No one religion should monopolise Indian Arrival Day
News Yvonne Webb 7 Hrs Ago Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of TT Rev Joy Abdul-Mohan. – MODERATOR of the Presbyterian Church, the Rt Rev Joy Abdul-Mohan says Indian Arrival Day should never be seen as a monopoly to be used or observed by any one religion. She said it is a day that is […]
NHL working on Canadian quarantine exemption for Stanley Cup playoffs: reports
Work is underway for a travel exemption that would let the winner of the NHL’s all-Canadian division and an American counterpart cross the border during the third and final rounds of the playoffs. Two federal government sources (which have not been confirmed by CBC Sports) say the exemption would let teams still in the Stanley […]
Trinidad and Tobago records 637 new covid19 cases, 9 more deaths on Sunday
News Elizabeth Gonzales 3 Hrs Ago Image courtesy CDC The country recorded 637 new cases and nine more deaths on Sunday. In the Ministry of Health’s daily 4 pm update, active cases have increased to 9,607 with 8,331 patients in home self-quarantine, 458 in hospital receiving treatment, and 181 patients in step-down facilities waiting to […]
P.E.I. First Nation to honour residential school victims from Kamloops, B.C.
When Abegweit First Nation Chief Junior Gould thinks about the bodies of the 215 children found buried at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C., he thinks too about his own father, who attended a residential school in Nova Scotia. “What if he was buried in one of those unmarked graves? That means Chief Gould […]
COVID-19: 22 new cases in London and Middlesex Sunday, no new deaths – London
Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 22 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday along with 73 recoveries. This brings the region’s pandemic case tally to 12,213, of which 11,686 have resolved. […]
This week’s two public holidays will see a curfew from 10 AM to 5 AM
News Clint Chan Tack 7 Minutes Ago Police Commissioner Gary Griffith who has adjusted the curfew hours from 9 pm-5 am to 10 am-5 am specifically and only for the two public holidays this week. FILE PHOTO – COMMISSIONER of Police (CoP) Gary Griffith announced on Sunday that the usual curfew hours of 9 pm […]
A new Canadian record in the decathlon for London’s Damian Warner – London
Damian Warner of London, Ont., made his first event of the season a phenomenally memorable one. Warner shattered his own Canadian record for the decathlon and came within five points of joining a very small group of athletes who have amassed 9,000 points over the two-day event. He did it at the Hypo-meeting in Gotzis, […]
Supermarkets to close on 2 public holidays
News Clint Chan Tack 8 Minutes Ago Rajiv Diptee, president of the Supermarket Association. Photo by Roger Jacob THE Supermarkets Association (SATT) announced on Sunday that all of its members will be closed for the Indian Arrival Day and Corpus Christi public holidays on Monday and Thursday respectively. In a brief notice, the association said, […]
How Vancouver Aquarium otters took over a Twitch channel featuring video gamers live streaming from hot tubs
One of Twitch’s newest and perhaps most controversial channels is dedicated to female video gamers live streaming their game play from hot tubs. But sandwiched in between those videos, and as one of the most-viewed streams on that channel, is live footage of otters frolicking away in their own pool at the Vancouver Aquarium. What is going on, you ask? Well, we wondered […]
Families struggle to survive on government relief
News Jensen La Vende 9 Hrs Ago A man sorts through food basket hampers at the constitutency office of St Ann’s East MP. Some 25,000 hampers were distributed by the government across all 41 constituencies. – SUREASH CHOLAI MARRYING her passion of cooking with her love for children, a San Fernando mother of two left […]
More Canadians turning to cannabis to help deal with pandemic pressures
Kacie Fann had three kids and a full-time job as a realtor when the pandemic hit last year. Like so many others, her life was turned upside-down and she found herself at a loss as to how to cope. “I didn’t know how I was going to do it,” Fann said. “I started having severe […]
Who’s policing the police? | Globalnews.ca
Misconduct allegations against a former senior-ranking Mountie that recently surfaced during a murder investigation in B.C. are prompting new questions into how RCMP investigate one of their own. It’s also causing critics to voice concern about who’s policing the police. Arlene Westervelt died while canoeing with her husband Bert Westervelt on Okanagan Lake in June […]