Conservatives call on Canada Soccer to cancel match with Iranian team
The Conservatives are joining a growing number of calls for Canada Soccer to cancel a controversial exhibition game against Iran set for next month in Vancouver. The families of those who died aboard Flight PS752 when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) shot down the plane in 2020 — killing all 176 passengers and crew members, […]
Youth development agency approved by Cabinet
News Paula Lindo 43 Minutes Ago Youth Development and National Service Minister Foster Cummings speaks at a PNM political meeting at Calvary Community Centre, Arima, on Tuesday night. – Youth Development and National Service Minister Foster Cummings said legislation will shortly go to Parliament for the establishment of a youth development agency in TT. He […]
Indigenous calls for exemptions to Quebec’s Bill 96 get louder
Indigenous leaders in Quebec continue to call for an exemption to Bill 96 after the contentious legislation overhauling the Charter of the French language was passed Tuesday. Bill 96 will limit the use of English across many public services, as well as the court system, and impose more restrictive language requirements on small businesses and towns. […]
Consult official sources for weather news
News Corey Connelly 10 Minutes Ago A woman uses an umbrella to shelter from the rain while others take cover near stores in Scarborough recently. – Photo by David Reid THE Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) has advised citizens to consult official sources when seeking information on the weather during the rainy season. TEMA’s public […]
Rising food prices forcing some Canadians to cut costs
Many Canadians are having to alter or sacrifice some of their living and eating habits as rising food costs nip at their wallets. Last week, Statistics Canada reported that Canadians paid 9.7 per cent more for food in April 2022 than a year prior, while average hourly wages rose by about 3.3 per cent year-over-year. […]
WASA leaks around Savannah repaired
News vishannap 5 Minutes Ago WASA work crew repairing the water leak along the jogger path near the exit at the Paddock in the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain. Photo by Roger Jacob The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) repaired two leaks around the Queen’s Park Savannah on Wednesday. When Newsday visited at […]
Cliff Derksen, longtime advocate for families of crime victims, has died
Cliff Derksen, a longtime advocate for families of victims of crime and the father of Candace Derksen, died on Sunday. Cliff and Wilma Derksen founded Candace House in 2018 in memory of their daughter, who was killed nearly four decades ago. The couple “dreamed of a place that could provide comfort, care and refuge during interactions with the […]
Most families of people killed in N.S. mass shooting boycott public hearings
Lawyers representing more than half of the people killed in the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia say they are boycotting four days of public inquiry proceedings in response to a ruling that they will not be able to directly question two key Mounties. Rob Pineo, a lawyer with Patterson Law, said that his […]
Winnipeg River, already flowing at a record volume, slated to rise even higher
The Winnipeg River is flowing at a record volume in Manitoba because officials no longer have any other option to control flooding across a vast swath of northwestern Ontario and northern Minnesota. Flooding on the Winnipeg River, which is running at about three-and-a-half times higher its usual volume this time of year, has already forced hundreds of people from their homes and washed […]
After losing a child in pregnancy, Ontario mum takes to Facebook to find a surrogate
Summer Barton, 27, said losing her baby at 37 weeks was the worst day of her life. In December 2021, Barton of Denfield, Ont., had developed a severe form of preeclampsia and her daughter, Darla, did not survive. It wasn’t completely unexpected — Barton had struggled with her first pregnancy too. It’s why the couple is now on the hunt […]
Confirmed monkeypox cases in Quebec climb to 15
Quebec has confirmed 10 more cases of monkeypox, for a total of 15 cases across the province, the provincial Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The province last week reported the first cases of the virus in Canada, after authorities there said they were investigating 17 suspected cases. Health Ministry spokesman Robert Maranda says Quebec is considering ordering vaccines against […]