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May 15, 2020

Jesuit facility closes after outbreak claims five lives

Jesuit Fathers (from left) Michael Hawkins, 83, Peter Larisey, 91, Norman Dodge, 92, and Francis Xavier Johnson, 93, as well as George O’Neill, 77, died between April 29 and May 3 at René Goupil House, a Jesuit infirmary neighbouring the Manresa retreat centre.

Following five COVID-19 deaths in one horrific week, the Jesuit long-term care facility in Pickering, Ont., is closing temporarily.

Published in Canada
August 7, 2018

Indonesia's Lombok hit by another powerful earthquake

A man talks on his cellphone Aug. 6 next to an earthquake survivor outside a hospital on Lombok, Indonesia's popular tourist island. At least 91 people have been confirmed dead after the magnitude 7 earthquake Aug. 5, a week after another powerful quake killed more than a dozen people.
JAKARTA, Indonesia – At least 91 people have been confirmed dead after a magnitude 7 earthquake struck Indonesia's Lombok Island on Aug. 5 a week after another powerful quake killed more than a dozen people.
Published in International