KELOWNA, B.C. – The head of a development company building a 25-storey residential tower says there were “multiple” fatalities after a crane collapsed in Kelowna, B.C., on Monday. Jonathan Friesen of the Mission Group said he didn’t know what caused the crane to fall and that workers who died were […]
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An Ontario court will continue to hear testimony today at the trial of Linda O’Leary, charged in a boat crash that killed two people. O’Leary, who is the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O’Leary, has pleaded not guilty to one charge of careless operation of a vessel under the Canada […]
By Hina Alam
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Investigators in British Columbia have zeroed in on two areas of interest for the cause of a fire that razed the village of Lytton. RCMP said in a news release Monday that investigators completed a “fulsome search” of an area near Lytton that is about one kilometre in radius. A […]
OTTAWA – Green party executives have moved to withhold funding from leader Annamie Paul’s campaign to win a downtown Toronto seat in a likely election later this year. Four party sources, who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about internal matters, say a motion was […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Family doctors are awaiting clear details of Ontario’s plan to ramp up their involvement in the COVID-19 vaccination effort. Provincial officials said this week that they hope to include more family care practitioners in the immunization campaign in an effort to reach residents still without first doses and […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario will move to the third stage of its reopening plan next Friday – several days ahead of schedule – allowing gyms and restaurants to open indoor operations and larger gatherings to take place outside. The government said it has met its COVID-19 vaccination targets for Step 3, and other […]
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Ontario is reporting 114 new COVID-19 cases today and no new deaths from the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 18 of the new cases are in Grey Bruce, 15 are in Waterloo Region and 10 are in Toronto. The data is based on 15,933 tests. There are 204 patients […]
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OTTAWA – The federal government is donating 17.7 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and is asking Canadians to give their own money to help other countries get needles into arms. Procurement Minister Anita Anand says after talking to provinces, it was determined these COVID-19 doses to be excess supply. […]
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THUNDER BAY, Ont. – Members of a second First Nation in northern Ontario are being evacuated due to the threat posed by wildfires in the region. The City of Thunder Bay says it will host 101 evacuees from Deer Lake First Nation, who are expected to arrive this afternoon. It […]
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OTTAWA – The federal government is setting new guidelines that work national security considerations into funding criteria for university research. Innovation Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says research projects must now undergo a risk assessment as part of any grant application to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He […]
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OTTAWA – Nunavut’s member of Parliament is calling on the federal government to appoint a special prosecutor to delve into crimes committed against Indigenous people. Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says perpetrators of abuse at institutions such as residential schools and tuberculosis sanatoria need to be brought to justice. Qaqqaq points to the […]
By Mia Rabson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – A fourth wave of COVID-19 now surging across the United Kingdom doesn’t have to become a reality in Canada as long as people keep getting vaccinated as quickly as possible, some infectious disease experts say. That optimistic prediction comes even with the dominance of the Delta variant, which […]
