The Canadian Press HALIFAX–A winter storm is sweeping over the Maritimes, forcing the closure of schools and making driving treacherous. Snowfall and winter storm warnings remain in effect for much of the region, though most of Nova Scotia is bracing for up to 80 millimetres of rain and winds gusting […]
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Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press A central Ontario long-term care home devastated by an outbreak of a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit from residents’ families who allege their loved ones were neglected by those charged with keeping them safe. The unproven statement of claim […]
It’s always nice when a break in the cold winter weather lets us all get out and enjoy the season, especially whne it means we can take in a view like this. The river doesn’t manage to freeze over every year so it’s lucky to get a shot of it […]
The Canadian Press Canada’s best-known weather-predicting groundhogs called for an early spring Tuesday as they delivered their annual forecasts over video due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though one was missing in action. Nova Scotia’s most famous groundhog, Shubenacadie Sam, was the first to make his prediction, hesitantly emerging from his […]
Pan Pylas The Associated Press LONDON – Hilton Valentine, the founding guitarist of the English rock and roll band The Animals who is credited with coming up with one of the most famous opening riffs of the 1960s, has died. He was 77. The band’s label ABKCO Music confirmed that […]
The Canadian Press Two Toronto-area retirement homes imposed restrictions on visitors coming from an Ontario region at the centre of a more potent COVID-19 outbreak over the weekend as officials in another district said the more contagious U.K. virus variant had surfaced there as well. Shannex Inc,. confirmed Sunday that […]
David Friend The Canadian Press TORONTO – Fans of “Trickster” are expressing disappointment after Canada’s public broadcaster announced it was cancelling the Indigenous TV series in the wake of controversy over co-creator Michelle Latimer’s claimed ancestry. Viewers, some of the show’s creators and fellow Indigenous actors took to social media […]
Curt Anderson The Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. – There have been four previous Super Bowls in Tampa, some amid war and economic distress, but none have faced the challenges this year’s event encounters because of the coronavirus pandemic and its fallout. Tickets for Sunday’s game are limited to about a […]
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Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the January Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Clayton Stang of Emo, ON. With a prize pot of $25,998, Stang takes home just two dollars shy of $26,000! The draw was made Friday, January 29th at 11:00am in […]
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Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
After a considerable drop in cases over the last week, COVID-19 cases are up again in the region. Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU), said it is normal to see a fluctuation in cases but she is unsure what the risk is. […]
Lee Berthiaume The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Canada’s hopes of speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations brightened slightly over the weekend as regulators began work to approve a new inoculation, even as the federal government sought to head off any restrictions on vaccine shipments from Europe. Pharmaceutical company Novavax quietly submitted its […]
