Nipah virus: New cases reported in India and Bangladesh
Health authorities report Nipah virus cases beginning in West Bengal in late January 2026, and a confirmed fatality was reported in northern Bangladesh on February 7.
2026/02/12
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Free fishing this Family Day weekend in Ontario.
Ontario is allowing free fishing provincewide from Saturday to Monday for Family Day weekend, with licence and Outdoors Card requirements waived; Conservation Fishing Licence catch and possession limits and sanctuary restrictions remain in effect.
2026/02/12
Winter Olympics exhibition in Milan offers a glimpse behind the opening ceremony
An exhibition at Milan's Palazzo Castiglioni displays 39 photographs by Giampaolo Sgura of volunteers and staff during dress rehearsals for the Feb. 6 Winter Olympics opening ceremony; it runs through Feb. 17 and the images will join the Olympic Museum in Lausanne's permanent collection.
2026/02/12
Manitoba reports high respiratory virus activity and rising measles cases
Manitoba's chief public health officer said the province is seeing unusually high respiratory illness activity with about 3,000 emergency and urgent-care presentations, and a measles outbreak with 393 confirmed and 37 probable cases since February 2025.
2026/02/12
Tumbler Ridge: World leaders offer condolences after deadly school shooting
Prime Minister Mark Carney said he has heard from numerous world leaders after Tuesday's attacks in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., that officials say left 10 people dead including the suspect. Police are continuing to investigate.
2026/02/12
Ontario's plan for world's largest nuclear station draws cost concerns
Ontario Power Generation has proposed the New Nuclear at Wesleyville Project, a plan for up to 10,000 MW that could begin construction in the 2030s and operate in the 2040s; the Ontario Clean Air Alliance warns the province's nuclear cost estimates are unreliable and has raised concerns about potential fiscal impacts.
2026/02/12
Ontario lifts freeze on domestic postsecondary tuition fees
Ontario will allow domestic tuition increases of up to 2% annually for three years and will shift a larger share of student aid from grants to loans, officials said.
2026/02/12
Bijou Phillips seeks a kidney donor after a transplanted kidney was rejected
Bijou Phillips is back on dialysis at UCLA after a previously transplanted kidney was rejected, and she has publicly appealed on Instagram for a living kidney donor.
2026/02/12
Minnesota immigration operation is ending, border czar says
Border official Tom Homan said Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota will conclude; he said a drawdown of federal officers began this week and will continue next week.
2026/02/12
Maduro remains Venezuela's 'legitimate president,' acting president says
Acting president Delcy Rodríguez said Nicolás Maduro remains Venezuela's legitimate leader while he is being held in the U.S. on federal drug-related charges; Maduro pleaded not guilty in January.
2026/02/12
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