Elderly couple dies after eating poisonous pufferfish for lunch

Leonard Dyck had a habit of not texting his family when travelling.But in July 2019, the 64-year-old Vancouver resident finally broke that trend.“This was the first trip where I was able to convince him to text us every day if he could, because normally he was never letting us know where he was,” said his wife, Helen Dyck.“So, this time I said, ‘Text us,’ and so he did. He actually texted us.” Read more: The northern B.C.

Emmerdale viewers fumed as Samson called Amelia 'selfish' as she opened up about her health scare to him. He saw her crying on a bench and went up to her to see how she was doing. She ended up explaining that she was struggling to feed their daughter Esther and found a lump in her breast.

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NORTH PHILADELPHIA - A 21-year-old man is fighting for his life after he was shot multiple times on a North Philadelphia street.Officials say the shooting happened Friday evening, around 5:45, on the 2400 block of North Sydenham Street.The 21-year-old victim was shot many times throughout his body. Someone took him to Temple University Hospital in a private vehicle where he was listed in critical condition.MORE HEADLINES:Police are investigating possible motives for the shooting.

PHILADELPHIA - Another Philadelphia high school is closing its doors due to environmental concerns sparked by asbestos. According to Principal Michael J. Calderone, asbestos was discovered on school grounds, including on the first floor where the cafeteria is. Calderone says the asbestos is present mostly above ceiling tiles and on top of ductwork, which was identified after the school district accelerated the routine for its three-year asbestos inspection. "We know this news is disappointing.

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Friday it flight-tested a solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, a possible breakthrough in its efforts to acquire a more powerful, harder-to-detect weapon targeting the continental United States.North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency issued the report a day after the country’s neighbors detected a launch of a long-range missile from near Pyongyang, which extended a run of weapons displays involving more than 100 missiles fired into the sea since the start of 2022.Thursday’s test did not appear to demonstrate the weapon’s full capacity, and it remains unclear how far North Korea has come in mastering technologies to ensure the warhead would withstand atmospheric reentry and accurately strike targets. Still, analysts said the test was likely a meaningful advance in North Korea’s goal to build a nuclear arsenal that could directly threaten the United States.Later Friday, the U.S.

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Sylvan Lake in central Alberta.One of the girls was 13-year-old Olivia Dawn Johnson from Red Deer, and the other was a 12-year-old girl from Sylvan Lake.“The hole Olivia has left in our hearts and in our lives is enormous, and our family is still trying to come to terms with the reality of not having her bounce into the house, spunky and smiling,” the family said in a statement to Global News on Thursday.“We are heartbroken and devastated by the loss of Olivia.”The family said the teenager was a compassionate soul, always generous with her kindness and caring for others. She loved to laugh, and her sense of humour was contagious, often making others laugh right along with her, the family said.“Olivia was a talented young woman with a bright future ahead of her.

SKYFOX over the area of 70th Street and Cobbs Creek Highway, where police say a woman was struck by a car.  PHILADELPHIA - Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash in Philadelphia that left a woman critically injured, authorities say. According to law enforcement, the incident occurred in the area of 70th Street and Cobbs Creek Parkway in the southwest section of the city just after 10:45 a.m.

Firefighters respond to the Our Lady of Consolation Parish School to fight a 3-alarm blaze.

PHILADELPHIA - Homicide detectives with the Philadelphia Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a man in Philadelphia, authorities say. According to officials, the shooting occurred on the 2100 block of Gould Street in the city's Southwest Philadelphia section just after midnight on Thursday. Authorities say a 28-year-old man was shot once in the stomach. MORE LOCAL HEADLINESHe was transported to Penn Presbyterian Hospital by police, where he was pronounced dead at 12:58 a.m., per police. Officials say the shooting scene has not been found and no arrest has been made. 

PHILADELPHIA - Students from a Philadelphia Catholic school are heading to a new location to learn after a fire tore through and damaged the original building. The students who attend Our Lady of Consolation Parish School in Chestnut Hill will now take classes on the campus of Chestnut Hill College. The three-alarm fire initially broke out on March 21, when 39 students were inside for an after-school program and had to be evacuated from the building. A day after a 3-alarm fire torched a Philadelphia catholic school, students who have been forced to learn virtually visited the charred remains of their school.A spokesperson for the Philadelphia Fire Department said the building sustained heavy damage to the entire second floor and roof. The cause of the fire was later identified as an electrical wiring issue, according to the Fire Marshal's Office. Officials have identified the source of a fire at damaged the Our Mother of Consolation Parish School in Philadelphia.

PORT RICHMOND - A local mom says her teen with autism was dropped off at the wrong bus stop, then disappeared. He was missing for days and his outraged mother is speaking out and demanding answers."I was just happy to see him.

EAST MOUNT AIRY - A 40-year-old man has been critically injured after a shooting on an East Mount Airy street.Officials said 14th District officers responded to the 6600 block of Ross Street Wednesday night, around 7:15, on the report of a shooting in Philadelphia’s East Mount Airy neighborhood.Officers found the 40-year-old victim suffering with a gunshot wound to his leg.MORE HEADLINES: Police rushed him to Einstein Medical Center and placed in critical condition.Officers are actively investigating the shooting and say no weapons have been recovered and no arrests have been made.___Tips can be submitted by calling 215-686-TIPS (8477) or texting PPD TIP (773847). Tips can also be submitted anonymously online, here.

Pictured: Louis Gaskin (Photo via Florida Department of Corrections) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida has ramped up executions under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, with a man known as the "ninja killer" set to die Wednesday for the 1989 slayings of a couple visiting the state from New Jersey.Louis Bernard Gaskin, 56, was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY, N.J. - "What happens when you prey on the elderly and steal from them? Your photo gets plastered all over social media."That's the warning Glassboro Police Department posted in the search for a man and woman accused of stealing from an unsuspecting elderly woman.The woman was putting her cart away in a Shoprite parking lot when they approached her on either side, speaking in a thick accent.MORE HEADLINES:Police say that's when they distracted her, and stole her purse and wallet from the cart.They then proceeded to go on shopping spree worth more than $1,300 with the stolen goods, according to authorities.They are said to be driving a newer white Nissan Murano with a Florida license plate.

TACOMA, Wash. - A woman in Washington state who was diagnosed with tuberculosis was found in contempt of court Friday after she allegedly refused to pursue treatment and took a public bus to a casino rather than isolate while under surveillance.Judge Philip Sorenson authorized law enforcement to detain the unidentified woman following a civil arrest warrant issued March 3.The warrant permits the woman's involuntary detention, testing and treatment at the Pierce County jail.The woman has reportedly refused to take medication and follow protective guidelines despite the efforts of her own family members and the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department.The unidentified woman has reportedly refused to take medication and protect herself and the community despite the efforts of her own family members and the health department.

WASHINGTON - National Public Radio says it will no longer maintain its Twitter accounts after the social media platform labeled the organization "Government-funded Media.""NPR will no longer actively maintain its flagship Twitter (@NPR) or any other official NPR accounts, and we are officially deemphasizing Twitter across the organization," the group said on its website Wednesday.Earlier this month, Twitter labeled NPR as "state-affiliated media" - a term it also uses for propaganda outlets in Russia and China. They later revised the label on NPR's account to "Government-funded Media."NPR said Twitter refused repeated requests to remove the "state-affiliated media" label.

₹1120 crores, is a state of the art Hospital having capacity of 750 beds New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam on 14 April to lay the foundation stone of various projects worth more than ₹3,400 crores. Modi will dedicate to the nation the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Guwahati and three other medical colleges in the state, according to an official release. ‘The operationalization of AIIMS, Guwahati will mark a momentous occasion for the state of Assam and the entire North-East region.

Amanda Bynes is now out of the mental health facility.

Last month Dr N K Arora, chief of covid-19 working group had recommended to the health ministry to include the jab over CoWIN platform as a heterologous booster dose for adults. New Delhi: Amid covid surge and poor coverage of booster dose, Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla on Tuesday recommended elderly people to take Covovax booster dose. He informed that the vaccine is now available on CoWIN portal and is excellent against all the variants.