MONTREAL – The senior military officer once tasked with overseeing Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination drive will be in a Quebec courtroom today to face allegations of sexual misconduct. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin was charged with one count of sexual assault in August 2021, related to an alleged incident in 1988. Fortin has […]
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By Danielle Edwards
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Halifax artist Jessica Wiebe served eight years in the Canadian Armed Forces as an artillery gunner, often the lone woman in a male-dominated environment. Now she draws on that experience, and her mental and physical struggles after leaving the military, to create her art. “I really want to bring awareness […]
By Melissa Couto Zuber
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A study on indoor air quality and housing characteristics in isolated First Nations communities found elevated rates of respiratory infections and wheezing in young children, which authors associate with poor conditions within their homes. Researchers analyzed factors that could affect respiratory health in four First Nations communities in the Sioux […]
By Mark Sherman
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The conservative-dominated Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the consideration of race in college admissions, adding another blockbuster case to a term with abortion, guns, religion and COVID-19 already on the agenda. The court said it will take up lawsuits claiming that Harvard University, a private […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAIRO (AP) – Thousands of Sudanese took to the streets in the capital of Khartoum and other cities Monday, activists said, continuing relentless anti-coup protests that have rocked the country since a military coup three months ago. Security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters in several locations in the […]
By John Pye
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Alize Cornet dropped to her knees on the hard blue court, clasped her hands and took a few moments to let it sink in. In her 17th trip to the Australia Open, her 63rd run at a Grand Slam, and two days after celebrating her 32nd […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Led by moguls superstar Mikael Kingsbury, Canada’s freestyle ski team at the Beijing Olympics should be as dominant as ever. Kingsbury will make his third appearance at the Games as the reigning Olympic champion. The 29-year-old from Deux-Montagnes, Que., headlines a team of 24 athletes named Monday. They join the […]
By Tyler Moffitt
Fire Chief & CEMC
Fire Chief & CEMC
Recent tragedies due to house fires show the importance of fire safety Last week (January 13, 2022), fire claimed the lives of three children ages 4, 6 and 9 in Sandy Lake First Nation … so many years of potential life lost! Also last week, one person died in a […]
It might be cold outside, but when hunger strikes, even the squirrels get moving. This little guy was happy to find a stash of sunflower seeds to snack on. Do you have a photo to share, of our local wildlife, your family out having fun, or maybe a spectacular sunset? […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 4,061 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 594 people in intensive care units. That’s the second day in a row that the number of hospitalizations has fallen, from a peak Tuesday of 4,183, though the ICU occupancy is still rising. The province reports that another […]
TORONTO — With key public health and health care indicators starting to show signs of improvement, the Ontario government, in consultation with the Chief Medical Officer of Health, today released details of steps to cautiously and gradually ease public health measures, starting on January 31, 2022. “The evidence tells us […]
