TORONTO – While Toronto Raptors are finally back home, many players are getting their first taste of life in the city. The Raptors opened their training camp at home today after being based south of the border over the past 19 months due to COVID-19 restrictions. General manager Bobby Webster […]
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TORONTO – A union representing workers on university campuses in Ontario is calling for the government to put classroom capacity limits and distancing requirements in place. Ontario announced earlier this month that it wouldn’t require distancing or class caps when post-secondary institutions resume in-person learning. CUPE Ontario represents workers – […]
Doug McCaig, 83, Rainycrest long-term care home resident, examined old antique vehicles that were lined up for show at the home’s parking lot. This is part of resident’s week where events and shows, such as petting animals, live music, and painting, were being held. – Merna Emara photo
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TORONTO – The man accused of killing a Toronto police officer was granted bail Wednesday, prompting the Ontario premier to call on the justice system “to get its act together” – a comment that angered lawyers. Umar Zameer faces one count of first-degree murder in the death of Const. Jeffrey […]
By Mia Rabson
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OTTAWA – Further deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada are on pause because provinces already have more doses than they can currently use. Canada was to get 95 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna by the end of September, but is about 20 million doses shy of that […]
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WINDSOR, Ont. – More than 100 staff members at a Windsor, Ont., hospital are being placed on unpaid leave for not receiving their first COVID-19 vaccine doses by a set deadline. Windsor Regional Hospital says the 140 staff members who did not receive their first shots by Sept. 22 have […]
By Allison Jones and Noushin Ziafati
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TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford urged Ontarians not to take their frustrations out on businesses and their staff as a proof-of-vaccination system went into effect Wednesday for indoor dining, gyms, movie theatres and certain other venues. “It’s important that each of us remain patient, especially with business owners and front-line […]
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NORTH BAY, Ont. – Police in North Bay, Ont., say they’re investigating a video that appears to show students involved in antisemitic behaviour at a local school. The force said it is also investigating the circumstances that motivated that behaviour. A spokesman said officers were called to Ecole Secondaire Catholique […]
By Edith M. Lederer
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Be realistic. Show patience. Engage. And above all, don’t isolate. Those are the pillars of an approach emerging in Pakistan to deal with the fledgling government that is suddenly running the country next door once again – Afghanistan’s resurgent, often-volatile Taliban. Pakistan’s government is proposing that […]
By Colleen Long
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WASHINGTON (AP) – A 3,500-year-old clay tablet discovered in the ruins of the library of an ancient Mesopotamian king, then looted from an Iraqi museum 30 years ago, is finally headed back to Iraq. The $1.7 million cuneiform clay tablet was found in 1853 as part of a 12-tablet collection […]
By Damian J. Troise
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Stock rose broadly in morning trading on Wall Street Thursday and erased weekly losses for most of the major indexes. The gains follow Wednesday’s bump higher after the Federal Reserve signaled it may begin easing its extraordinary support measures for the economy later this year. The S&P 500 index rose […]
By John Wawrow
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Buffalo Sabres center Jack Eichel failed his pre-training camp physical and was placed on injured reserve, leaving the two sides no closer to a resolution over how to treat a herniated disk which has sidelined the player for six months. General manager Kevyn Adams said the […]
