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Two injured in road-rage shooting near Toronto´s Yonge-Bloor

Published on: July 10, 2023
16:35

Ottawa, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) A shooting in downtown Toronto that sent two people to hospital with serious injuries Monday morning could be the result of road rage following street racing, police said as they worked to identify those responsible.

Provincial Premiers to discuss Canada’s health care system

Published on: July 10, 2023
15:31

Ottawa, Jul 10 (Prensa Latina) Canada's provincial and territorial Premiers kicked off a three-day meeting in Winnipeg to debate on how to put money on the country's health care systems.

World specialists praise Costa Rican firefighters work in Canada

Published on: July 6, 2023
17:15

San Jose, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) International specialists in disaster response have praised the 41 Costa Rican firefighters for contributing to dowse wildfires in Canada, according to official sources.

Gap between Canada´s rich and poor ramping up at record speed

Published on: July 6, 2023
16:30

Ottawa, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Income and wealth inequality among Canadian households is increasing at record speed amid inflation and rising interest rates, and younger households are bearing the financial burden, a new report from Statistics Canada shows.

Haitian police to receive armored vehicles

Published on: July 6, 2023
00:15

Port-au-Prince, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian police will receive new armored vehicles following a four-million-dollar contract signed by a foreign supplier, the newspaper Le Nouvelliste revealed.

Canada OKs new large-scale nuclear plant construction in Ontario

Published on: July 5, 2023
17:15

Ottawa, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Canada's Energy Minister Todd Smith on Wednesday announced the Government is presently looking at a new large-scale nuclear plant to generate up to 4,800 megawatts, enough to power 4.8 million homes on the site of Bruce Power's current generating station on the shore of Lake Huron in Tiverton, Ontario.

Extreme heat wave alert issued for most of Ontario

Published on: July 5, 2023
16:27

Ottawa, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Older people, children and others at increased risk of heat-related illness are urged to take extra caution during a "multi-day" heat wave alert issued for Ontario.

South Korea to send firefighters to Canada to fight forest fires

Published on: July 1, 2023
07:30

Ottawa, Jul 1 (Prensa Latina) South Korea will send 151 firefighters to Canada to join the efforts to extinguish hundreds of forest fires that have devastated vast forests in the country, according to local media.

Costa Rican minister priases firefighters’ aid to Canada

Published on: June 29, 2023
18:09

San José, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Costa Rican Environment and Energy Minister Franz Tattenbach praised Thursday the aid provided by his country´s firefighters to Canada in order to dpuse wildfires affecting the North American nation, especially in Alberta province.

Toxic haze keeps over 120M Americans under air quality alert

Published on: June 29, 2023
16:07

Washington, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Over 120 million people were under air quality alerts in over a dozen states spanning from the Midwest to the East Coast as a result of an immense smoke plume from hundreds of wildfires raging across Canada.

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