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The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is reporting an increase in gastrointestinal illness caused by the cyclospora parasite.
With 43 cases of Cyclospora infections so far this year, the BCCDC is reminding people to take precautions to prevent gastrointestinal illness by washing fruits and vegetables thoroughly, cooking produce when possible, and being aware of risks when travelling.
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Envoys from Turkey, India, Brazil, South Africa, and Mexioc will also attend, while Russia has not been invited.
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Dozens of national security advisers and senior-ranking officials are descending on the Red Sea city of Jeddah for a meeting that kicks off Friday evening.
The aim is to bring together countries from the “global south,” such as India, Brazil and South Africa — as well as European Union countries, along with the United States and Canada — to rally around Ukraine’s efforts to broker a peace plan.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is hopeful that countries endorse his own ten-point plan for peace.
China, which in the past had laid out its own peace plan, has confirmed (Reuters) it would participate in the Saudi-led talks this weekend.
The talks come as the Global South has faced the fallout of Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain deal and a subsequent increase in grain prices.
“The findings are in line with polling the defence department conducted between Dec. 19, 2022 and Jan. 15, 2023. That phone and internet survey found only one in five Canadians saw the CAF as a modern institution, with 29 per cent saying it’s outdated,” reports Global News.
Most Canadians told Ipsos Global Public Affairs pollsters “their concerns about defending Canada are directly related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (71 per cent) and China’s recent actions in the Taiwan Strait (69 per cent).”
Pierre Poilievre falsely claimed Canadians will not be able to see news on the internet under the new law.
National Observer reports that the leader of federal Conservative Party made the remark after Meta announced it will remove all news in Canada from its social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram in response to the Online News Act that requires tech giants to enter into agreements that compensate Canadian news outlets for content thjey repurposed on their platforms.
However, the Conservatives’ 2021 campaign platform under then-leader Erin O’Toole proposed a similar policy, calling on tech giants to fairly compensate media for the content they create through an arbitration process.
These trees will capture and store carbon from the atmosphere, improve air and water quality, help to restore nature and biodiversity, cool our urban centres, and create and support thousands of green jobs.
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Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government’s plan to plant two billion trees by 2030 is on track, but focusing on adapting to climate change is more important than ever.
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Police-reported crime in Canada, as measured by the Crime Severity Index (CSI), increased for the second consecutive year, up 4% in 2022. The Violent CSI rose in 2022, reaching its highest point since 2007. The Non-violent CSI also increased in 2022 but remained lower than before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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