Ontario dentist on board crashed Air India Boeing 787 plane: family
Watch
Mississauga, Ont. dentist Nirali Sureshkumar Patel was among 242 people on board, but the exact number of casualties has not been confirmed. Kamil Karamali reports.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
CBC
29 minutes ago
- CBC
Freedom on 3 wheels: Residents of P.E.I. retirement home get the joys of biking without the work
People living at Andrews of Stratford are just like many other members of the community this spring: They're getting out on a bike. It's not just any bike, though. It's an electric trishaw, a three-wheeled bike pedalled by a trained pilot that accommodates two passengers so that people with mobility issues can hit the trails too. CBC P.E.I. went along for a ride.
CBC
an hour ago
- CBC
Dramatic video captures school bus explosion in Hammonds Plains
Chase Valiant was in the middle of making an afternoon snack when his day took a dramatic turn. "I was just making guacamole, going about my day, and I heard a big bang," he said Friday, a day after the incident. He rushed outside his home, located on a quiet street in Hammonds Plains, N.S. only to find a school bus engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke permeating the air. "I was shocked, and I was just thinking, hoping, that everyone had gotten off the bus," he said. The bus, which was taking elementary students home from Hammonds Plains Consolidated School, was evacuated shortly before the bus caught fire on Thursday afternoon But Valiant didn't know that at the time. It was only after he got confirmation that nobody was on the bus that he moved closer and started taking video. In doing so, he captured another big bang on camera, documenting the moment when the front of the bus exploded again, sending flames, smoke and debris soaring. It took some time before the fire was extinguished, he said, and crews were still cleaning up the scene on Friday morning. "A bus exploding," said Valiant. "Can't say I've ever heard of that happening." Students remained calm, says principal In an email, Lynn Corkum, the school's principal, told parents the bus driver pulled over on Carnoustie Drive and safely evacuated the students after noticing smoke coming from the engine. "They remained calm and followed the driver's lead in a very scary situation," said Corkum. "I am proud of everyone involved." RCMP in Halifax say they responded to a report of the incident at around 3:40 p.m. on Thursday. There were no injuries due to the fire itself, but one youth suffered minor injuries during the evacuation. Lindsey Bunin, a spokesperson for the Halifax Regional Centre for Education, said the incident is being investigated, "We are grateful to the driver, school leaders, and families for handling the situation with great care," she said.
CTV News
an hour ago
- CTV News
Birds of prey used to keep other birds away from Muskoka landfill
'Hara' a Harris hawk watches over the District of Muskoka's landfills with handler Andrew Carroll with Royal Canadian Falconry. Using birds of prey to manage bird mitigation isn't a new thing but it is new to the District of Muskoka and some of its landfills. For the second year, Andrew Carroll with Royal Canadian Falconry out of Haliburton has been called on to bring his birds to help reduce health risks, property damage and even unwanted bird attacks on staff. Today, he's at the landfill in Bracebridge with 'Hara,' a Harris hawk he started training seven years ago. 'Falconry based bird control is using trained birds of prey like eagles, falcons, or hawks like Hara here to deter nuisance birds from specific locations. There is an abundance of gulls in the area these are gulls, and they are causing a disturbance for the workers,' said Carroll. Falcon at landfill 'Hara' a Harris hawk watches over the District of Muskoka's landfills with handler Andrew Carroll with Royal Canadian Falconry. (CTV News/Rob Cooper) The birds can also be a hazard to district staff because of the diseases they can carry. While the birds of prey will attack the unwanted birds at times, they mostly just help keep the birds away by fear. 'The instinct from the gulls is to leave the area because they don't want to be eaten by the predator,' said Carroll. 'In the past, the district has tried difference noise deterrents, they've tried decoys, different floating ribbons that are meant to detract different birds and they all were very temporary,' said Renee Recoskie with the District of Muskoka. 'They still kept coming back and they kept growing in concern, so this, so far, has been the only program we've seen it sort of better off for us.' Falcon at landfill 'Hara' a Harris hawk watches over the District of Muskoka's landfills with handler Andrew Carroll with Royal Canadian Falconry. (CTV News/Rob Cooper) 'It's very effective on sites like this where it's the gull's main food source. You are going to have to be here a lot because they are going to want to come in and eat every single day,' explained Carroll. And that is why they are here with the birds of prey almost every day during the summer. The program costs about $80,000 a year but the district says it is incredibly effective. As for the company that runs the birds, it says it does offer educational classes to the public out of its Haliburton office.
