By Hina Alam The Canadian Press VANCOUVER – Marine mammal rescue groups and federal fisheries officials are not sure how much fishing gear three entangled humpback whales seen in the waters off the coast of British Columbia are still carrying, leaving experts worried. Three humpback whales were found entangled in […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government has signed agreements with two more American suppliers to reserve millions of doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccines for Canadians. Deals are now in place for Canada to get access to vaccines being tested by both Johnson […]
By Morgan Lowrie The Canadian Press MONTREAL – Protesters in Montreal toppled and defaced a statue of John A. Macdonald on Sunday as rallies were held in several cities to demand that police services be defunded and reformed. A spokesman for the Montreal police confirmed the statue of Canada’s first […]
The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. – As remarkable as the one-year turnaround from four wins to a Super Bowl appearance might have been for the San Francisco 49ers, repeating the feat could be even harder. Especially considering the competition in the NFC West. While the Niners spent the off-season […]
By Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press Ontario teachers are denouncing what they describe as the botched implementation of the province’s new math curriculum, saying they’ve had little guidance on material they’re expected to teach in just a few weeks. It would be a challenging task in the best of times, […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – The leader of the Ontario Liberal Party is asking businesses to treat education workers as front-line workers. Steven Del Duca says retailers and institutions have made life easier for front-line workers during the pandemic. He says he would like to see teachers, caretakers, bus drivers, […]
-Photo submitted by MaryAnn Laevens Daniel Jr. Laevens holds up one of many fish caught on a weekend catch and release fishing trip with his dad, Daniel Laevens. How have you and your family been spending your time this summer? Take a picture and send it to us, so we […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY – Meltwater from shrinking glaciers is creating vast lakes that could eventually pose an enormous flooding threat, says newly published research. “Unsurprisingly, we found those lakes are growing,” said Dan Shugar, a geographer at the University of Calgary. “What was surprising was how much.” The fact […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 114 new cases of COVID-19 and one new death related to the coronavirus. There were also 73 cases newly marked as resolved in today’s report. The total number of cases now stands at 42,309, which includes 2,811 deaths and 38,277 cases marked […]
By Osobe Waberi The Canadian Press TORONTO – Back in early March, as Ontario’s colleges and universities scrambled to prepare for government shut-down orders amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Ilene Sova packed up as many art supplies as she could in anticipation of the months of isolation that would follow. Sova, […]
By Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press TORONTO – School boards need to pick up the pace of air quality improvements as schools reopen this fall, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday, urging them not to move “on government time” as they rush to spend millions in funding allocated earlier this […]
