By Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s hospitals are calling on the government to reinstate restrictions in COVID-19 hot spots as the province reports its highest daily case increase since the start of the pandemic. The government recorded 700 new cases on Monday, most of them in the […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 554 new cases of COVID-19 today and four new death from the illness. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 251 cases are being reported in Toronto, 106 in Ottawa, 79 cases in Peel Region, and 43 in York Region. She says 62 per […]
The Canadian Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Toronto Blue Jays are breaking away from baseball tradition as they gear up for their first playoff game in four years on Tuesday. Toronto starts right-hander Matt Shoemaker in Game 1 of a best-of-three series against the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana […]
Keep your coats and umbrella’s handy, Fort Frances. We’re in for a cool, wet week. Today, we’ll see cloudy, breezy day, with a high of 12 C (54 F) with a 60 per cent chance of showers. The showers could continue tonight, with a low of 7 (45). Tomorrow will […]
OTTAWA – The parliamentary budget office says Veterans Affairs Canada can clear its backlog of disability benefit applications in a year if it hires nearly 400 more people. The number of pending applications for benefits had reached almost 50,000 by the end of March, up from about 21,000 in March […]
The Associated Press LONDON – Veteran broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough has given Britain’s Prince George a giant shark tooth fossil after a private viewing of his new documentary at Kensington Palace. Photos released by the palace showed the 7-year-old prince looking intrigued as he looked at the tooth from […]
The Canadian Press Toronto’s top public health official has ordered the closure of three downtown restaurants after contact-tracing showed some employees with COVID-19, Toronto Public Health said Saturday. Dr. Eileen de Villa, Toronto’s medical officer of health, issued the order late Friday based on data from contact tracing. “TPH found […]
By Lee Berthiaume The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The security service charged with protecting Parliament Hill says it has stepped up its presence in the area following several recent reports of harassment against politicians and others. The Parliamentary Protective Service said it would not comment on specifics for security reasons, […]
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) wants to ensure everyone is aware of how it is supporting efforts to limit transmission of COVID-19. Frontline OPP members will be enforcing provisions of the Reopening Ontario Act (A Flexible Response to COVID-19; ROA), 2020 and will encourage the public to follow the direction […]
