Geri Hall and Gary Pearson perform a Star Trek role play during their sketch comedy show on Nov. 3, 2021. The show was the first in this year’s Tour De Fort season. The next show is Chantal Kreviazuk’s “Christmas is a way of life my dear” on Nov. 29. Tickets […]
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By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Fewer than a dozen nursing homes needed staffing help from the Ontario government on Monday as the deadline for workers to get a first COVID-19 vaccine dose came due, according to the minister of long-term care. “We are working closely with any facilities that have been in […]
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TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 481 COVID-19 cases and one new death from the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 292 of the new cases are in people not fully vaccinated or with unknown vaccination status, and 189 of the infected people are fully vaccinated. There were 139 patients in […]
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LONDON, Ont. – A total of 21 people have been arrested and charged with 118 drug trafficking offences in London, Ont. after 16-month-long investigation. Three of the accused were held in custody, while the remaining 18 were released and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in […]
By Keith Doucette
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
HALIFAX – A new report says Canadian fisheries management has “fallen short” over the last five years, with nearly one in five fish stocks still “critically depleted.” More than 80 per cent of the critically depleted stocks lack rebuilding plans to restore them to healthy levels, says the fifth annual […]
By Rodney Muhumuza
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – Two explosions rocked Uganda’s capital, Kampala, early Tuesday, killing at least three civilians in what police described as a coordinated attack by extremists. Three suicide bombers also died in the blasts, police said. The explosions caused chaos in Kampala as terrified residents fled the city’s center. […]
By Ted Shaffrey And Bobby Caina Calvan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) – American journalist Danny Fenster, who was freed after nearly six months in jail in military-ruled Myanmar, arrived Tuesday in the United States for an emotional reunion with his family. Fenster, who was sentenced last week to 11 years of hard labor, was handed over Monday to […]
By Jill Lawless
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Terrorist act killed bomber and taxi driver LONDON (AP) – A suspected bomber who died when his homemade device exploded in a taxi outside a Liverpool hospital was an asylum-seeker from the Middle East who had converted from Islam to Christianity, British police, church officials and others said Tuesday. Police […]
By Anne M. Peterson
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORTLAND, Ore. – If only the Trail Blazers could figure out why they’re successful at home but struggle on the road. CJ McCollum had 29 points and Damian Lillard added 24 to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 118-113 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. The Blazers, […]
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LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge has ruled that Kobe Bryant’s widow must turn over her therapy records to Los Angeles County in her lawsuit claiming she suffered emotional distress after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball […]
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Employees have been given until December 13 for full vaccination Ontario long-term care staff must have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose to go to work today. Staff who don’t present proof of a first dose must instead show a medical exemption to be able to enter a long-term care […]
