Parents of Ontario special needs students claim they’ve been given no guidance for new year
A group of Toronto parents of special needs students have banded together in hopes of getting answers from the Toronto District School Board on whether their children can take part in in-person classes to start the new year. Many parents claim children aren’t able to learn virtually and much of January will be spent doing at-home, online […]
Animal activists, vet, admonish fireworks users, offer tips to pet-owners
News Zainab Kamara 44 Minutes Ago Fireworks light up the sky over Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain – Jeff Mayers THE flashing and sparkly explosion of fireworks on New Year’s Eve is a go-to tradition to usher in the New Year for many people. A tradition that not even the coronavirus pandemic was able […]
DFO has a new plan for northern cod stocks. It doesn’t include more fishing
Decades after the moratorium on cod fishing, the federal government has quietly released its vision to rebuild the northern cod stocks in Newfoundland and Labrador’s waters — a plan that hasn’t gone unnoticed and uncritiqued by the province’s fisheries union. The rebuilding plan, made public with little fanfare on Dec. 21 after years in development, outlines the Department […]
Coronavirus: Hamilton reports 200 COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths – Hamilton
Hamilton reported 200 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and four more deaths. Public health said delays from labs uploading data accounted for the steep increase in positive cases from the 31 reported on Wednesday. The city’s average number of new cases over the last 10 days has been around 102 per day. The total number of […]
No party plans at hotels for New Year’s Eve
News Rhianna Mc Kenzie 4 Hrs Ago In this file photo, a couple celebrates the New Year, at the NYE Masquerade Ball, Radisson Hotel, Port of Spain. – Angelo Marcelle There are no parties or major events planned for hotel guests this year, as hotel restaurants and bars will close promptly at 10pm tonight in […]
Customers fundraise to send Ontario Tim Hortons employee back to school
Customers at a Vaughan, Ont., coffee shop have raised funds to send their favourite employee back to school. Vishnu Gopansothilingan greets customers at the Tim Hortons drive-thru at Bathurst and Rutherford with positive energy that brightens everyone’s day, said customer Matthew Shulman. “He makes your day,” said Shulman. “This guy, he fist-bumps you, he gives you weather reports. Everybody […]
Fingal Heritage Park receives $8,500 donation to support tree planting, Indigenous artwork – London
A heritage park southwest of St. Thomas, Ont., has received a generous donation. The Estate of Donna Vera Evans Bushell donated $8,500 to the Elgin St. Thomas Community Foundation in support of the Fingal Heritage Park. The funds will be used to plant large trees, install interpretive signs to highlight local history and commission an […]
1 death, 18 new covid19 cases on last day of the year
News Rhianna Mc Kenzie 18 Minutes Ago The Ministry of Health recorded one death and 18 new covid19 cases on Thursday, the last day of 2020. The new cases reflect samples taken between December 28 and 30. The 4pm update on Thursday said there have now been 127 deaths. The number of positive cases decreased […]
How Alberta’s COVID-19 death toll turned so grim, so quickly
Alberta recently recorded its 1,000th COVID-19 death, a grim milestone that arrived in a flash. It took nearly nine months for Alberta to record its first 500 deaths; the next 500 came in just 34 days. Katalin Lang’s father, Jozsef, contracted the disease in his Calgary nursing home and died in late November. She said the […]
Coronavirus: Record 119 cases in London-Middlesex; December saw more cases than rest of pandemic – London
Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton The London and Middlesex region brought 2020 to a close on Thursday with a new single-day coronavirus case record after local health officials reported 119 new cases — 19 more […]
Tobago villas, apartments benefit from Xmas season
Tobago Elizabeth Gonzales 11 Minutes Ago The I Love Tobago sign at the Scarborough esplanade. – Ayanna Kinsale OWNERS of villas and self-catering apartments have enjoyed a good Christmas season but hotels and guesthouses continue to struggle. Chris James, president of the Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association (THTA), told Newsday on Wednesday, hotels are showing […]
Ontario reports record high 3,328 new COVID-19 cases, 56 new deaths
Ontario reported a single-day record of 3,328 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday and 56 new deaths related to the illness. The figure marks the first time the province has reported more than 3,000 cases in a single day, and the third consecutive day Ontario has recorded a record-breaking case count. A record number of patients were also […]