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Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the Trudeau government is working on a plan to improve the pay and working conditions of water operators on First Nations, but he doesn’t know how long it will take. Miller made the comments at a news conference on Wednesday in response to questions about a recent investigation by […]

One person was transported to hospital with serious injuries following a three-vehicle collision north of Strathroy. Emergency crews, including an Air Ornge helicopter, responded to the collision at the intersection of Centre Road and Egremont Drive just before 10 a.m. Wednesday. One person was airlifted to hospital in serious condition. Police say no other injuries […]

As the Grammys once again snubbed several racialized artists, some wonder if music’s biggest night still matters. Several artists of colour blasted The Recording Academy for being shut out of nominations for the 2021 ceremony, including Canadian R&B crooner The Weeknd, who took to Twitter after receiving zero nods for his highly successful record, After […]

CONTENT WARNING: This story contains disturbing and graphic content.  The Superior Court of Justice heard from two new witnesses on Tuesday as the trial continued for Lawrence Allen Thompson, a 68-year-old man who’s charged in relation to an alleged child abduction and sexual assault from northeast London, Ont., nearly three years ago. Thompson, who was […]

A Black correctional officer at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, Ont., has retained legal counsel in hopes it will result in criminal charges against two white colleagues, whom he alleges ‘attacked’ him in early June when he says he caught them making light of George Floyd‘s death. Stephen Smith alleges two of his co-workers, Steven […]

Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton For the first time in more than a week, the London and Middlesex region case numbers have reached 20 new infections of the coronavirus along with no new deaths. The […]

Ontario is reporting 975 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 295,119. Tuesday’s case count is lower than Monday’s which saw 1,058 new infections. On Sunday, 1,087 new cases were recorded and 1,228 on Saturday. It is also the first time in the last six days that the daily case count dipped […]

With access to COVID-19 vaccines slowly expanding across Canada, some experts are emphasizing that age should be the main priority, even over some essential workers. The director of geriatrics at Sinai Health System in Toronto, Dr. Samir Sinha, says that regardless of if the goal is to prevent deaths, lessen the strain on the health-care […]

A new survey suggests the pandemic has placed significant pressure on principals at Ontario’s schools, with those at virtual schools feeling the most stressed. The advocacy group People for Education surveyed principals at 1,173 schools across the province, including 906 in-person, 226 hybrid, and 41 virtual schools. It found that 57 per cent of those […]

TORONTO — Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout could look different in each of its 34 public health units as the province receives more doses in the coming weeks, the government said Monday. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said Ontario is “empowering” local health units to draw up their own specific plans to distribute the vaccine, and all have been […]

Waterloo Region’s public health unit reported 27 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, raising its case count to 10,338. There are 313 active cases of COVID-19, which is three more than the previous day. Read more: Canada adds 2,800 new COVID-19 cases as mandatory travel restrictions come into effect That includes 18 people in the […]

CONTENT WARNING: This story contains disturbing and graphic content.  A trial began on Monday for the 68-year-old man charged in relation to an alleged child abduction in northeast London, Ont., in 2018. Lawrence Allen Thompson, who was 65 at the time of the incident, faces four charges related to kidnapping, sexual assault on a person […]