Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Monday
The latest: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday that his country will impose stricter measures in the face of a sharp rise in COVID-19 cases that indicate the virus is “surging again” in Africa’s worst-affected nation. Positive cases in South Africa in the past seven days were 31 per cent higher than the week before, and […]
Police investigate after hundreds gathered for event in Woodstock, Ont. – London
Police say charges are pending after hundreds gathered for a so-called “Freedom Rally” in Woodstock on Sunday afternoon. Officers attended the scene Sunday, where police say a group of roughly 300 people assembled at Museum Square. Police say the event was in violation of the province’s current stay-at-home order, which permits only up to five […]
Fire leaves Chaguanas man homeless
News Yvonne Webb 6 Hrs Ago File photo by Roger Jacob FREEPORT police are investigating the cause of a fire at Carlsen Field in Chaguanas, which left Richard Samaroo homeless. Arson has not been ruled out as Samaroo’s home had no electrical connection and neither was he at home when the blaze started. Samaroo’s Nissan […]
Thinking of buying a new couch? The price may have just quadrupled
With more than 40 years of experience, Love Dodd of Victoria thought he had seen everything the furniture business could throw at him. But even he almost jumped out of his chair when he saw the size of new tariffs that were slapped on a lot of his merchandise earlier this month. “We personally got hit […]
Tobago family of 3 homeless after fire
Tobago Ken Chee Hing 3 Hrs Ago SORROW: Margaret Seaforth gestures to the heavens as she and other relatives stand outside her home in Union Village Street, Tobago which was gutted by fire. PHOTO BY DAVID REID – A family of three was left homeless after an act of arson left their Gerald Graham Road, […]
Vancouver teenager was one of 12 mistakenly given Moderna instead of Pfizer vaccine
A teenager in Vancouver is sharing her story after a nurse accidentally gave her the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, instead of Pfizer-BioNTech, which is the only one in Canada approved for children under 18. Noora Alenezi, 13, was so excited about getting her COVID-19 vaccine that she booked her appointment as soon as health officials approved the Pfizer vaccine for […]
Relatives mourn Tobago covid19 victim: ‘It hit home’
Tobago Stephon Nicholas An Hour Ago Rachel Rollocks – Airports Authority employee Rachael Rollocks, 34, is Tobago’s latest covid19-related death. The Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development announced the death – Tobago’s eleventh – on Sunday, noting the woman had no comorbidities. Her family on Sunday could not believe how sudden her death was. […]
Remains found at Kamloops residential school ‘not an isolated incident,’ Indigenous experts and leaders warn
WARNING: This story contains details some readers may find distressing. Indigenous leaders and experts in British Columbia are calling for the protection of sites of former residential schools, warning that the bodies of 215 children found in Kamloops, B.C., likely represent just a small portion of the thousands more who died while the schools were […]
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 […]