4 deaths, 668 covid19 cases recorded
News Paula Lindo 6 Hrs Ago Image courtesy CDC The Health Ministry said four covid19 deaths reported on Friday brought the death toll to 3,870. In its update, the ministry said the number of new covid19 cases reported from samples taken between Tuesday and Thursday was 668. The number of new cases reported daily continues […]
Canadian medical students call for free, universal access to contraception
Medical students across Canada are calling on the federal government to make contraception free and universally available to all. In Canada, it’s up to provincial governments to determine what medical needs are covered by insurance, including contraception. But coverage varies from province to province, and contraception is often not included in provincial or private medical insurance […]
AG, Robinson-Regis respond to UNC legal fee claims
News Clint Chan Tack 2 Hrs Ago Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC. Photo by Jeff Mayers ATTORNEY General Reginald Armour, SC, and Leader of Government Business Camille Robinson-Regis dismissed claims by Opposition MPs Saddam Hosein and Dinesh Rambally about lack of transparency over the payment of legal fees to an attorney. This happened during a […]
Tour bus company charged with health and safety violations in fatal Jasper icefields rollover
The company operating a tour bus that crashed in the Columbia Icefield in Jasper National Park in 2020 has been charged under Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. Brewsters Inc. is charged with eight counts under the act, including failing to control hazards and failing to ensure equipment was in safe operating condition. Two charges allege […]
Missing Barrackpore man found dead on riverbank
News Laurel V Williams 15 Minutes Ago Relatives look on as undertakers remove the body of Lutchmidath Rambarran who was found after he went missing over the past few days in Location Road West, Barrackpore – AYANNA KINSALE The body of a missing 65-year-old man was found on a riverbank near his family’s home in […]
Reigning Olympic champion De Grasse opens season with 4th-place finish in 200m
Canada’s Andre De Grasse found himself a step behind in his season-opening race on Friday. The Markham, Ont., native placed fourth in the 200 metres at the Diamond League opener in Doha, Qatar. It’s the same event in which De Grasse earned his lone Olympic gold medal last summer in Tokyo. But a new season brought a new […]
Foreign Affairs Ministry employee loses compensation case
News Jada Loutoo 25 Minutes Ago A clerical officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who sued the State for $167,000 in financial losses after her job was realigned will now have to pay costs, as she has lost her claim. Theresa Hope had complained she lost out on gratuity, vacation leave entitlement of 75 […]
Tragically Hip releasing live album from Hollywood’s Roxy Theatre
When the red recording light flashed on at Hollywood’s storied Roxy Theatre, the pressure was on the Tragically Hip to put on a good show, guitarist Paul Langlois recalls. It wasn’t long before the nerves receded into the background, said Langlois, as frontman Gord Downie punctuated the rollicking set list with ad-libbed musings. The May […]
Man deported from Grenada charged with murder
News Ken Chee Hing 2 Minutes Ago CHARGED: Dane Douglas, charged with the murder of a Petit Valley man. PHOTO COURTESY TTPS – A 26-YEAR-OLD man was expected to appear before a Port of Spain magistrate on Friday charged with the murder of 31-year-old Ricardo Ottley. A police press release said Dane Durell Douglas of […]
Engineer who designed Sask. bridge that collapsed hours after opening facing disciplinary hearing
Regina engineer Scott Gullacher will face a disciplinary hearing next month over allegations that he broke the rules when he designed a bridge in rural Saskatchewan that collapsed just hours after it was opened to the public. On Sept. 14, 2018, the Rural Municipality (RM) of Clayton announced on its Facebook page that “the Dyck Memorial […]
Victim hid in taxi on day before murder
News Laurel V Williams An Hour Ago Taxi driver and evangelist David Moyne shows stationery intended for Krishana Ellen Mohammed as he talks to Newsday on Thursday. Moyne waited for Mohammed in San Fernando to give her the items on Wednesday but she never got there. She was killed at her home in Guayaguayare on […]
Body of Toronto LGBTQ community member found inside barrel north of city
Police are searching for clues after the body of a man they say was a member of Toronto’s LGBTQ community was found inside a barrel in a canal about 60 kilometres north of the city last month. Mojtaba Shabani, 37, who also went by “Erik” and “Moji” was found in the Bradford canal on April […]