Ice meets medals: Expect Ivanie Blondin and Canada’s speed skaters to carry on history of Olympic success
For more than three decades Canadian speed skaters from across the country have made their way to the Olympic Oval in Calgary, the mecca of the sport in this country. It’s a place laced with history, prestige and legacy. A place that signified you’d made it in the sport in Canada, where Olympic records and gold […]
No new covid19 deaths in eight days
News Elizabeth Gonzales 5 Hrs Ago File photo The country has gone eight days without a new covid19 death. The last death was recorded on January 23 when the covid19 death toll increased from 133 to 134. On Sunday, TT recorded 22 new covid19 cases. This brought the number of positive cases since March 12, […]
2 GTA retirement homes ban visitors from Barrie in bid to keep out COVID-19 variant
Two retirement homes in the Greater Toronto Area have banned visitors from Barrie, Ont. where a deadly outbreak of a COVID-19 variant first detected in the U.K. has spread throughout a long-term care home there. Barrie is considered to be a “high alert” area because of the variant, according to Gillian Costello, spokesperson for Shannex Inc., […]
Ontario judge mulls whether keeping kids out of COVID-19 hot spot is best for mental health
An Ontario judge says he’s wrestling with the issue of whether to order a woman and her three children to honour a family custody agreement by returning to Ontario or allow them to remain in Newfoundland to protect the kids from the mental health tolls of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ontario Superior Court Justice Alex Pazaratz […]
TTUTA still concerned over reopening of schools
News Narissa Fraser Just Now TTUTA president Antonia De Freitas. – TT Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) president Antonia De Freitas says teachers still have “many concerns” as students preparing for 2021 examinations begin returning to physical classrooms from next Monday. This announcement was made by Education Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly on January 27. She said […]
Charges expected after defiant Aylmer, Ont., church holds indoor service
Charges are expected to be laid after congregates of a church in Aylmer, Ont., defied provincial emergency orders, yet again, and held an indoor service that exceeded gathering limits on Sunday, the town’s chief of police said. While police are still investigating the number of people who attended the service at Aylmer’s Church of God, Chief Zvonko Horvat said there’s evidence that […]
Man charged after golf cart stolen, driven on QEW: OPP
Ontario Provincial Police say a man has been charged after a golf cart was stolen and driven on the QEW Sunday. Police said they received a call around 12:30 p.m. for reports of a golf cart on the highway in the Brant Street area in Burlington. The golf cart was reported stolen from Appleby College […]
T&T Medical Association supports covid19 vaccine programme
News Janelle De Souza Just Now New T&T Medical Association president Dr Vishi Y Beharry. – The Trinidad and Tobago Medical Association (T&TMA) says it is ready and willing to work with the government in the upcoming covid19 vaccination distribution process, scheduled to begin in March, as well as any sensitisation sessions. Dr Vishi Y […]
Disrupted schooling, learning loss will have effects long after pandemic, say education experts
Compared to last spring’s nationwide school shutdown, Monica Belyea and her children are having a slightly easier time with remote learning this winter term. But the Toronto parent is already worried about the next school year. While her kids Maddie and Ben have “amazing teachers who are doing the very best they can” amid Ontario’s current […]
46 new coronavirus cases in London and Middlesex, 1 year after region reported first case – London
Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton No new deaths, 46 new coronavirus cases and 20 recoveries were reported by the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU), one year after the region reported its first COVID-19 case. The MLHU […]
Kidnapping suspects assisting cops
News Shane Superville 9 Minutes Ago KIDNAPPED: Andrea Bharatt. – A late-night police exercise involving members of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) and the Anti-Kidnapping Unit has led to the arrest of several people in relation to the kidnapping of 22-year-old Andrea Bharatt on Saturday. Bharatt reportedly got into a car she believed was […]
NDP repays multimillion-dollar campaign debt amid tough fundraising climate during pandemic
The NDP says it has paid off its multimillion-dollar campaign debt — and the federal party did it during Canada’s worst economic recession in decades. NDP national director Anne McGrath said the party cleared its $7.7 million debt that was left over from past election campaigns, even though fundraising through the COVID-19 pandemic has been tough. “There […]