Fire destroys New Edinburgh lobster pound days before season opens
RCMP are investigating after a fire destroyed another lobster pound in Nova Scotia just days before lobster season in the area opens on Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Marc Rose said the 911 call came in shortly after 10 p.m. Thursday that the fish plant on Riverside Road in New Edinburgh, N.S., was on fire. He said flames […]
Pat Mandy takes helm as chair of Hamilton Police Services Board – Hamilton
The Hamilton Police Services Board has a new chair. Pat Mandy, a member of Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, was unanimously elected to the post during the board’s meeting on Thursday afternoon. Mandy first joined the board, as the province’s representative, in March of 2018. Read more: Flamborough Coun. Judi Partridge joins Hamilton Police […]
NCC glad its ideas take on-board
News Melissa Doughty 4 Minutes Ago – File photo/ Sureash Cholai REINSTATED National Carnival Commission (NCC) chairman Winston “Gypsy” Peters said the commission is happy some of its ideas were taken on-board by the Prime Minister about what should happen come Carnival 2022. Dr Rowley while addressing the nation on Thursday said that the Government […]
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Friday
The latest: Canada is limiting travel from seven countries in southern Africa in response to news of a new, potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant first detected in South Africa, joining other countries that have announced similar measures. At a news conference Friday, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said Canada is implementing five measures to “protect the health and safety of Canadians” as […]
Boosting gender parity: Ontario Liberals create women-only candidate ridings
The Ontario Liberal Party has moved to only allow women to run for the nomination in more than 20 of its ridings in an effort to improve gender equity in its caucus. The party provided a list of 22 ridings to Global News where it has made the rule change, including in the Greater Toronto […]
McDonald’s celebrates Great Day on SaturdayAims to raise record funds for Trindiad and Tobago youth
News Veela Mungal 57 Minutes Ago Lawrence Arjoon CEO of The Heroes Foundation Arcos Dorados, the exclusive operator of McDonald’s in Trinidad and Tobago and 20 countries across Latin America and the Caribbean, is aiming to break last year’s record for funds raised to benefit the young people of this country. This Saturday, November 27 […]
Avril Lavigne to tour across Canada for 1st time in more than a decade
Avril Lavigne has announced her first cross-Canada tour in more than a decade. The Bite Me Canada 2022 tour is set to hit 14 cities between May 3 and 25, with special guests Grandson and Mod Sun. The Napanee, Ont., singer recently released the single Bite Me featuring Travis Barker, her first release since 2019’s Head Above […]
COVID-19: Middlesex-London Health Unit reports 13 cases Friday
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 13 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, though the total tally increased by 14, with the discrepancy likely due to data cleanup. In total, there […]
Customer guns down Pleasantville shopkeeper
News Laurel V Williams 12 Hrs Ago DEADLY END: The body of shooting victim Ajala Donaldson is removed from his shop in Pleasantville where he was killed by a customer on Thursday. PHOTO BY LINCOLN HOLDER – A customer who ordered an item from a Pleasantville parlour owner shot and killed him at midday on […]
Spinal surgery on bald eagle at P.E.I. facility may be first of its kind
In what could be a first for wildlife medicine, surgeons at the Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown have attempted to repair the spine of a bald eagle. When the eagle was brought to the globally-recognized facility on Oct. 26, he could not stand. Veterinarians suspected a spinal cord injury, a diagnosis that was confirmed by an X-ray. […]
Londoners invited to Lighting of the Lights for 1st time since 2019 – London
A well-established tradition continues in Victoria Park on Friday with the Lighting of the Lights and, for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the public is invited to attend. The City of London is putting out the invite for all to view the moment the switch is flipped on over 75,000 […]
Activist has covid concerns over Pleasantville Secondary
News Laurel V Williams 7 Hrs Ago CAN I COME IN?: Activist Umar Abdullah speaks with a MTS guard at the Pleasantville Secondary School on Thursday which he alleged saw recent cases of covid19 among staffers. PHOTO BY LINCOLN HOLDER – ACTIVIST Umar Abdullah has expressed concern about the possible spread of covid19 at a […]