The Canadian Press TORONTO – The Ontario government says it will not appeal a court ruling against its anti-carbon tax stickers. Energy Minister Greg Rickford’s office says the province will abide by the decision. Last month, a Superior Court judge struck down the law that forced gas stations to display […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 538 new cases of COVID-19 today and three new deaths from the illness. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 229 cases are being reported in Toronto, 101 cases in Peel Region, 66 in Ottawa, and 43 in York Region. She says 60 per […]
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TORONTO – Ontario predicts daily counts of COVID-19 could hit 1,000 new cases by the first half of October. The stark new forecasting comes in updated modelling released today by the provincial government. The projections say the province has seen an upward trajectory in COVID-19 in recent weeks, with cases […]
By Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is experiencing a second wave of COVID-19, Premier Doug Ford declared Monday, saying his government was looking at all options to combat an alarming surge in cases. Ford said the 700 latest cases reported by the province – the highest daily […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
By Bob Weber The Canadian Press Poor Canadians stand a greater chance of dying early than the well off and that gap has been growing for decades, says a detailed new analysis. The study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found the chances of dying before age 75 […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting a spike in COVID-19, with 700 new cases recorded today. The government is also reporting one new death from the illness. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 344 new cases are being reported in Toronto, 104 cases in Peel Region, 89 in Ottawa and 56 in […]
The Associated Press MADRID – At least 30 of 41 members of a gospel choir in northeastern Spain have contracted coronavirus following a rehearsal indoors with little air circulation, local authorities and the chorus say. The River Troupe Gospel, a volunteer gospel group, rehearsed on Sept. 11 ahead of an open-air performance […]
(ORILLIA, ON) – As the economy continues to recover from the pandemic, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is committed to improving customer service for citizens seeking police record checks. Due to COVID-19, the OPP is currently experiencing a high volume of police record check requests. Current processing times are four […]
Local Journalism Initiative ReporterBy Adam LaskarisWindspeaker.com Beginning on Thursday, Sept. 24, the non-profit First Nations Health Managers Association (FNHMA) is launching a series of 12 weekly virtual town halls that will provide up-to-date COVID-19 information across the Indigenous population in Canada. The meetings are for “frontline health workers, health managers […]
