Vaccine equity, not travel bans needed to combat COVID-19 Omicron variant: scientists
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 28, 2021 4:52 pm Updated November 28, 2021 5:02 pm Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ A British Columbia-based researcher says banning travelers from southern African countries in an effort to stop the importation of a new COVID-19 […]
Fire at Express House building
News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 30 Minutes Ago Fire officers are at Independence Square in Port of Spain dealing with a fire at the Express House building. Newsday was told that Express Newspaper workers smelled smoke and alerted the authorities at around 4.39 pm on Sunday. Fire officers are at Independence Square in Port of Spain dealing […]
India pushes renewed trade talks in aftermath of Canada-China tensions
Canada and India are quietly setting the stage to reboot formal free-trade talks as the Trudeau government seeks economic alternatives to China following the dispute over the Meng Wanzhou-two Michaels affair. Trade negotiators from both countries have held four “consultative meetings” in the last year via video, and the most recent one in October saw […]
COVID-19: Outbreak linked to 5 cases declared at Western University residence – London
A COVID-19 outbreak has been declared at a Western University student residence. Five students in Saugeen-Maitland Hall have been confirmed positive by the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU). There is no evidence of classroom transmission, the university in London, Ont. said in a statement released Saturday. Read more: Student dragged from Western University class for repeatedly […]
Moody’s downgrade not because of fiscal indiscipline
News Corey Connelly An Hour Ago THA Secretary of Finance and the Economy Joel Jack. – THA Secretary of Finance and the Economy Joel Jack says the Moody’s Investors Service downgrade of the Tobago House of Assembly’s (THA’s) performance reflects the strong operational, financial and institutional linkages between the assembly and central government, and is […]
New evacuation order issued as flood-ravaged southern B.C. faces brunt of fresh storms
A new evacuation order has been issued in southern British Columbia as another atmospheric river drenches the province, worsening the impacts of widespread floods and mudslides. Rain will continue to fall until Sunday afternoon, according to Environment Canada, which issued a rainfall warning for most of southwest B.C. Up to 120 millimetres of rain is expected in the […]
COVID-19: 13 new cases, 17 recoveries in London and Middlesex Sunday – London
Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) reported 13 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday. In total, there have been 14,849 cases, including 140 active cases (a decrease of five), 14,457 recoveries (an […]
Political parties pledge to tackle climate change in Tobago
Tobago Stephon Nicholas 32 Minutes Ago A recycling project at Pigeon Point Heritage Park in 2020. FILE PHOTO/AYANNA KINSALE IT’S election season in Tobago – a season when political parties promise sunny days ahead. Amid the campaign for the December 6 polls, the People’s National Movement (PNM) and Progressive Democratic Patriots (PDP) have discussed plans […]
Fraser Valley farmers won’t know for weeks how floodwaters have affected prized soil
Six days into the flood, Harman Kaur and her husband took a drive past their acreage and found thousands of their ruby-red blueberry bushes were still completely buried in the murky, brown floodwater. Leaking pesticides swirled around the field. Garbage and gas tanks floated past. The smell of fuel filled their noses. “There was a complete layer of oil on […]
THA campaign set to intensify in final week before polls
News Corey Connelly 9 Hrs Ago Supporters of the PDP and PNM clash in Calder Hall where candidates for both parties filed nomination papers on November 15 at the Calder Hall Multipurpose Facility. – PHOTOBY DAVID REID The battle for the December 6 Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election is expected to intensify this week […]
Residents fear effects of increasing quarry activity on Elmvale groundwater, believed to be cleanest in world
Bonnie Pauzé carefully lines up small mason jars full of water on the porch at her farm near Elmvale, Ont. She’s collected dozens of them at regular intervals for more than a decade. The water in some is clear, less so in others. Pauzé lifts a jar and points to dirty black sediment, another contains […]
PoS hospital tent water-logged as flash flooding hits city
News Tyrell Gittens 6 Hrs Ago A woman tries to get up after falling in flood water while trying to cross South Quay, Port of Spain on Saturday. – AYANNA KINSALE Patients at the Port of Spain General Hospital were among people who were affected by flash flooding as thunder showers swept some parts of […]