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BLACKFALDS, Alta. – Alberta Health Services says an E. coli outbreak at a daycare in Blackfalds has ended.

Several children and staff got sick in late August at an Aspen Lakes Discovery Center location in the central Alberta town, and the health agency ordered it closed.

The illness was confirmed to be Shiga Toxin-producing E. Coli, which can cause serious complications in some people.

The health agency says there have been no new cases confirmed since Sept. 7 and the daycare was cleared to reopen Sept. 10.

Sixteen cases of E. Coli were confirmed over the course of the outbreak, and an investigation found it was likely from person-to-person transmission rather than contaminated food.

Just over a year ago, an E. coli outbreak hit several Calgary daycares that were served meat loaf out of a central kitchen operated by Fueling Minds, leading to hundreds of infections.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 20, 2024.

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BURNS LAKE, B.C. – Police are asking the public for help in finding a seven-year-old girl missing from her home about 250 kilometres west of Prince George, B.C.

RCMP say Oaklynn Schwedder was last seen outside her home in the small community of Southbank, near Burns Lake, at 6 p.m. on Thursday.

They describe the girl as “on the autism spectrum” and non-verbal.

Police say they have “numerous resources” in the area, including search and rescue crews who are working with the girl’s family in the effort to find her.

The girl was last seen wearing a red and blue plaid dress, leggings with white bow ties and pink socks.

Anyone with information about her whereabouts is asked to contact police or Crime Stoppers.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 20, 2024.

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TORONTO – Experts say rising team valuations and the desire to forge a legacyare likely at the heart of what motivated Rogers Communications Inc. executive chair Edward Rogers to bolster the company’s portfolio of Toronto professional sports teams.

The company’s $4.7-billion deal to acquire rival telecom BCE Inc.’s 37.5 per cent stake in Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment will give Rogers a majority control of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors, Toronto Argonauts and Toronto FC.

It’s a move that plays into Rogers’ long-standing strategy to build out its sports empire, with the company already owning the Toronto Blue Jays and becoming the national NHL television rights holder a decade ago.

Dave Heger, a senior equity analyst at Edward Jones, says there is probably an “ego benefit” to be realized for Rogers that comes from the status and name recognition associated with owning pro sports teams in a major city.

He says that’s on top of the financial attraction of teams like the Leafs and Raptors continuing to increase in value.

In an interview with Sportsnet on Wednesday, Edward Rogers said his company had spent more than $14.5 billion over the last decade on sports. He described it as a “core business for us” while adding that he recognized that “being involved with these teams is a public trust.”

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 20, 2024.

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