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There are more evacuation orders by the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen and the Emergency Operations Centre remains active due to snowmelt and more rain in the forecast. And we visit Rutland Thrift Store. This is the final week before Rutland Thrift closes its doors for good after serving the community since 1964.

The City of Kingston is keeping its emergency warming centre at Artillery Park open through Thursday as the region faces continued bitter cold. Global’s Jesse Reynolds has more on how the centre functioned over the weekend and what happens next.

Quebec hospitals are urging residents to avoid emergency rooms unless absolutely necessary as cases of flu, COVID-19 and RSV are causing severe overcrowding. Dozens of ERs are now operating well over capacity, with some Montreal facilities exceeding their limit by two hundred per cent. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for...

Interior Health is moving to having one overnight physician watching over four emergency departments using virtual care. And Kelowna now has the highest unemployment rate in Canada at 11 per cent – even higher than during the pandemic.

A section of Calgary’s Manchester Industrial Park was shut down and the bomb squad was brought in after possibly explosive materials were found. Michael King has more.

An evacuation order for more than 400 homes remains in effect in Peachland due to the Drought Hill wildfire. Klaudia Van Emmerik has more on the evolving situation.

Anisininew Okimawin Grand Chief Alex McDougall spoke Friday about a “cycle of failure” from the federal government when it comes to wildfire strategy in the province of Manitoba. “From 2009 to 2022, there have been more than 1,300 emergencies in First Nations communities forcing over 580 evacuations… Ottawa allocates roughly 78 per cent of wildfire...

Local ambulance dispatch operators are changing how they answer 9-1-1 calls. The Region of Durham Paramedic Services and Oshawa Central Ambulance Communications Centre will now be adopting, what’s known as, the medical priority dispatch system. The region says it’s a new script that is already in use in other cities across the country. It will...

The 911 call made the night Sidney McIntyre-Starko overdoses was front and centre at the coroner’s inquest into her death on Friday. As Aaron McArthur reports, the jury heard the full recording of the call, which has since changed how emergencies are handled over the phone.

Manitoba’s Operational Communications Centre, the command centre for all incoming calls for Manitobans to report an emergency to RCMP, is getting $2 million in funding from the province.

This week the province implemented the provincial emergency operations centre in response to the overdose crisis and those on the front lines are grateful for this action.

The Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) is being activated to enhance the response to the toxic drug crisis in Saskatoon. Gates Guarin reports.

Emergency rooms across Quebec are reporting serious overcrowding, with many operating at close to 200 per cent capacity on Saturday. Patients are having to wait hours for help, or in some cases, being sent home without seeing a doctor. Plus, a potential strike is looming at colleges in Ontario as faculty edge closer to the...

Millions of Canadians from the Prairies all the way to the East coast are bracing for a fierce blast of winter tonight, as part of a deep freeze that’s affecting tens-of-millions on both sides of the border. Over in the U.S., the anticipated winter blast is already bearing down as officials urge citizens to be...

Feed Nova Scotia says food bank usage has soared over the last three years, with nearly 70 per cent increase in demand. The organization says more people are relying on the emergency service regularly. Skye Bryden-Blom reports.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced on Thursday that the province is pivoting it’s COVID-19 response strategy. He said the government is enhancing the provincial Emergency Operations Centre and it will become a unified command centre with the Ministry of Health and the Saskatchewan Health Association.

Cooling centres have been opened and the warnings have been issued to look out for those vulnerable to the latest heat wave. That comes as the B.C. Coroners Service releases more details about those who perished from the heat-related emergency at the end of June.

As COVID-19 remains a delicate situation in Saskatchewan, despite a dip in case numbers, the Provincial Emergency Operations Centre (PEOC) remains on high alert. Taz Dhaliwal has more on where the province currently stands and what residents can expect for the holiday season to come.

B.C. Premier John Horgan spoke on Tuesday from the Wildfire Emergency Centre in Kamloops about flying over Lytton following last week’s devastating wildfires and the moving conversations had with firefighters working on the frontlines.

Saskatchewan opens its emergency operations centre to deal with the province’s fourth wave, as business owners across Canada await the fate of soon-to-expire federal subsidies. Why Canadians energy bills are expected to climb, and how Britain’s labour force is struggling in the wake of Brexit. Plus, a Crown corporation gives its stamp of approval to...