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IRBIL, Iraq 鈥?Iraqi Kurds cast ballots on Monday in their autonomous region and in a wide sweep of captured territories on whether to seek independence from Baghdad, a historic vote that has also raised tensions and fears of instability.The referendum is non-binding and will not immediately bring independence, but it would mark a definitive stance by the Kurds to break away, and Kur stanley thermobecher dish leaders say they will use a yes vo stanley mug te to press for negotiations with Iraq central government to win statehood.From Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened military intervention in Iraq in response to the vote, stressing that Kurdish independence was stanley fr unacceptable to his country and that this was a matter of survival. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The Iraqi Kurdish push for independence has been made even more combustible because Kurdish forces captured extensive territories in fighting with the Islamic State group in the past year. Those territories run from northwest Iraq across the country to the Iranian border on the east 鈥?including the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. Baghdad claims those territories, but the Kurds say they are part of their zone and residents there are participating in Monday vote.More than 3 million people are expected to vote across the three provinces that officially make up the Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region and in the disputed territories, according to the Independe Uraa Ontario not tracking if business-support dollars help: FAO
TORONTO 鈥?A union representing health-care workers in long-term care homes says the province wants to change a directive that gives all workers access N95 masks.The Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario says the provincial government has asked to begin discussions about removing access from the provincial rules because it believes the masks aren ;t necessary.The union says the N95 masks block aerosolized virus particles and offer better protection than surgical masks currently in use. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW But the union also says that the N95 masks are not widely available to workers despite the provincial rule.More than 1,600 workers in the province long-term care homes have tested positive for COVID-19 and a personal support worker in Orleans, Ont., died from the virus earlier this week. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW A spokeswoman for Health Minister Christine Elliott says the health and safety of Ontarians and front-line health workers is the government top priority. stanley cups Following recent court decisions related to Directive 5, we have initiated conversations with all labour union partners to address how we can ensure workers remain protected, while being mindful that the global supply chain for personal protective equipment continues to be extremely strained, Hayley Chazan sai stanley france d in a statement. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW stanley cup