The Canadian PressGiuseppe Valiante MONTREAL — On Sunday, a small town north of Montreal felt it necessary to write a message on its Facebook page specifying that its cellphone tower did not have 5G capability in response to numerous questions from concerned citizens. By 4 a.m. Monday morning, the tower […]
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The Canadian PressMichelle McQuigge One of the few industries granted permission to ease pandemic-related restrictions in Ontario voiced frustration on Monday, saying unclear rules around the operation of garden centres do little to offer economic relief. The Ontario government’s first tentative steps toward reopening the economy involved releasing a short […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 370 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 84 more deaths. That brings the provincial total to nearly 17,923 cases, including 1,300 deaths and 12,505 resolved cases – nearly 70 per cent of all of Ontario’s cases. The new provincial total is 2.1 […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–A union representing health-care workers in Ontario says a third personal support worker has died in as many weeks. SEIU Healthcare, which represents more than 60,000 front-line healthcare workers in Ontario, said the worker served at the Downsview Long Term Care facility in Toronto. The union says […]
The Canadian Press HIGH RIVER, Alta. – A massive meat-packing plant in southern Alberta has reopened for business two weeks after it was shutdown due to a large outbreak of COVID-19. A long line of cars and buses waited to enter the Cargill plant in High River, south of Calgary, […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Quebec’s English-language school boards don’t have the right to refuse to reopen their elementary schools, Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge said Sunday on the eve of the province’s gradual economic relaunch. Roberge said the government will decide when the school year resumes after a pause brought on by […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO — Garden centres, landscaping companies and auto dealerships were among a number of seasonal businesses Premier Doug Ford said are allowed to reopen today, as Ontario took further steps towards restarting its economy. The decision was based on the advice of the province’s chief medical […]
The Canadian PressLee Berthiaume OTTAWA — Provinces across the country are set to begin easing COVID-19 restrictions on Monday following a weekend in which thousands more cases of the respiratory illness were identified, hundreds more were reported dead and a much-ballyhooed made-in-Canada testing kit was recalled. Ontario, Quebec, Alberta, Manitoba […]
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OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says six people were aboard the Canadian Forces helicopter that crashed off Greece during a training exercise. He says one person is a confirmed casualty and five are still missing. There were four Royal Canadian Air Force members and two Royal Canadian Navy members on board.
The Canadian PressBy James McCarten WASHINGTON—Canadian support for the principle of equal rights for women and men is among the highest in the world –but in practice, archaic attitudes towards gender roles are still alive and well both at home and around the globe, a new survey suggests. Respondents to […]
The Associated PressBy Michael R. SisakDeepti Hajela NEW YORK—Police were called to a Brooklyn neighbourhood Wednesday after a funeral home overwhelmed by the coronavirus resorted to storing dozens of bodies on ice in rented trucks, and a passerby complained about the smell, officials said. Investigators who responded to a 911 […]
The Canadian Press THUNDER BAY, Ont. The OPP in Thunder Bay say a 14-year-old girl is the victim of the city’s latest homicide. Kayleigh Ivall’s remains were discovered by a passerby Monday in the Boulevard Lake area on the city’s north side. Police say her identity was released following consultation […]
