'Swarm' of health-care workers ran from St. John's hospital to help man dying in the street

As Dylan Jordan lay dying on Golf Avenue, a flood of health-care workers from nearby St. Clare's Mercy Hospital sprinted down the stairs and into the street to provide medical attention.
Amnesty report accuses Israel of 'ethnic cleansing' in West Bank amid expanded settlements

Amnesty International said on Wednesday that a significant acceleration in the speed and scale of Israeli annexation measures in the occupied West Bank amounted to a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" aimed at removing Palestinians and facilitating the territory's annexation.
Video game company Ubisoft shutters Winnipeg studio

Video game giant Ubisoft has closed its studio in Winnipeg, affecting around 65 employees.
Canada launches new preventive health advisory committee after disbanding task force

The federal government has launched a new advisory committee on preventive health care to provide guidelines on screening for things like cervical and breast cancer.
Doctor who sold Matthew Perry ketamine appeals sentence, arguing he was 'nothing more than a drug dealer'

A doctor sentenced to 30 months in prison for selling ketamine to Matthew Perry is appealling his sentence, arguing he was operating as a drug dealer — not a physician — when he sold the drug to the late star of Friends.
Zahara Jolie files to legally drop Brad Pitt's name

Zahara Jolie, 21, has filled court documents to drop her famous father's last name from hers, following in the footsteps of her siblings Maddox and Shiloh.
Hudson's Bay Company charter to be formally welcomed to Manitoba Museum Thursday

The Hudson's Bay Company charter will be welcomed at the Manitoba Museum on Thursday, in a ceremony that will feature representatives from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis governments, with a year-long exhibit likely to start in fall 2027.
Canadian Victoria Mboko exits Queen's Club singles match in 2nd set after fall

Canada's Victoria Mboko withdrew from her first-round match at the HSBC Championships on Wednesday after appearing to sustain an injury during the second set.
Frozen squirrel poop from Yukon is a treasure trove of woolly mammoth, horse DNA

Scientists have reconstructed genomes of woolly mammoths, horses, steppe bison and ground squirrels that roamed the grasslands of the Canadian Arctic as far back as 700,000 years ago using DNA found in frozen squirrel poop from the Yukon.
