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Canadians living near nuclear power station sent emergency incident message by mistake

More than an hour later, a message was sent saying the first one was a mistake.

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Jan 12th 2020, 5:07 PM

'Brain dead' man wakes up after father's stand-off with doctors who wanted to switch off life support

During the three-hour stand-off with police, George Pickering’s son squeezed his father’s hand on command.

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Dec 24th 2015, 10:25 AM