Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit has declared a Respiratory Outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care. All admissions, transfers, discharges and social activities are cancelled until further notice. Visitors are restricted to immediate family members and caregivers only. Riverside is once again urging people to […]
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Riverside Health Care in conjunction with the Northwestern Public Health Unit have identified Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) as the main viral organism of the current Respiratory Outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care declared on March 4, 2020. Riverside warns the public that RSV is the most common cause of viral […]
The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–A new report says federal spending on child care has eased costs in a handful of cities countrywide when the cash was used to reduce fees. The annual report on child-care fees from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives noted steeper-than-expected declines in a few cities […]
The Canadian PressMike Blanchfield OTTAWA–The Trudeau government, provincial premiers and Canadian business leaders awoke this morning to address the fallout for Canada of President Donald Trump’s decision to slam America’s door shut to most foreign nationals who were recently in Europe. Trump’s drastic step came in response to an accelerating […]
The Canadian PressAllison Jones The first case of COVID-19 has appeared in northern Ontario, in a Sudbury man. He had attended the Prospector’s and Developers Convention before falling ill. The Northwestern Health Unit is asking anyone who was at that conference, who develops symptoms, to self-isolate and contact the NWHU. […]
The Canadian PressNeil Davidson TORONTO–While much of the sports world was going into lockdown due to COVID-19, FIFA was in Toronto on Thursday planning for the future. A FIFA delegation met with Canada Soccer and representatives from Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto -the three Canadian candidate host cities for the 2026 […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Major League Soccer suspended its season for 30 days Thursday in the wake of the growing COVID-19 outbreak. The move comes one day after the NBA suspended its season when a Utah Jazz player tested positive for the novel coronavirus. MLS has three Canadian teams ‚Äî Toronto […]
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A case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in a man from the Sudbury area. He attended the PDAC (Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada) 2020 convention in Toronto, which took place from March 1 to 4. Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) asks that any residents who attended this conference self-monitor for […]
The Associated PressBill BarrowAnd Randall Chase WILMINGTON, Del.–Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden is to deliver an address on the coronavirus on Thursday, less than 24 hours after President Donald Trump spoke to the nation from the Oval Office about a public health crisis he’d previously downplayed. Biden aides pitch the […]
The Canadian PressVictoria Ahearn TORONTO–Canadian filmmakers affected by this week’s South By Southwest festival cancellation say the industry is hurting from the fallout of the COVID-19 but they’re hoping to find other creative ways to screen their movies, perhaps virtually. About a dozen Canadian projects were scheduled to be part […]
Tonight will be cloudy with flurries and a low of -10 C (14 F). Tomorrow will be mainly cloudy with a chance of flurries during the day before clearing overnight with a high of minus-six (21) and a low of -21 (six below). Saturday will bring a mix of sun […]
The Canadian PressJim Bronskill OTTAWA–China and Russia are meddling in Canadian affairs, a national security-and-intelligence watchdog says in a new report that cites evidence of “significant and sustained” foreign interference directed at Canada. In its annual report, made public today, the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians singles out […]
