Canada’s competition commissioner to oppose $26B Rogers-Shaw merger, say companies
Canada’s commissioner of competition intends to oppose Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed $26-billion merger with Shaw Communications Inc., the companies said in a statement released early Saturday. The telecom giants said they were notified of the commissioner’s plan to file an application to the Competition Tribunal aimed at preventing the deal, following the close of trading on Friday. […]
House passes Sexual Offences Bill
News Clint Chan Tack 9 Hrs Ago Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC. Photo by Jeff Mayers ATTORNEY General Reginald Armour SC said there must be continued vigilance to protect people in Trinidad and Tobago from becoming prey to sexual offenders. He said this while opening debate on the Sexual Offences Amendment Bill 2021 in the […]
Mother’s Day visits at care homes should go ahead, even for residents in outbreak zones: SHA
Seventy-five-year-old Betty Lindsay is staying on a special rehab unit at Pioneer Village, a long-term care home in Regina, while she undergoes intensive chemotherapy for Stage 3 ovarian cancer. Her daughter, Heidi Lindsay, said Betty had been looking forward to a Mother’s Day family gathering this weekend with her four children, including a daughter who lives in […]
Education Ministry issues updated covid19 guidelines
News Paula Lindo 6 Hrs Ago Pupils of Arima Boys’ RC Primary School gathered for morning assembly at the start of the first day of school. Photo by Roger Jacob The Education Ministry has issued a covid19 Case Management Guide to principals and stakeholders which provides greater detail regarding the procedure for managing both suspected […]
Federal COVID-19 supports expire today as Ottawa says ‘extraordinary’ measures no longer needed
Canada’s last remaining COVID-19 emergency benefits expire today and the federal government says it has no plans to renew its unprecedented support programs, created in response to the pandemic. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s office says Canada’s surging job growth and record-low unemployment rate is evidence that ongoing pandemic support will not be needed beyond May […]
Ottawa medical school partnership aims to train more Inuit health-care professionals
The University of Ottawa medical school will have two spots specifically for Nunavummiut, beginning in September 2023. It’s the result of a partnership between the Government of Nunavut, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc. (NTI) and the university’s medical school. The partnership aims to increase the number of Inuit physicians in the health-care system and promises “targeted supports” […]
Funeral in Longdenville on Saturday for drowned boy, 4
News Laurel V Williams 17 Minutes Ago Brian Jagessar – Instead of celebrating his birthday, a Longdenville family is set to attend the funeral of Brian Jagessar, who drowned in a swimming pool in Couva on April 30. Brian would have turned five on Saturday. His funeral takes place at the family’s home at Railway […]
After fierce 23-game run, Canadian Jeopardy! champ Mattea Roach loses by $1
In the end, it was a single dollar and a clue about two American mayors that ended Canadian Jeopardy! champ Mattea Roach’s impressive 23-game streak. On Friday, Roach lost her 24th game by $1 to Danielle Maurer, a digital marketing manager from Georgia, after being stumped by Final Jeopardy. Roach ended the game with $15,599, while Maurer — […]
Chaguanas businessman killed while on video call to children
News Laurel V Williams 3 Hrs Ago Businessman Darryl Dindial, owner of Dindial’s auto spplies along Caparo / Brasso road Montrose Chaguanas was shot and killed on Thursday outside his businessplace during a robbery – Chaguanas businessman Darryl Dindial was on his cellphone talking to his two young children on Thursday night when gunmen shot […]
Sandbagging continues in flood-ravaged Peguis First Nation, as evacuee count nears 1,600
Angie Flett is frantically trying to save her 86-year-old auntie’s house. Volunteers piled sandbags in front of the elder’s home on Peguis First Nation, in Manitoba’s Interlake region, on Friday — even though the floodwaters were already lapping against the home’s foundation. “She woke up Sunday morning, she said she was surrounded by a lake,” said Flett. Her […]
Discipline, punishment not the same
News Rhianna Mc Kenzie 2 Hrs Ago San Fernando Central Secondary School students. FILE PHOTO – Counselling psychologist Sonji Harris-Guppy has said Caribbean parents need to understand the distinction between discipling and punishment. Harris-Guppy was speaking during a panel discussion on Thursday hosted by the Faculty of Law, UWI, on Child Abuse or Discipline: An […]
‘Canada benefits from families like yours,’ Justin Trudeau tells Afghan refugees in Hamilton
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was in Hamilton on Friday to meet some of the families who are among the over 400 Afghan refugees who have resettled in the Ontario city. Trudeau and his son Xavier visited the Eastern Food Market on Upper Wentworth Street, where Hamilton Mountain MP Lisa Hepfner introduced the prime minister to two families. Trudeau met with Ahmad […]