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First responders in Côte-Saint-Luc are worried and heartbroken after their colleague, volunteer Clifford Jordan, became seriously ill while vacationing in Barbados, where doctors had to amputate his right leg. 

Jordan, a 49-year-old first responder, was found unresponsive during his trip on Jan. 13 and was rushed to a local hospital, where he is now on life support.

Eddy Arfam, the chief of Côte-Saint-Luc's Emergency Medical Services (EMS), helped organize a fundraiser for Clifford and his family that has so far raised more than $30,000. 

Arfam has been in regular contact with Jordan's family over the past couple of weeks and was told that although doctors still don't have an exact diagnosis, they believe he may have contracted a flesh-eating bacteria. 

Jordan had been visiting family in the country, which he visits every year, Arfam said. 

"I've worked with Clifford over 10 years now. He's a great colleague to have. He's a great volunteer. I've had the privilege the last two years of being his manager at Côte-Saint-Luc EMS. He really truly represents the best of our volunteers," said Arfam. 

Eddy Arfam helped organize a fundraiser for Clifford Jordan's medical bills. (CBC)

Côte-Saint-Luc Mayor Mitchell Brownstein called Jordan "a hero in his community."

"He's been volunteering and saving lives, touching so many people in our community for 20 years," said Brownstein, adding Jordan's situation has deeply affected staff in the city's emergency services. 

"They meet people in all types of situations and they get really close to each other because they're serving the community in urgent situations — life and death." 

'All I hope for is that he can make it home'

For Marc-Olivier Chatillon, the news about Jordan's illness was a shock. 

Marc-Olivier Chatillon has worked with Jordan for eight years. (CBC)

"I've known Clifford for eight years now. He's always been a great friend, a role model for me and to find out that this has happened to him, and that he's the one in need now — yeah, it tugged a few strings in my heart," Chatillon said. 

"All I hope for is that he can make it home." 

Arfam said the funds he and his colleagues have raised, including two anonymous donations of $1,000, will help Jordan's family with the hefty medical bills as well as the "extensive expense for the flight back home." 

He said it's clear the city's community wants to give back to a man who's spent so much time helping others in need. 

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A former boss at Welsh women's rugby said she considered suicide because of what she claimed was a "toxic culture" of sexism at the Welsh Rugby Union.

Charlotte Wathan also said a male colleague said in front of others in an office that he wanted to "rape" her.

Another female former WRU employee, a mum of one, said she wrote a manual for her husband in case she killed herself.

The WRU said that both cases were investigated and proper procedures were followed.

One MP, also a former Wales player, warned the allegations against a major UK sporting organisation were "on a level" with the racism scandal that rocked Yorkshire Cricket Club.

Tonia Antoniazzi has written to the Prince of Wales as patron of the WRU for a meeting to "create a better future for women and girls in rugby in Wales".

Ms Wathan, the former general manager of Welsh women's rugby, said she cried after the alleged rape comment was made towards her at the WRU's Vale of Glamorgan training base in 2019.

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"Someone referring about me in an office environment that they wanted to rape me," she told the BBC Wales Investigates programme.

"Take me back to the hotel, tie me to the bed and rape me. I remember feeling sick, like a punch to the stomach. I remember standing in shock thinking, 'did I just hear that?'

"And everyone's laughing, and there was a senior member of staff there. I left the room and I burst into tears. I thought 'crikey, is this what it's come to?'"

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The comment was eventually investigated by an external lawyer after Ms Wathan raised it with the WRU as part of a wider grievance, but the BBC has discovered a number of key witnesses, who she said could corroborate her allegations, were not spoken to as part of that investigation.

The man who allegedly made the comment also was not spoken to as part of the grievance. He still works at the WRU.

Ms Wathan, hired to help transform its struggling women's game in 2018, later started legal proceedings against the WRU.

But the WRU and Ms Wathan, who left the organisation early in 2022, reached an "amicable resolution" last month and a planned employment tribunal case was withdrawn.

The WRU told the BBC Ms Wathan's allegations remained unsubstantiated following a thorough independent legal investigation and that it could not comment further because her case had been settled since her interview with the BBC.

But it added it took any allegations from staff regarding behaviour, attitude and language seriously and if any allegations were substantiated it would act swiftly. It said such behaviour had no place in the WRU or Welsh rugby.

Ms Wathan said she told the WRU in 2021 the culture was "toxic" and she was too ill to return to work due to the impact on her mental health.

"They'd beat me down. They'd won," she said.

"You just, at that point, think there's no hope. And nobody wants to take this seriously.

"This was probably one of the worst experiences of my life and it was dark. It was grim. And it could have cost me my life.

"I could have left my children without a mum, just because I was trying to develop the women's game."

Another female former WRU employee, who wants to remain anonymous, also alleged she suffered sexism and bullying by a manager within the organisation and left in 2018.

The second woman described her time at the organisation as "an open wound" and said she wrote a manual for her husband in case she killed herself.

"This wasn't about an incident here and an incident there," she said.

"It was constant undermining of me or my gender by nit-picking at irrelevant stuff.

"It takes you to a very dark, dark place when you can genuinely look at your husband and think 'you're young enough to meet someone else and my daughter is young enough to get another mother'.

"I went as far as to start drafting a manual for my husband and what to do in the event that I died."

She said she told HR that bullying and sexism at work had left her feeling suicidal and was advised to put in a grievance against the manager concerned and was told she could move to another office in the same building.

But she feared that complaining would make her life more difficult, so ended up leaving the WRU without raising a grievance.

She said she did give the name of the accused manager to HR and considered taking the WRU to an employment tribunal but the organisation argued she had left it too late to make a claim and there were no grounds.

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"They bullied me by saying they would put in a costs order against me," she added.

"On the balance of what was most important for that time - my family and livelihood, or trying to fix an organisation I no longer work for? I chose my family and my livelihood."

The WRU told the BBC her case was investigated and proper procedures were followed.

New WRU chief executive Steve Phillips said in December the union would "never be complacent" on fighting discrimination and said "the expectations are very high and rightly so, on everybody in the WRU - and we will maintain those standards."

Ms Antoniazzi, a former Wales rugby international, has said women from inside the WRU had also raised concerns with her.

She said she wanted the Welsh government to set up an independent body to oversee complaints about Wales' sports governing bodies.

"This is on a level of what's happened in cricket," said the Labour MP for Gower.

"I have great, great concerns about the future of women's rugby in Wales.

"Unless you are a woman and, excuse the expression, but with balls and deep pockets, how on Earth do you take on somebody like the WRU and stand up to them without there being financial detriment, reputational detriment?

"Nobody holds them to account. They hold themselves to account, but they're marking their own homework. So what is the point? How do we know that this scandal now will [not] be resolved?"

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The claims were revealed on the day Wales' men's squad meet up to prepare for this year's Six Nations tournament ahead of their opener with Ireland on 4 February in Cardiff.

Warren Gatland has returned as Wales coach and, on his first day with his players, was asked about the allegations and how it would affect his team's preparations.

"For me it's something I don't know a lot about, I've been away since the World Cup in 2019," Gatland told the BBC.

"I've not really read too much of the press about things. It's like anything there's two sides to every story and I hope you'd get a balance in terms of both sides being represented in the proper way."

It was not just sexism claims against the WRU - the BBC has spoken to two people who say they witnessed the "P-word" being used in an online staff meeting attended by a senior manager.

"A colleague was watching cricket in his living room on silent while on his laptop and the senior manager on the call asked what the score was," recalled witness Marc Roberts, a former manager in Welsh rugby's community game.

"That person used a racist term to describe who was in the lead of that cricket game.

"The conversation was between the manager and the individual who used that word. And nothing was said. I actually brought it up and said that term was unacceptable and inappropriate.

"At no stage did a senior manager, stop and say, 'you cannot use that term that's not an appropriate term'."

Mr Roberts worked for the WRU for 20 years and said the culture had got worse in the past five years and he had warned bosses about what he had seen and heard from a number of women in the organisation.

He eventually quit the WRU this month.

He said: "I have seen no change in our culture. It's not a culture that likes to be challenged."

The WRU said how sad it was to hear how individuals in this programme felt and it would continue to work with staff to ensure they feel valued and listened to.

The WRU has previously spoken of its commitment to the women's game and last year gave Wales' women players professional contracts for the first time.

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Journalists in Cameroon gathered on Monday (Jan.23) in Yaoundé to pay respect and demand justice for the killing of their colleague Martinez Zogo, whose was abducted last week and whose body was found this weekend near the capital.

Gathered among candles, flowers and banners demanding justice, friends and colleagues stood outside the radio station Amplitude FM, where Martinez Zogo worked.

Journalist Jean Bruno Tagne said during the event that he believed the killing was "a message that was sent to all independent journalists and to all those who think that this country can function differently."

Tagne added: "Journalists must continue to do their job. We absolutely must not cede to fear so that we don't play into the hands of Martinez's executioners and so that he didn't die for nothing."

The mutilated body of Zogo was found on Sunday near Yaounde, the capital of Cameroon, five days after he was kidnapped.

Zogo hosted a popular daily show on Amplitude FM where – according to the Committee to Protect Journalists - he recently commented on alleged embezzlement in public-sector procurement that benefitted a prominent businessman. Zogo served a two-month prison sentence for criminal defamation in 2020, the CPJ said.

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Call it bipartisanship: As Rep. Todd Porter walked into the Capitol one day earlier this month, he spotted Sen. Kathy Hogan lying on the floor. She had just fallen while leaving for the day.

Porter, R-Mandan, a longtime paramedic, provided immediate assistance to Hogan, D-Fargo, who was later found to have suffered a cracked kneecap and a mild concussion.

“Having Todd be my first responder was a gift,” said Hogan, the Senate minority leader. “His calm and firm presence was totally reassuring.”

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Beth Helfrich, executive director for the North Dakota broadcasters and newspaper associations, witnessed the quick assist.

“It was truly like a divine intervention that Todd Porter, a paramedic, was right there,” she said.

In addition to his 24 years in the Legislature, Porter has worked as a paramedic in the Bismarck-Mandan area for 45 years. He said he has dealt with numerous calls, from “falls with lacerations to major traumatic events.”

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Porter carries a pager for the Capitol Response Team and responds when he can to assist state Highway Patrol officers and Capitol Security.

“That is the profession I fell in love with while still in high school, and still to this day it makes my pulse rise a bit,” he said. “But the ultimate satisfaction is helping someone in need.”

Hogan, 74, was on crutches for a time and participated in her committees remotely from her Bismarck hotel until she was able to return to the Capitol. 

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NCIS star LL Cool J pays heartbreaking tribute to late colleague - HELLO!

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January 23, 2023 - 11:17 GMT Emmy Griffiths LL Cool J took to Instagram to pay tribute following his friend's sad death over the weekend

NCIS: LA star LL Cool J took to Instagram to pay tribute to a colleague at CBS, Deborah Barak, who very sadly passed away from cancer on 21 January, aged 65. Deborah was a Business Affairs Executive at the network which housed LL’s hit show NCIS: LA. 

Sharing a photo of Deborah, the actor captioned the post: "You were a great person. You were tough and fair. May the almighty embrace you. Thank you for everything Debby. My love to your family, friends and colleagues. @cbstvstudios @cbstv." 

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Sharing a tribute, the president of CBS studio David Stapf said: "Debby was a mentor and dear friend to so many of us at CBS. She was the person everyone turned for counsel and guidance, both professionally and personally. You always left her office feeling a little bit smarter and emotionally stronger. There was no one who was more universally loved, admired, and respected at CBS and across our business."

LL’s followers were quick to comment, with one writing: "So sorry for your loss," while another person added: "My condolences to you and the entire family." 

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The actor recently confirmed that NCIS: LA would be ending after 14 seasons. Posting on social, he wrote: "This NCIS Crossover was a huge success!! Thank you to all our millions of fans around the world! Some of our best ratings in years. After 14 seasons, this is the perfect time to end @ncisla on top of our game!!!"

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Amy Reisenbach, president of CBS Entertainment confirmed the news on Friday in a statement which read:  "For 14 seasons, NCIS: Los Angeles has been a stalwart of our lineup with characters who were a joy to watch. It's no surprise this show succeeded as a global franchise. 

"From Day 1, the cast, producers and crew were amazing Network/Studios partners, and their teamwork, talent and spirit vividly came through on the screen."

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Sharon replied with several heart emojis.

Social media user, Charity Ness commented: "Really sad we never got to see the episode you penned where Vanessa asked Charity to adopt Johnny. Always hoped it could be used in a flashback scene when that topic was revisited."

The This Morning presenter replied: "Ah love! That ep! There were lots of scenes lost to covid that I so enjoyed writing for them. Such a shame. But they exist in that writer’s parallel universe of sadly deleted files x."

Laura Lou wrote: "It's a great ep, too! All the best to you."

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'He didn't take my rejection well': Woman 'sabotaged' by colleague after awkward moment - 9Honey

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As a woman in my late 30s, I never expected to be put in a position where my work life would be drastically impacted by the actions of a colleague.

But unfortunately, that's exactly what happened to me.

It all started when my colleague, Matt, who I had considered a friend and teammate, began expressing romantic interest in me.

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'I made it clear to him that I did not feel the same way and that I valued our professional relationship.' (Getty)

He kept telling me how "gorgeous" and "attractive" I am. He always stood very close to me and found a reason to whisper gossip to me. I made it clear to him that I did not feel the same way and that I valued our professional relationship.

However, he did not take my rejection well and began to make my work life difficult.

He would deliberately exclude me from important meetings and projects, spread rumours about me, and even went as far as to sabotage my work.

Somebody made a mistake and he told everyone that it was my fault. When I tried to set my boss straight, my boss (a man who is friends with Matt) fobbed me off.

So then I tried to address the issue with our mutual supervisor, but she was unable to do much about it. Despite my best efforts to ignore the situation and continue to work, the toxic environment Matt created made it impossible for me to focus and do my job effectively.

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Day after day, I found myself constantly stressed and on edge, worrying about what he would do next.

I'd spent a long time working on an important document and I saved it in a section of the computer system that everyone in our team could access. You can imagine how horrified I was to learn that someone had changed much of the document to make it almost unreadable, before sending to the manager.

I was almost in tears trying to explain to him that this was not my work, and that "someone", aka Matt, had tried to sabotage my work. But he did not believe me.

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It was a constant battle to protect my professional reputation and prove my worth as an employee. He continuously made snide remarks about my work, about my appearance and even about my shoes – telling everyone in earshot that my shoes looked like the sort of shoes a woman in her 90s would wear!

It sounds trivial, but the constant negativity and hostility began to take a toll on my mental and physical health, and I knew I couldn't continue in that environment.

I eventually made the difficult decision to resign from my position. It was heartbreaking, as I really loved the actual work… but it was the best thing for my mental health.

Still, I find I'm holding onto a lot of anger about the way I was treated. I hope by speaking out, other women can learn from my mistakes. It's not fair that I was the one who resigned, while Matt, who was so abusive, kept his job.

It makes me wonder how many other women have had to endure the same situation as me.

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