Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Edmonton Oilers extend win streak to 14 games with 4-1 win over Blue Jackets

Hockey players dressed in blue and orange fist bump in front of the fans at an Oilers home game.

Warren Foegele and Evander Kane each had a goal and an assist as the Edmonton Oilers kept their spectacular win streak going with a 4-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-oilers-extend-win-streak-to-14-games-with-4-1-win-over-blue-jackets-1.7092962?cmp=rss

Journalist Motaz Azaiza showed the world what Palestinians endure in war. Now he's left Gaza

A bearded man with glasses, wearing a black helmet and a blue vest with the word "Press" on the front, stands among a crowd of people on a street with a large camera hanging around his neck.

An independent Palestinian photojournalist whose social media coverage of the war in Gaza gave millions of people around the world a view of life and death in the besieged territory, has evacuated after surviving 108 days of reporting amid relentless bombings and battles. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/palestinian-journalist-motaz-azaiza-gaza-1.7092862?cmp=rss

North Dakota judge rejects temporary exemption to section of abortion ban that targets doctors

Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists jockey for position outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.

A North Dakota judge on Tuesday rejected a temporary block on a part of the state's revised abortion laws that would have allowed doctors to perform the procedure when they deem it necessary to save a patient's life or health.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/north-dakota-abortion-law-block-1.7092381?cmp=rss

It's not fit for putting down animals, but Alabama plans to use nitrogen hypoxia on death row inmate

A gurney with straps is shown in an austere room through a window.

Some medical experts are accusing Alabama of using an experimental procedure to carry out a death sentence later this week for a 58-year-old inmate.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/alabama-nitrogen-hypoxia-execution-1.7091845?cmp=rss

Israel suffers deadliest single incident in war against Hamas, with 21 dead

A bearded man rests his head on the shoulder of another, a pained expression on his face,

Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed during intense fighting in Gaza in the last 24 hours, the military said on Tuesday, marking the highest one-day Israeli death toll since fighting began in the enclave.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-military-killed-gaza-1.7091797?cmp=rss

Kim's Convenience sets up shop on London stage

A woman with dark hair in a ponytail, wearing a pink cardigan, smiles as she stands beside a a man with grey hair and a beard, wearing glasses and a brown vest and a brown plaid shirt.

Canadian play Kim's Convenience, making its European debut in London, is packing in delighted theatregoers with its heart and charm.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kim-s-convenience-london-theatre-1.7091116?cmp=rss