Muslim community gathers to start healing during funeral for family in London, Ont.
Canadian flags draped the caskets of four members of a Muslim family who were mourned at a funeral Saturday in London, Ont., almost a week after they died in what police have said was a hate-motivated attack. Madiha Salman, 44, her husband Salman Afzaal, 46, their 15-year-old daughter Yumna Afzaal and Salman’s 74-year-old mother Talat Afzaal died after […]
Tobago man shot dead while driving
News Corey Connelly 3 Minutes Ago Dwayne Legall – A Mason Hall man is Tobago’s latest murder victim. He has been identified as maintenance worker Dwayne Legall. Reports are that around 12.50 pm on Saturday, Legall, 27, was driving his motor vehicle, a Nissan B14, with other occupants, along Spence Trace, when a gunman opened […]
Canada’s vaccine contracts allow for doses to be donated, in some cases resold
Most of the federal contracts for COVID-19 vaccines allow for Canada to donate some of its doses to other countries or international aid organizations, and in at least three cases, say doses can be resold. Public Services and Procurement Canada quietly tabled eight contracts with the House of Commons health committee Friday afternoon as a partial response […]
COVID-19: 5 new cases each in London-Middlesex, Sarnia-Lambton on Saturday – London
Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton The Middlesex-London Health Unit reported five new COVID-19 cases and eight recoveries on Saturday. This brings the region’s pandemic case total to 12,418, of which 12,095 have resolved. At least […]
Lack of resources to monitor child labour, says labour minister
News Ria Chaitram 14 Minutes Ago An online pamphlet issued by the Ministry of Labour warning against child labour. – THE true status of child labour in TT is unknown and this is owing to a lack of resources, said Minister of Labour Stephen McClashie. As the international community observed World Day against Child Labour […]
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday
The latest: Manitobans can once again gather in small groups outdoors starting this weekend, a small reprieve from strict pandemic rules brought in as the province battled a surge in COVID-19 infections. The slight easing of restrictions comes as provincial health officials say they expect daily COVID-19 case counts to continue to drop but warn the number of people in ICU […]
Doug Ford’s use of notwithstanding clause for third-party ads law may backfire: experts
TORONTO — Representatives have returned to Ontario’s legislature for an emergency weekend debate on election finance law with implications for free speech that experts warn may backfire on Premier Doug Ford’s government. Debate was scheduled to start overnight into Saturday morning and continue over the next several days on the bill tabled this week using […]
Ministry celebrates leatherback turtles at Maracas beach
News Melissa Doughty 8 Hrs Ago A volunteer holds two of the leatherback turtle hatchlings which emerged at the Maracas beach on Thursday morning. – PHOTO COURTESY THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM Newly hatched leatherback turtles, 53 of them, were welcomed at the Maracas beach facility on Friday morning. A release from the Ministry of Tourism, […]
When international travel resumes, Canada’s borders and airports will be very different
Just as the 9/11 attacks did 20 years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic will transform the way people travel internationally — with hundreds of millions of dollars in new government spending planned for modernizing border security and updating public health measures at airports. In the recent federal budget, the federal government announced $82.5 million to fund COVID-19 testing infrastructure at Canadian airports […]
‘People are desperate to heal’: The push for psychedelic-assisted therapy in Canada
Laurie Brooks describes her experience taking psychedelic mushrooms as a journey — one that helped her find answers to some of her most important life questions. The 54-year-old mother of four from Abbotsford, B.C., was diagnosed in 2018 with colon cancer. By the time doctors discovered it, the cancer had already advanced rapidly. The fear […]
168 covid19 cases at home
Tobago Kinnesha George 4 Hrs Ago Covid19 response team member in the Office of the County Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) Dr Anthony Thompson. – Photo courtesy the THA There are 168 covid19 patients at home, says covid19 response team member in the Office of the County Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) Dr Anthony Thompson. […]
How the COVID-19 pandemic lowered life expectancy in Canada last year
COVID-19 deaths led to a five-month decrease in life expectancy at birth last year, recent data released by Statistics Canada suggest, potentially putting the country at a level not seen in seven years. The findings varied widely across the country, with Quebec logging a drop in life expectancy of almost a year while the Atlantic provinces […]