Edmonton man falls to his death while attempting to rescue his dog from cliff ledge
A 42-year-old Edmonton man died Friday afternoon while attempting to rescue his dog from a cliff west of Edmonton. James Fenwick had crawled over the cliff ledge on the Pembina River to rescue one his two beloved dogs before falling about 30 metres down a steep embankment. “He loved those dogs,” said Fenwick’s sister Candace Eden […]
Ontario government invests in programs to help address antisemitism in schools
TORONTO — The Ontario government is investing in two summer programs to help address antisemitism in schools. Education Minister Stephen Lecce says the province will give $327,000 to the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies to support the courses. One program will provide professional development sessions for educators aimed at dismantling antisemitism in […]
Defence points fingers at state witness
News Jada Loutoo 8 Minutes Ago Sean Luke. – CLOSING addresses have begun in the Sean Luke murder trial with attorneys for one of the men charged with the boy’s brutal murder in 2006, urging the judge, who is also the jury in the case, to be “cold and clinical” in her deliberations. Akeel Mitchell […]
Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie to get $420M in federal funding to transition to cleaner technology
Algoma Steel Inc., in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is getting up to $420 million in federal funding to help it phase out coal-fired steel-making processes. During a news conference on Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the funding for the manufacturer to retrofit its operations to cleaner technology. This will allow Algoma Steel to purchase equipment to […]
COVID-19: MLHU reports 16 cases, 19 recoveries Saturday through Monday
Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Vaccinations and testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton The total number of COVID-19 cases reported by the Middlesex-London Health Unit climbed to 12,597 on Monday, an increase of 15 from Friday, though 16 new cases were recorded. The health unit […]
Caricom stronger now against covid19
News Clint Chan Tack 8 Minutes Ago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley THE Prime Minister was confident that as he hands over Caricom’s chairmanship to Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Caricom is in a better place to deal with the covid19 pandemic and begin the process of post-pandemic recovery. Dr Rowley made his […]
Black man says Montreal police targeted him after he stopped to observe arrest
A young Black man is accusing Montreal police of racial profiling after he says he was violently handcuffed after stopping to observe the potential arrest of another Black man on Saturday. While biking to a friend’s house, Prodil Houanhou says, he instinctively stopped when he saw a Black man being interrogated by two police officers across the street from […]
US donates covid19 vaccines to 7 Latin American countries
News Narissa Fraser 6 Minutes Ago File photo THE US government has donated covid19 vaccines to six more countries in Latin America and the Caribbean – Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, El Salvador, Uruguay and Paraguay. In June, the US government listed Haiti “and other Caricom countries” as countries within the Caribbean that will receive covid19 vaccines […]
Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Monday
The latest: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out plans for the final step of easing COVID-19 lockdown in England on Monday, including guidance on physical distancing, face coverings and working from home. After imposing the most onerous restrictions in Britain’s peacetime history to battle the novel coronavirus, Johnson is preparing to lift most […]
Education Ministry, TTPS try to reach absent students
News Rhianna Mc Kenzie 6 Hrs Ago Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly – Minister of Education Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly has said the ministry is working with the police and the Ministry of Social Development and Family Services to try to reach the parents of students who did not engage in online classes in the last academic year. […]
Quebec COVID restrictions are loosening, but jails are still putting inmates in solitary to quarantine
Life in Quebec is the freest it’s been in months. Restaurants and bars are open. So are theaters, gyms and concert halls. The curfew is a memory, and the entire province is considered a low-risk “green zone.” In provincial jails, though, it’s a different story. Since early on in the pandemic, provincial jails have been quarantining inmates for two weeks upon […]
Chaguanas cops find gun, ammo and ski mask in backpack
News Laurel V Williams 3 Hrs Ago The gun, ammunition and ski mask found on Friday in Chaguanas. – TTPS Two Chaguanas policemen recovered a gun, 25 rounds of ammunition, and a black ski mask while on mobile patrol in the Central Division. A police release on Saturday PCs Chaitlal and Paul made the find […]