Quebec has confirmed 10 more cases of monkeypox, for a total of 15 cases across the province, the provincial Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The province last week reported the first cases of the virus in Canada, after authorities there said they were investigating 17 suspected cases. Health Ministry spokesman Robert Maranda says Quebec is considering ordering vaccines against […]
More than 300 Ukrainians who arrived in Winnipeg on Monday are now setting off on the complex — if not more streamlined than usual — process of settling in after fleeing their homes amid the ongoing Russian invasion. Nic Krawetz, a volunteer with the Ukrainian Canadian Congress, has spent weeks helping Ukrainian newcomers adjust to life in Manitoba and […]
Quebec’s majority government has adopted its contentious language bill overhauling the Charter of the French language, in a vote that lasted only minutes at the National Assembly this afternoon. Dissent over Bill 96 had escalated in recent weeks with thousands holding protests, denouncing the bill for impeding the rights of anglophones, allophones and Indigenous communities. The bill […]
The Atlantic hurricane season is poised to deliver another round of above-normal storms for the seventh consecutive year, according to both Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The two weather forecasters released their predictions on Tuesday, estimating that 14 to 21 named storms and three to six major hurricanes […]
Tobago Kinnesha George 22 Minutes Ago THA Secretary of Health, Wellness and Social Protection Dr Faith BYisrael. Photo courtesy THA Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Secretary of Health, Wellness and Social Protection Dr Faith BYisrael is hoping that the country would never record any cases of monkeypox. So far, cases have been detected in the […]
More than 150,000 customers across Ontario remain without power on Tuesday after a powerful storm tore through the province, knocking down power lines and trees, forcing several schools to close and leaving behind significant damage. The Town of Uxbridge, east of Toronto, has declared a local state of emergency due to storm damage, with some buildings reduced to rubble […]
News Elizabeth Gonzales 2 Minutes Ago FILE PHOTO: The Cabo Star ferry. The Cabo Star cargo vessel will be removed from the seabridge on Sunday for emergency repairs. A Trinidad and Tobago Inter-Island Transportation Co Ltd release on Tuesday afternoon said all sailings of the Cabo Star on that day have been cancelled for urgent […]
A bitter dispute between two people who were living in the same London, Ont., house has become the subject of a viral video, fuelled by resentment and anger directed at landlords in Ontario’s highly competitive housing market. Mikayla Koevoets rented part of a three-bedroom house in east London with a shared kitchen and shower for […]
News Yvonne Webb 13 Minutes Ago Couva South MP Rudranath Indarsingh. IN response to the Prime Minister’s call for trade unionists to be patient over wage negotiations, Couva South MP Rudy Indarsingh is telling Rowley, “Public servants cannot take patience to the bank.” He called on trade unions and all public servants to unite to […]
One of the people operating the 911 call centre the night of April 18, 2020 has provided a glimpse into what it was like when people from Portapique, N.S., began calling to report gunshots, murders and fires. Jennifer MacCallum was one of the civilian supervisors at the RCMP’s operational command centre that was based in Truro at the time. She […]
News Clint Chan Tack 5 Hrs Ago Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales. – PUBLIC Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales has said the Telecomunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) is tackling the issue of copper cable theft head-on. Responding to a question in the House of Representatives on Monday, Gonzales said TSTT has identified the main […]
Munro Watters takes public transit most days to and from her government job in downtown Ottawa. A round trip costs her more than $7 a day. Is she interested in the Liberal promise to offer $1 transit fares for the next year-and-a-half? You bet. “It’s something that I’m extremely on board with,” Watters told CBC. “I’ve […]
