News Shane Superville 9 Minutes Ago File photo – – Angelo Marcelle The policeman who was injured when a gate at the Parliament fell on him has been discharged from the hospital and is recuperating at home. The officer was on duty at the Red House last Monday when the gate fell on him. He […]
Major Rene Loveless is the Salvation Army’s secretary for public relations and development in this province. The Salvation Army is restarting efforts to dish out hot meals for truck drivers in Port aux Basques. (Adam Walsh/CBC ) Volunteers at the Salvation Army are renewing their efforts to provide hot meals to truck drivers finding it […]
The latest data from the Ontario government’s asymptomatic school testing program continues to show low COVID-19 rates in schools. All public school boards in the province have now reopened to in-class learning after an extended winter break followed by virtual learning for some boards in hot spot regions. Testing took place from the end of […]
News Laurel V Williams 5 Minutes Ago File photo: TCL workers march during their lunch time outside the company’s Claxton Bay compound in March 2018. Retrenched workers of Trinidad Packaging Ltd (TPL), a subsidiary of Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL), protested on Monday morning, calling for the immediate payments of outstanding money. From around 8 am, […]
A fireball buzzed over the Prairies on Monday, temporarily piercing the dark of the early morning sky with a flash of blinding blue light. What appeared to be a meteor — the streak of light created by an object as it enters Earth’s atmosphere — darted across the sky around 6:30 a.m., startling early risers who were lucky to […]
I’m a Black and Mi’kmaw journalist originally from Elsipogtog First Nation, and knowing the history of colonization of Turtle Island, and the abuse and systemic racism vulnerable populations have endured in the health-care system, one can understand why my communities may be hesitant of the vaccines now available in Canada for COVID-19. As government and […]
News Shane Superville 4 Minutes Ago File photo: Prisoners exercise in the general area of the remand section of the maximum security prison in Arouca. A junior prison officer was caught trying to smuggle marijuana and alcohol into the Arouca Maximum Security Prison on Saturday night. Police said he was on duty at around 7.15 […]
A long-term care home in Scarborough, Ont., where dozens of residents died from COVID-19, was cited 13 times by provincial inspectors for failing to comply with health and safety regulations that included not giving residents enough water or timely medication, staff improperly using protective gear, and a lack of infection prevention measures. In early December, […]
News Rhianna Mc Kenzie 4 Hrs Ago – Angelo Marcelle Activist Wayne Kublalsingh continued his plea for criminal justice reform with a small group of protestors outside the Parliament on Friday. Kublalsingh presented a list of the group’s concerns to parliamentarians as they entered the Red House. The document was prefaced: “The Government might possess […]
Beginning Monday, most air passengers entering Canada must comply with new travel measures, including a pricey hotel quarantine. The new regulations are off to a bumpy start, with complaints from some travellers that they can’t get through on the government phone line to book their hotel, or they can’t figure out if they’re exempt from the […]
News Angelo Marcelle 41 Minutes Ago Jarel Nunes, right, wraps the hand of a young boxer before training. – Angelo Marcelle Former national boxer Jarel Nunes, 23, is determined to pass on the knowledge boxing has taught him to his community of Malabar. Nunes, who hung up his gloves in 2014, said he noticed crime […]
The second time was the charm for Darlene Nuqingaq when it came to winning the Arctic Inspiration Prize. Nuqingaq, originally from Spryfield, N.S., moved to Nunavut more than 30 years ago. She taught music there until her retirement in 2017. Last year, her proposal for a daily after-school music program for children as young as six was runner-up for the […]
