Wife, Mom and Grandma Nicole Hum passed away suddenly at home on Thursday, July 7, 2022, just three weeks short of her 71st birthday. She was predeceased by parents Angelo and Mary Lou and is survived by husband Phil; children Andrew, Sarah (Jermayne Khan), Alexander and the love of her […]
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Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared COVID-19 Outbreaks at La Verendrye General Hospital and Rainycrest Long Term Care Home affecting patients and residents. To further enhance our team’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, additional precautions are being taken including, but […]
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By Allison Jones
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Parents in some parts of Ontario are already receiving rebates under the national $10-a-day child-care program while operators elsewhere can’t apply yet to be part of the system, leaving a municipal patchwork of daycare pricing across the province. Child-care operators in many communities have recently been able to start opting […]
By Jordan Omstead
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Municipal leaders in small Ontario communities are sounding the alarm over the temporary closures of hospital emergency rooms, saying action is needed to ensure local residents and visitors to those areas can get the care they need. Hospitals have cited critical staff shortages for the closures and organizations […]
By Jessica Smith and Allison Jones
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario is not seeing rapid growth in cases of monkeypox and its vaccination strategy appears to be working, the province’s top doctor says. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Kieran Moore said monkeypox will likely be around for “many, many months” due to its lengthy incubation period of up to […]
By Michael MacDonald
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The Nova Scotia denture maker who killed 22 people in April 2020 was long known to be a violent man, especially among disadvantaged people who owed him money, newly released documents show. In a summary of evidence released Tuesday, the inquiry investigating the mass shooting shared details about Gabriel Wortman’s […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Canada’s premiers are meeting again today in Victoria after a day of talks dominated by health care. Affordability issues and economic recovery are among the other topics on the table during the Council of the Federation’s summer meetings, which wrap up today. On Monday, the premiers called on the federal […]
