Wednesday, October 11, 2023

Health-care and relief workers killed in Gaza as humanitarian groups navigate full blockade

A battered ambulance van with streaks of blood from the sides.

Groups providing health care in Gaza say seven major hospitals have run out of medical supplies, leaving them scrambling to find ways to bring essential supplies into the region through Israel's total blockade.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/health-workers-gaza-killed-1.6992828?cmp=rss

2 Canadians dead, 1 presumed dead in Israel: Joly

A trail is shown in the sky from fire during a war-like attack.

Two Canadians are dead and a third is presumed dead as a result of the conflict in Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Wednesday, adding that military flights to evacuate Canadians in Israel to Athens will begin this week.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadians-dead-missing-israel-1.6992428?cmp=rss

Canada's Spin Master toys buying U.S. rival Melissa & Doug for $950M

Puppets made by toy company Melissa & Doug are displayed.

Spin Master Corp. announced a deal on Wednesday to buy U.S.-based toy company Melissa & Doug for $950 million US.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/spin-master-melissa-doug-1.6992360?cmp=rss

New earthquake flattens homes in area of Afghanistan where earlier quake killed over 2,000

A man in a turban cradles a plastic sheet with a body inside.

Another strong earthquake shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-earthquake-1.6992313?cmp=rss