Frustrated by passport wait ‘chaos,’ would-be travellers in Montreal take matters into their own hands
Marie Soulier has spent four straight days standing in line outside the passport office at Montreal’s Guy-Favreau complex, waiting to collect her passport. She arrives at 5:30 each morning and leaves when the office closes. She is still waiting, and her flight leaves for France tonight. She is just one of hundreds of travellers clamouring […]
Port of Spain wrecking postponed to end of June
News Elizabeth Gonzales 4 Hrs Ago File photo – ELIZABETH GONZALES and NICHOLAS MARAJ The Port of Spain City Corporation will not resume wrecking cars in the capital until the end of June, for logistical reasons. The corporation was expected to restart wrecking on June 21. It had been suspended since the start of the […]
Quebec health officials say there are 171 confirmed monkeypox cases in province
Quebec health authorities are reporting another 30 new cases of monkeypox, for a total of 171 since the start of the outbreak in the province. The latest figure is from Monday and is up from the 141 cases declared in the province last Friday. Quebec’s Health Ministry says 5,895 doses of vaccine have been administered since […]
End contract work in THA
News Corey Connelly 2 Hrs Ago Former NAR assemblyman Max James speaks at a Labour Day march, from Gulf City Mall, Lowlands, to Scarborough, on Sunday. – David Reid Former NAR assemblyman Max James has called for the abolition of contract work in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). James made the call on Sunday […]
Canadians found dead of knife wounds in Mexico resort
Two Canadians — one of them sought by Interpol — have been found dead of knife wounds in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen, the state prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday. Prosecutors in Quintana Roo state, also home to resorts like Cancun and Tulum, said the man and the woman were found dead […]
Flour prices to go up from Wednesday
News Paula Lindo 13 Minutes Ago A range of NFM flour products. – File photo/Roger Jacob National Flour Mills Ltd (NFM) will increase the wholesale price of flour by 33 per cent, with a suggested retail price increase of 28 per cent for consumers, beginning on Wednesday. The announcement comes after NFM said it was […]
Foreign Affairs Minister helps sick child aboard Amsterdam flight
News Shane Superville 2 Hrs Ago Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dr Amery Browne, left sits in the cockpit of a plane with pilots. Dr Browne helped in assisting a sick baby aboard a KLM flight from Port of Spain to Amsterdam on Sunday. PHOTO COURTESY SOCIAL MEDIA – PHOTO COURTESY SOCIAL MEDIA Minister […]
How learning a First Nations language helps these 3 people connect with culture, family, community
Chance Paupanekis credits much of his well-being to learning his traditional language. Paupanekis, who is from the Norway House Cree Nation in northern Manitoba, is studying Ininimowin — a Cree language that has five major dialects, according to Indigenous Languages of Manitoba. Language is more than just words in his culture, says Paupanekis — one of three people studying First Nations languages CBC […]
6 TAKEN IN MURDER SPREE
News Yvonne Webb 8 Hrs Ago Crime scene experts at the scene in Tarouba, San Fernando on Monday after a shooting incident left two men dead and another in critical condition at hospital. PHOTO BY MARVIN HAMILTON – A 26-SECONDSvideo posted early Monday morning to social media, by Enrique “SpongeBob” Gill, showing him attending the […]
More women contact RCMP with allegations of abuse by retired Manitoba residential school priest
Warning: This story contains distressing details. At least two more women have come forward with allegations of abuse at the hands of a retired priest at Fort Alexander residential school in Manitoba. Maureen Fontaine, 67, is one of them. “I was a young age, and I had to go to the washroom. So the priest […]
TT in yet another yellow level alert
News Shane Superville 5 Hrs Ago File photo: A woman struggles with her umbrella as she exits a car on Independence Square, Port of Spain during heavy rainfall. THE TT Meteorological Service issued a yellow level alert on Monday afternoon which is expected to end on Tuesday morning. In a media release, the met office […]
Arbitrator strikes down Stellantis COVID-19 vaccine mandate
A COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Canadian Stellantis employees that was fought by some Unifor locals has been struck down by an arbitrator in a decision made after “careful review and not without considerable personal reservation.” Arbitrator Marilyn Nairn sided with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Canada, the Stellantis subsidiary, in concluding that the two-dose COVID-19 vaccine policy was reasonable at the outset, and continued […]