Why a group of Canadian doctors says workplace sick notes need to go
Canadian doctors are calling for employers and schools not to require sick notes when it comes to short-term minor illnesses.
A major manhunt is underway in northern Austria after a hunter allegedly fatally shot two people and fled the scene, local police said Monday.
Franz Hofer, mayor of Kirchberg ob der Donau, was killed in the village of Altenfelden in Austria鈥檚 rural Muhlviertel region, near the border with Germany and the Czech Republic.
A second man was also shot dead a short while later, Upper Austria police spokesperson Ulrike Handelbauer told CNN.
A large-scale police operation with helicopters and special forces is underway, she said. The suspect is believed to be armed and local residents have been told to stay indoors.
鈥淯nfortunately, we assume that the perpetrator we are looking for could be carrying the weapon,鈥 Handelbauer said, according to local media. A dispute over hunting rights appeared to have sparked the incident, police added.
According to Kronen Zeitung, a local outlet, the suspect was known to hunters in the area. 鈥淗e was a difficult person,鈥 said a hunter from the area who wished not to be named.
The shooting shocked officials at the People鈥檚 Party (OVP) regional headquarters in Linz. 鈥淚t鈥檚 madness,鈥 said state party leader Florian Hiegelsperger.
Herbert Sieghartsleitner, the state hunting master, said the incident was 鈥渦nbelievable.鈥
鈥淚 am deeply shocked by what has happened. I knew Franz Hofer very well personally,鈥 he said, according to Kronen Zeitung.
Canadian doctors are calling for employers and schools not to require sick notes when it comes to short-term minor illnesses.
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