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In this article, we will take a look at the top 20 rainiest countries in the world. Precipitation is an important part of the lifecycle on Earth. It supports life in all forms and is crucial for the economic and agricultural development of countries worldwide. Even global powers like the USA, Russia, and China are among the top producers of agricultural products. In 2023, agricultural exports from the US were valued at $178.7 billion.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Olympic 5000m gold medallist and three times World 10,000m will hope to further cement that record at Friendship Park. The 27-year-old made his debut appearance at the World Cross Country Championships nine years ago in Guiyang, China. Cheptegei placed 11th in the men’s U20 race before two years later competing in the next edition on home turf in Kampala.
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2 years ago Read more at NN Running Team

Premier Wab Kinew has announced that Budget 2024 will allocate funds to implement new plastic health cards. The province aims to roll out these new cards by 2025 to transition the health-care system away from paper and fax machines towards electronic patient records.
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2 years ago Read more at SteinbachOnline.com

The Nurses Union says it has received confirmation from Auditor General Denise Hanrahan that her office will conduct a performance audit of health sector contracts. Yvette Coffey says recent revelations about contracts with nursing agencies in the public system and what she calls the “exorbitant” amount of taxpayers dollars spent are “mind blowing”
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2 years ago Read more at VOCM

The province plans to develop a modernized card, including plastic and digital options, to replace the existing paper version, a Thursday news release announced. Funding for the cards has been allocated in the NDP government’s first budget, to be released Tuesday. Details on the material and design will be shared in the coming months.
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2 years ago Read more at Winnipeg Free Press

Finance Minister Adrien Sala says the move is among many promises from last year’s provincial election campaign that will be fulfilled in the budget on Tuesday. The NDP government says the new cards will be more secure and easier to use to access services. It says the change will also help clear a backlog of applications for the current paper cards. Sala took part in a pre-budget tradition of unboxing new shoes.
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2 years ago Read more at CityNews Toronto

The provincial government announced Thursday that funding for new plastic health cards will be allocated in the budget that is set to be released next week. “It’s 2024 – your health coverage shouldn’t rely on a torn, ripped-up health card,” said Premier Wab Kinew. Kinew said his government anticipates being able to roll out the new cards by next year.
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2 years ago Read more at CTV News Winnipeg

Sasha Merasty aims to advocate for Indigenous equity and equality in the Canadian health-care system. My personal experiences with family members inspired me to understand diseases and their treatments because I wanted to be helpful to my family. Now, I want to be a person who can explain health care treatments and options for other people. Getting connected with an academic advisor and career services is also important.
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2 years ago Read more at USask News

The move is part of the upcoming provincial budget to be announced on Tuesday, and will include plastic and digital options to replace the existing paper health card. Work on the design of the new card will begin this year. Kinew says his own health card is in bad shape. You can't really see the Manitoba logo.
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2 years ago Read more at CBC.ca

Scientists have determined the differences between the two types of killer whales that frequent the Salish Sea are so large, they ought to be designated separate species all together. The new species designations will be the first breakouts from the worldwide Orcinus orca since the species descriptions by Charles Scammon in 1874. Scientists used to think that it took physical separation, or an inability to breed together, to produce separate species, the scientists suggest.
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2 years ago Read more at Chilliwack Progress