entered to attend a bush picnic A 69-year-old Canadian tourist has been killed at Kruger National Park after a firearm was…...
Geoff Russ: The South Africanization of B. C.
1+ mon, 3+ hour ago (918+ words) The province's obsessions with name changes has become retributive, like in the former apartheid country The'likely renaming'of the small British Columbia community of Okanagan Falls exemplifies the toxicity, unworkability, and power of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples…...
U. S. citizen from hantavirus ship tests positive
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (824+ words) The operation to repatriate passengers of the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly hantavirus outbreak continued into Monday, as US officials said an American had tested positive for the virus. Three passengers from the MV Hondius " a Dutch…...
Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in Canary Islands, passengers evacuated
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (418+ words) Four Canadians were among the remaining roughly 130 aboard the MV Hondius who are now being screened by the World Health Organization A cruise ship at the center of a deadly hantavirus outbreak is starting the process of evacuating passengers in…...
Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (134+ words) National Post Health officials track dozens who left hantavirus-stricken ship after first fatality Health officials in several countries are trying to identify and follow people who may have been exposed to hantavirus on a cruise ship. (Production by Elaine Carroll)…...
Hantavirus patients evacuated as cruise ship steams for the Canary Islands
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (743+ words) 'Unless a medical condition prevents it, all foreign passengers will be repatriated,' says Spain's minister of health A vessel grappling with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus evacuated three people on Wednesday, including two in serious condition, and will head toward…...
Hantavirus outbreak is not the next COVID pandemic, says WHO epidemiologist
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (154+ words) National Post Hantavirus outbreak is not the next COVID pandemic, says WHO epidemiologist A top epidemic expert at the U. N. health agency said Wednesday that the hantavirus outbreak is not the next COVID pandemic. The vessel at the center of a…...
Cruise ship passenger with hantavirus being treated in Zurich
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (605+ words) A former passenger on a cruise ship stricken by a deadly hantavirus outbreak is being treated in a Zurich hospital having tested positive for the disease, Swiss authorities said Wednesday. The man and his wife, both Swiss nationals, returned to…...