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    Advocate warns of impending 'crisis' in B.C. child welfare staffing

    VICTORIA — The representative for children in British Columbia says the provincial child welfare system is either in a state of crisis or close to it with understaffing and unmanageable workloads.

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  • US PoliticsReuters

    Clooney backs Harris for president after pushing for Biden exit

    Actor George Clooney, a key Democratic fundraiser who made a public call for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday as the party's nominee for the November presidential election. Biden ended his campaign on Sunday following pressure from Democrats in Congress and top donors such as Clooney who were disturbed by the president's disastrous debate performance in June. Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee on Monday when she secu

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  • NewsYahoo News Canada

    Canada wildfires 2024: The latest on active wildfire counts, maps, evacuation orders, air quality and smoke alerts nationwide

    For the latest on active wildfire counts, evacuation order and alerts and insight into how wildfires are impacting everyday Canadians, see our Yahoo Canada live blog.

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  • NewsReuters

    Heat wave torments US West as threat of wildfires looms

    Tens of millions of Americans living in the U.S. West will face scorching hot temperatures on Tuesday as wind gusts and dry conditions were stoking wildfires, prompting evacuations across the already parched region. More than 20 million people living in a large swath of the United States - from the southwest north through Nevada and Idaho and into Montana - will spend the next two days under excessive heat advisories before milder temperatures arrive on Friday, the National Weather Service said

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  • NewsCBC

    Man allegedly peering into women's bedrooms in Wolfville

    RCMP are investigating reports of a man peering into the bedroom windows of women in a Wolfville, N.S., neighbourhood.Police said Tuesday the alleged incidents occurred on Prospect Street, a residential street near Acadia University and the downtown area.The initial report was made at the end of June, and there have been four more since.The suspect is described as a man in his 20s with curly brown hair and light brown skin. Police say he is clean shaven and wears round glasses.Police are asking

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    Man arrested while hiding among oyster cages facing 27 charges

    A man arrested while hiding among oyster cages in the water off western P.E.I., after evading police from Sunday afternoon to Monday morning, has been charged with 27 offences over four jurisdictions.Jerman Jah Payne, 29, faces charges that include theft of a vehicle and multiple counts of dangerous driving, driving while disqualified and flight from police. Summerside Police Services had obtained an arrest warrant for Payne after he was alleged to have stolen a 2015 Dodge Journey in that city.W

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    Woman accused of assaulting another with a bat over narcotics, Sarnia police say

    A 31-year-old woman is accused of assaulting a 45-year-old woman with a baseball bat over narcotics in Sarnia, Ont., last Friday, Sarnia police say.On July 19, police responded to an assault with a weapon complaint at the encampment at Rainbow Park, which police said was a dispute over narcotics which led to a physical altercation between the two women.Police said the victim was struck in the body, multiple times with a baseball bat and has received minor injuries.The accused was located within

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