| Canada finds case of H7N9 bird flu in traveller; first in North America Posted: 26 Jan 2015 03:44 PM PST  A woman from British Columbia is the first person in North America to be diagnosed with H7N9 bird flu, after apparently contracting the virus while travelling in China earlier this month, Canadian health officials said Monday. Her husband, who had been travelling with her, was also sick with an influenza-like illness around the same time and it's believed he too was infected, but test results are still pending, said Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.'s deputy provincial health officer. The discovery of the case was announced Monday by Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose, B.C. health authorities and officials of the Public Health Agency of Canada.
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| Facebook, Instagram appear back online after widespread outage Posted: 26 Jan 2015 11:24 PM PST  SEOUL, South Korea - After an outage lasting roughly 40 minutes, Facebook appears to be accessible again in Canada, the United States, Asia and other regions.
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| Zoning approved for new Jasper Avenue highrise Posted: 26 Jan 2015 08:34 PM PST Another highrise may come to Jasper Avenue, now that city council has changed the zoning to allow a new tower. The new zoning would allow for a 14-storey tower with commercial space on the main floor at Jasper Avenue and 122nd Street. The developer's representative, Simon O'Byrne, said they have not determined what the building will look like or be used for. Scott McKeen said the application is an example of the rapid growth in the Oliver area.  |
| Canada doesn't need big new round of spending cuts: minister Posted: 26 Jan 2015 08:30 AM PST  The Canadian government will be able to balance its budget without a major new program to limit spending, Treasury Board President Tony Clement told reporters on Monday. "There is no plan for a new deficit reduction action plan similar to the one I engaged in 2011-2012," said Clement, the cabinet minister responsible for federal government spending.
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| Canada resident tests positive for H7N9 avian flu virus Posted: 26 Jan 2015 02:51 PM PST By Julie Gordon VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A Vancouver area resident has tested positive for the H7N9 avian flu virus in the first documented case of the infection in a human in North America, the Canadian government said on Monday. The woman, who is in her 50s, had returned to Canada from China and is recovering from the illness in self-isolation, the Public Health Agency of Canada said in a statement. "I want to emphasize that the risk to Canadians is very low because there is no evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission of H7N9," Gregory Taylor, Canada's Chief Public Health Officer, said at a news conference in Ottawa. Taylor said the woman returned to Canada on Jan. 12 after visiting numerous locations in China and began to feel ill two days later on Jan. 14.  |
