Panic season: Canadians scramble to meet tax-filing deadline in the middle of a pandemic
In one of the most complex tax seasons in living memory — in the middle of a global pandemic and widespread lockdowns — many Canadians and the tax professionals who help them are scrambling to make today’s filing deadline. The federal government has refused to extend that deadline, as it did last year. Tax preparers say their clients are panicking. […]
Police investigate death at farm in Huron County – London
Police are investigating a death at a farm west of Listowel. OPP, along with Huron County paramedics and Huron East firefighters, located the victim at the property on Cranbrook Road, south of the small town of Ethel, around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday Read more: Early morning fire near Western University considered suspicious The victim was […]
Venture writes off ex-TTFA boss’ $23m debt
News Narissa Fraser 13 Minutes Ago David John-Williams – VENTURE Credit union is clearing $23 million in debt accumulated by former Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) president David John-Williams. In October 2019, co-operative development commissioner Andrea McKenna awarded the judgment for $23,540,269 to the union. A senior official of the union had told Newsday […]
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world Friday
The latest: Indian scientists appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly release virus data they say would allow them to save lives as COVID-19 cases climbed again on Friday, prompting the army to open its hospitals in a desperate bid to control a massive humanitarian crisis. With 386,452 new cases, India now has reported more […]
WASA backs down, Watson Duke keeps job and gets no-pay leave extension
News Elizabeth Gonzales 12 Hrs Ago PDP leader Watson Duke. – Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke will not be fired from the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) as the utility’s CEO Lennox Sealy has retracted warning letters sent to Duke and also granted him an extension of his no-pay leave for another four […]
National security threats are changing, but Canada is mired in conventional thinking
This column is an opinion by Aaron Shull and Wesley Wark. Shull is managing director and general counsel of the Waterloo, Ont.-based Centre for International Governance Innovation, and Wark is a senior fellow at CIGI. They are co-leads of a project called Reimagining Canadian National Security Strategy for the 21st Century. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. An invisible virus borne […]
State fails to prove 2012 case, so man acquitted
News Jada Loutoo 2 Hrs Ago Justice Carla Brown-Antoine. – A TRINIDADIAN who was among four men – two of them Venezuelans – arrested in 2012 after the Coast Guard discovered five guns and a kilogramme of cocaine on board a pirogue, has been acquitted by a High Court judge. On Wednesday, Justice Carla Brown-Antoine […]
Ford asks federal government to extend 3-day mandatory quarantine to land borders
Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government has sent the federal government a letter asking for quarantine measures at Canada’s airports to be extended to the land border with the United States, CBC News has learned. “We are requesting the implementation of a mandatory three-day hotel quarantine in federally designated hotels at the highest traffic crossings including those in […]
Elderly man dies in Scarborough fire
Tobago Kinnesha George 27 Minutes Ago ALL GONE: The ruins of a wooden house in Scarborough, Tobago which was destroyed by fire on Wednesday. PHOTO BY DAVID REID – Investigations are ongoing into the Wednesday night fire which resulted in Kieron Williams, 68, being burnt to death in his Williams Trace, Government House Road, Scarborough […]
B.C. family mourns 46-year-old dad who died suddenly of COVID-19 at home
The widow of a 46-year-old B.C. man who died suddenly of COVID-19 at his home this month is urging people to take the disease seriously. Reid Hance, his wife Melissa and their two young sons all tested positive for the novel coronavirus earlier this month and were trying to recover at home in Tsawwassen. Melissa Hance […]
University of Waterloo researchers developing 20-minute COVID-19 saliva test kits
The University of Waterloo says researchers at the school are working on a new at-home COVID-19 saliva test, which would deliver results in less than 20 minutes. The school says the new test could put an end to delays in people getting test results and provide a better experience for those who need to be […]
Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday, after PM’s announcement
News Ken Chee Hing 3 Hrs Ago MASS GATHERING: Inside Pricemart’s Port of Spain branch where hundreds shopped hours after the new restrictions were announced. A smart move? What do you think? Photo by Ayanna Kinsale- THE Prime Minister announced a raft of stricter covid19 public health regulations on Thursday at 2.30 pm all aimed […]