The Associated PressJennifer Peltz NEW YORK — After three bleak months, New York, the corner of the U.S. hit hardest by the coronavirus, gradually began reopening Monday in what was seen as a landmark moment in the crisis and a test of the city’s discipline. With the virus in check […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO — Ontario is getting ready for patio season by removing some regulations and restrictions on bars and restaurants. Measures announced today will let licensed establishments set up a new patio or expand an existing patio without the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario requiring an application […]
The Canadian Press Canada’s public safety minister says the government will be paying close attention to the independent inquiry into allegations of racism and police brutality brought forward by a First Nations chief, while another minister called the chief’s account “deeply troubling.” Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, who is a […]
The Canadian PressColin Perkel TORONTO—A court ruling allowing people accused of sexual assault or other violent crimes to argue they were so intoxicated they didn’t know what they were doing has angered women’s-rights activists but civil libertarians call the criticism unwarranted. A decades-old law had banned such a defence but […]
The Associated Press MADRID — Atletico Madrid striker Diego Costa pleaded guilty to tax fraud on Thursday after not paying more than 1 million euros ($1.1 million) from income earned through image rights. Costa was given a six-month suspended sentence after reaching a deal with authorities to pay more than […]
TORONTO — Greg Rickford, Minister of Indigenous Affairs, and Jill Dunlop, Associate Minister of Children and Women’s Issues, issued the following statement on this important date:“As we mark the one-year anniversary of the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, Ontario continues to […]
The Associated PressLorne CookRick Rycroft BRUSSELS — From Sydney to Paris, world outrage at George Floyd’s death in the U.S. was growing Tuesday as the European Union’s top diplomat said the bloc was “shocked and appalled” by it and thousands marched in Australia’s largest city. Chanting “Black Lives Matter” and […]
The Associated PressDoug Ferguson Golf has never been known to move quickly. Harold Varner III illustrated as much with thoughtful observations he posted on social media after civil unrest in America over the weekend reached levels not seen in more than 50 years. “I’ve received more messages than ever before, […]
The Canadian PressBill Graveland CALGARY — John Sanford has been a pawnbroker for 20 years and says he’s never seen anything like it. Pawnshops and payday loan lenders have long been harbingers of hard economic times due to health and financial crises. But Sanford says that hasn’t been the case […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords Premier Doug Ford pledged Monday to ramp up testing for thousands of migrant workers across Ontario after a number of new farm outbreaks were reported in recent days. Ford attributed a spike in Ontario’s positive COVID-19 cases to the farms, saying more than 80 migrant workers […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones TORONTO — Ontario’s ombudsman launched an investigation Monday into the province’s pandemic oversight of long-term care homes, where more than 1,600 residents and seven staff members have died of COVID-19. Ombudsman Paul Dube said he is starting the investigation not because of receiving complaints, which is […]
The Canadian PressSalmaan Farooqui TORONTO — Eighteen residents at a Toronto-area long-term care home were hospitalized with COVID-19 over the weekend, the facility said as Ontario reported another 326 cases of the virus and 19 deaths on Sunday. Provincial data shows 80 residents and 20 staff have tested positive for […]
