Lillian passed away peacefully on September 23, 2022, with her family by her side. Lillian was born in North Branch, Ontario, on September 16, 1936. She was the youngest in the Zerebeski Family with two brothers and three older sisters. She and her husband Roy raised their four children in […]
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I have just had installed a new extremely high efficiency gas furnace. It will reduce my greenhouse gas emissions. I teased the installers telling them that in their working careers they will be replacing that furnace with an electrical unit to fully eliminate the natural gas emissions from my household. […]
I sometimes think we are of the mindset that previous generations solved everything, and it should be clear sailing for us, as though all the hard parts are behind us. We are annoyed when we are confronted with pandemics that limit our movement and freedom. “How did this happen,” we […]
Reminiscing about the 1972 Summit Series has ended. Until the next “hockey anniversary” of when Canada met Russia, it’s likely to be ignored, and by then great hockey coaches from both sides will be gone, and forgotten. Two were not involved in the Canada-Russia Series but should’ve been. One, Anatoli […]
By Liam Casey
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario family doctors left the profession at the start of the pandemic at double the rate of the years before COVID-19 hit, new research indicates. About three per cent of family doctors across the province – 385 doctors – stopped practising between March and September 2020, according to a study […]
By Brittany Hobson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
While Canada prepares to honour the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Friday, the majority of provinces have not followed the federal government’s move to make it a statutory holiday for its workers. New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have declared Sept. 30 […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
CHANNEL-PORT AUX BASQUES, N.L. – Denise Anderson shouted a list of items into her phone over the sound of pouring rain, along with instructions on how to find them: clean socks, a new pack of underwear, prized pieces of jewelry and important documents. Her husband was inside their house that […]
By Yuri Kageyama
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO (AP) – Bribery allegations against a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member ensnared a third company that sponsored the Games, as Japanese prosecutors “re-arrested” Haruyuki Takahashi for the third time Tuesday. The latest allegations of dubious payments center on 15 million yen ($104,000) Takahashi and another official received from […]
By Paola Loriggio
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pamela Freeman fought back tears Monday as she told a coroner’s inquest about holding her grandson the day he was born, seeing him grow into a precocious and enthusiastic child, and then grieving his death a few short years later. As a baby, Devon Freeman crawled around with his head […]
