Wednesday January 10, 2024
- Council meetings are happening today…
The MD of Smoky River, Big Lakes County, Manning and Grimshaw all have delegations during their meeting. - Today is the last day for nominations to be accepted for new board members with the Peace River and District Chamber of Commerce.
The Chamber’s AGM is next Wednesday. - The Alberta Medical Association is calling on the province to acknowledge the backlogs and challenges frontline workers are facing by declaring a health-care crisis.
President Dr. Paul Parks says that staffing issues are a concern, as there is difficulty managing the influx of 10,000 newcomers arriving in the province each month. - The United Nurses of Alberta says it is “extremely concerned” by a plan from AHS to cut overtime and agency staffing by at least 10% in an effort to save costs.
President Heather Smith says it’s a prescription for driving nurses and other health-care workers out of the province and out of the profession. - A passenger aboard an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Dubai, opens Cabin Door and falls to the runway before take-off.
The incident causes an injury to themself, and massive delays at the airport. - A female kangaroo escaped from the Oshawa Zoo and Fun Farm during a stop on its journey to another zoo in Quebec.
It took the Durham Regional police officers three days to round it up. - Hundreds are laid off at Amazon Prime Video, MGM Studios and Twitch.
It’s part of the 27,000 job cuts done in the past year, after a hiring boom during COVID. - Three games in the NHL tonight…
Montreal is in Philidelphia, Minnisota is Dallas, and Vegas is in Colorado. - Canadian ice dancing champion Nikolaj Sorensen and partner Laurence Fournier Beaudry have withdrawn from Canadian figure skating championships in Calgary.
Canada’s Office of the Sport Integrity Commissioner is investigating Sorensen over an alleged 2012 sexual assault of an American figure skating coach and former skater in Hartford, Conn. - Chance of flurries today and tonight in Northwest Alberta.
Dangerous temperatures to set in, in the next 24 hours.
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