Dilys Patterson made the decision to pull her mom Joan out of long-term care two days after she learned a resident in the home had tested positive for COVID-19. She was immediately concerned the virus could spread through the building’s elevators, which residents crowded into many times a day. Her 93-year old mother was also […]
OTTAWA — As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to make people sick across Canada, health authorities are imploring Canadians to donate blood — all Canadians except men who have had recent sex with other men, despite a 2015 Liberal pledge to end this ban. NDP MP Randall Garrison is among a growing chorus of people saying […]
Disney envahit la capitale française: des hommes politiques, militaires, traders ou encore mannequins arborent le visage de Mickey et d’autres personnages. On doit cette fantaisie savoureuse à l’artiste Combo. “Je tiens ce monde pour ce qu’il est : un dessin animé où chacun doit jouer son rôle.” écrit Combo sur sa page Flickr. A l’heure […]
Sky F1 pundit Karun Chandhok believes Williams was wrong not to have sealed a deal with Honda back in 2017 given how the Japanese manufacturer has helped Red Bull. Sauber and Williams were rumored to have coveted Honda power for 2018, with the Swiss outfit signing a pre-agreement with the engine supplier before backtracking and […]
For the second time this month, police in northern New Brunswick have shot and killed an Indigenous person. Quebec’s police watchdog said late Friday that it has been called in to investigate the circumstances around the shooting death of a civilian near Miramichi, 170 kilometres northeast of Fredericton. Friends and family, including Juno Award-winning singer […]
MONTREAL — An Ontario woman visiting Montreal last year says she was arrested, injured by police and then, hours later, sexually assaulted by an off-duty officer in her hotel room. The woman, whose identity is protected by the courts, said officer Roger Frechette drove her to her hotel from a downtown police station after his shift ended […]
OTTAWA — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has a message for Americans: “Please do not come to Canada unless you are coming for an essential reason.” Freeland was asked Friday to respond to a CTV News report about American visitors who have been spotted dining out in Banff, flouting physical distancing and 14-day quarantine rules. […]
TORONTO — Families in Ontario can now expand the number of people they have close contact with to 10, as the province moved Friday to further loosen public health restrictions put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Premier Doug Ford unveiled the new advice on “social circles” from the province’s chief medical officer of health on […]
As protests following the death of George Floyd continue across the United States and around the world, one of the loudest rallying cries has been to “defund the police.” Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who pressed his knee into his neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd’s death, alongside others, including Breonna […]
L’application française StopCovid de traçage de contacts contre le coronavirus a été téléchargée 1,5 million de fois plus d’une semaine après son lancement, mais n’a donné lieu qu’à "une poignée" de notifications, a indiqué jeudi à la presse le secrétaire d’Etat au numérique Cédric O. “Evidemment, dans un contexte où la prévalence de l’épidémie décroît […]