National News Briefs
- Fixing Health Care Labour Shortages – Premier Doug Ford is set to introduce changes that would let Canadian health-care workers registered or licensed in other provinces start immediately practicing in Ontario. The changes would help fill labour shortages in the health care sector. (CP24)
- Fatal Dog Attack – A communication breakdown between 911 and EMS, the inability to get through to emergency services and a lack of available ambulances delayed medical help more than 30 minutes for a Calgary senior who had been attacked by dogs and who died from her injuries. (CBC)
- U.S. Hits Debt Ceiling– The US government has hit the legal limit on how much money it can borrow, and Congress must approve an increase to avoid a debt default. The White House is demanding Republicans controlling the House raise the limit without conditions, but several lawmakers say the Biden administration needs to compromise. (The Guardian)
- Alec Baldwin To Be Charged In Shooting – Prosecutors plan to charge actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter after ammunition was fired from a prop gun on a movie set, resulting in the death of a cinematographer. Baldwin has maintained he did not pull the gun’s trigger, placing responsibility for the tragedy on the armorer and props assistant as well as the assistant director. (CNN)
- Protests In France Over Retirement Age – At least 1.1 million people protested on the streets of Paris and other French cities Thursday amid nationwide strikes against plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. President Emmanuel Macron said he will still press ahead with the proposed pension reforms. (CTV News)
