Suspect shot dead by Toronto police after schools locked down over reports of man with rifle
A man is dead after being shot by police, putting an end to afternoon lockdowns at multiple schools across the Port Union area of Scarborough. However, police remain tight-lipped about what actually happened near Maberley Crescent and East Avenue. Toronto Police Chief James Ramer spoke from the scene for roughly 10 minutes on Thursday afternoon, […]
Moderate response to covid19 paediatric, second booster shots
News vishannap 4 Hrs Ago A nurse prepares a shot of the Pfizer vaccine. The North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) has recorded small but steady numbers of people bringing their children for paediatric covid19 vaccines or getting second booster shots. Chief operating officer Davlin Thomas told Newsday on Thursday in a phone interview that […]
Princes Town police sergeant’s home firebombed
News Yvonne Webb An Hour Ago File photo – A police sergeant and his family narrowly escaped with their lives after his Princes Town home was firebombed on Thursday morning. Three vehicles were destroyed, along with pet birds. Reports said around 2.30 am, Sgt Jaipersad Baran, 45, of Corial Road, Iere Village, was asleep with […]
Fired safety officer wins in Industrial Court
News Jada Loutoo 31 Minutes Ago VICTORIOUS: Clint Attong outside the Industrial Court in Port of Spain. – A SAFETY officer has been awarded compensation by the Industrial Court for his “harsh and oppressive” dismissal from the job by Junior Sammy Contractors Ltd (JSCL) in 2018. The contractor has until July 29, to pay Clint […]
Canada Soccer cancels controversial exhibition game against Iran
Canada Soccer says it is cancelling a controversial exhibition game against Iran set for next month in Vancouver. The international match — scheduled for June 5 as part of preparations for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar later this year — drew the scorn of the families of those who died aboard Flight PS752 when the Islamic […]
Browne: CCJ debate to continue
News Sean Douglas 17 Minutes Ago Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne. THE Senate debate on Independent Senator Anthony Vieira’s motion for Trinidad and Tobago to replace the Privy Council with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its top appellate court will continue next month. In a texted reply to Newsday’s query […]
Quebec to start vaccinating against monkeypox as cases climb to 25
Quebec will start vaccinating some people with a smallpox vaccine, in order to combat the spread of monkeypox in the Montreal area. Quebec’s public health director Dr. Luc Boileau said Thursday that 25 cases of monkeypox have now been confirmed in the province. Fourteen of them are in the city of Montreal, though all cases […]
TTADA seeks clarity on hybrid-car tax waiver
News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 8 Hrs Ago TT Automotive Dealers Association president Visham Babwah. FILE PHOTO – The TT Automotive Dealers Association is calling for clarity on the time period in which taxes would be removed on hybrid electric passenger cars, after the Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced that customs duty, motor vehicle tax and value […]
Neurodiversity social club helps autistic youth make friends
A program for Saint John youth whose brains work a little differently than most of their peers’ is trying to grow to keep up with demand. “My goal is to help these kids feel understood and seen,” said occupational therapist Hannah Gray, who is doubling her capacity to 16 spaces in July. The “neurodiversity social club” […]
Nidco chairman: Arbitration bound by confidentiality
News Paula Lindo 5 Hrs Ago Nidco chairman Herbert George – THA National Infrastructure Development Company (Nidco) chairman Herbert George said the arbitration with Brazilian construction firm Construtora OAS SA (OAS) is ongoing and therefore neither company could comment on any aspect of the proceedings, as they were bound to confidentiality. George was responding to […]
Calgary police union ‘reluctantly’ directs officers to remove thin blue line patch from uniforms
The Calgary Police Association has “reluctantly” directed its members to remove the thin blue line patches from their street uniforms while declaring victory in other areas of negotiation with the police commission, CBC News has learned. The Calgary Police Commission initially told officers to remove the patches starting March 31. But the union representing more than […]
Man in hospital after excavator topples in Mason Hall
News Corey Connelly 34 Minutes Ago Scarborough General Hospital, Signal Hill, Tobago. – The operator of an excavator is warded at the Scarborough General Hospital, Tobago, after it toppled while he was working on sloping terrain in Sandy River, Mason Hall. The incident, which was captured on video and posted on Facebook, is said to […]