Sask. man’s video of close encounter with bear goes viral
Curtis Matwishyn was hoping to snap a few photos of a young black bear in the forest near Waskesiu Lake, in northern Saskatchewan, earlier this month. But the wildlife photographer soon found himself a bit too close for comfort to the animal. Matwishyn and his fiancée were driving back to Waskesiu, where he works as a […]
St Jude’s Home for Girls gets new board
News Jensen La Vende 48 Minutes Ago Newly-installed St Jude’s Home for Girls board members with Vijay Gangapersad, deputy permanent secretary in the Ministry of Gender and Child Affairs. – ONE month after a report into children’s homes revealed rampant abuse, a new board has been appointed at the St Jude’s Home for Girls. In […]
‘Fearful’ Hamilton workers rally to protest 3rd death at National Steel Car in 2 years
Machine operator Peter Thomas says that after years of working in what he feels is an unsafe environment at National Steel Car in Hamilton, “it’s hit a point where something has to change.” Thomas said that during his time at the rail-car manufacturer, there have been several incidents where a crane has dropped the item […]
Girl charged for stabbing Williamsville Secondary schoolmate
News Shane Superville 14 Minutes Ago File photo A 15-year-old girl has been charged with wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm after the fight in which her schoolmate, also 15, was slashed on her face with a knife and stabbed on her chest and hand on Monday. The fight happened outside the Williamsville […]
UN group to learn of Nova Scotia’s history of slavery during Halifax meeting
The international scientific committee of UNESCO’s Roots of Enslaved Peoples Project is holding its biennial meeting in Halifax from June 9 to 10. The newest member of the 20-member international committee is Afua Cooper, a history professor at Dalhousie University. According to Cooper, the main purpose of the UNESCO body is to recognize the history of Black […]
South Oropouche man shot dead near cemetery
News Laurel V Williams 9 Minutes Ago Ronnie Ramsawak. – A passer-by found the body of a man with gunshot wounds on the roadside near a cemetery in Fyzabad on Thursday. Dead is fisherman Ronnie “Runaway” Ramsawak, who lived alone at Bay Road. South Western Division police got a call about a body near Timital […]
Typical mortgage payment could be 30% higher in 5 years, Bank of Canada warns
High house prices and debt loads associated with them are a major vulnerability to Canada’s economy, the Bank of Canada said Thursday, warning buyers who bought during the pandemic that the impact of even slightly higher mortgage rates could be dramatic. In its Financial System Review, the central bank said that while the country’s financial system […]
You must be vaccinated to get cruise-ship jobs
Tobago Corey Connelly 58 Minutes Ago – Photo by David Reid Several Tobagonians who hoped to get jobs offered by the Royal Caribbean Group international cruise line were disappointed on Thursday on learning they had to be vaccinated against covid19 to be considered. A young man from Mason Hall told Newsday, “I registered online but […]
Ontario should have extended masking for all high-risk settings, says new science table head
The head of Ontario’s expert pandemic advisory table says while key indicators suggest COVID-19 in the province is improving, he would have liked to see all remaining mask mandates in high-risk settings in place for a little while longer. On Wednesday, the province’s chief medical officer of health, announced most mask mandatory mask rules will expire Saturday, […]
Water comes to Toni Ravine, Lopinot, after 100 years
News Paula Lindo 8 Hrs Ago Minister of Public Utilities and Lopinot/Bon Air MP Marvin Gonzales, third from left, unveils a commemoratory plaque along with Communications Minister in the OPM Symon deNobriga as WASA officials look on at a commissioning ceremony for the Lopinot Water Treatment Facility La Pastora Branch Road, Lopinot. – ROGER JACOB […]
Transgender advocates call out WestJet for forcing passengers to identify as male or female
Transgender advocates across Canada are calling out national airline WestJet for not allowing people to choose X as a gender, instead of male or female, when booking flights. They say WestJet is violating their human rights. “It is a legal gender marker in our laws, it’s a violation of the Charter [of Rights and Freedoms],” said Iz Lloyd, […]
Killers search Mount Grace apartment door to door
Tobago Corey Connelly 23 Minutes Ago The apartment complex in Mt Grace, Tobago, where a man was gunned down around 3am on Wednesday. Photo by David Reid MINUTES before gunmen shot Casney Carrera in his apartment early Wednesday morning, the killers broke the doors of two ground-floor units in the two-storey apartment building at Church […]