Month: April 2020

If news about the pandemic has you feeling down, here’s something to perk up your spirits.  Ontario Premier Doug Ford took a moment after answering questions from the media Wednesday to praise American Sign Language interpreter Christopher Desloges. The premier has been holding near-daily press conferences alongside ministers at Queen’s Park, with Desloges standing behind […]

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TORONTO — Air Canada is the only major Canadian airline refusing to release numbers to the public or its flight attendants about how many employees and passengers have tested positive for COVID-19. Like all airlines, cruise lines and rail service providers, Air Canada is required to post the domestic and international flights with confirmed cases […]

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OTTAWA — Parliamentarians will soon find themselves voting anew on spending measures to help the country to combat the financial fallout from COVID-19 — help that is going to cost the federal treasury at least $95 billion — as the result of changes the Liberals have promised in recent days. Conservatives criticized the Liberals for […]

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Since schools closed two weeks ago, Duane Froese’s daughter has worked with an educational assistant (EA) almost every day using video conferencing.  Froese’s daughter has Rett syndrome, a neurological disorder that affects motor ability. She has worked with her current EA daily in the classroom for the past two years to adapt lesson plans to […]

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Washington s’en prend au joyau du Venezuela. Les Etats-Unis ont annoncé de nouvelles sanctions contre la compagnie pétrolière nationale vénézuélienne PDVSA, lundi 28 janvier, dans un effort pour accentuer la pression sur le régime de Nicolas Maduro. Ce dernier accuse Washington d’agir en coulisses de ce qu’il considère comme un coup d’Etat, et a rompu les relations […]

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Le bilan de l’explosion d’un oléoduc dans le centre du Mexique, en janvier, s’est aggravé dimanche, avec désormais 125 morts selon les autorités de santé. L’oléoduc s’était embrasé le 18 janvier à Tlahuelilpan, après avoir été percé par des voleurs de carburant, faisant jaillir un véritable geyser d’essence.Cette fuite avait attiré quelque 700 habitants de Tlahuelilpan, […]

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#AlertePollutionRivières ou sols contaminés, déchets industriels abandonnés… Vous vivez à proximité d’un site pollué ?Après les annonces d’Emmanuel Macron hier pour la filière auto – 700 millions d’euros pour développer les batteries électriques – le gouvernement promet de nouvelles mesures. À ce stade, Jean-François Julliard, de Greenpeace est sceptique : “On va examiner la réponse écrite qui va nous être faite […]

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Legendary car maker Aston Martin has officially confirmed its return to F1 through the voice of its new executive chairman Lawrence Stroll. The Canadian billionaire and owner of Racing Point F1 put together a consortium of investors that fled to the rescue of the iconic sportscar manufacturer earlier this year. On Monday, Aston’s shareholders approved […]

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