TORONTO — When Cathy Parkes had to move her father Paul Parkes into a long-term care home in late 2019, she did her homework. She read public inspection reports and took tours of the homes in her area. Five of the seven homes she had to choose from had waiting lists eight to 10 years […]
TORONTO — Hundreds of anti-racism demonstrators took their message to Toronto’s city hall and Ontario’s legislature in a pair of protests Saturday, taking a knee in silence at points, amid events across Canada protesting violence against Black people. The two Toronto rallies, marching to various areas of the city, are the latest in a series […]
Police in northwestern New Brunswick fatally shot a 26-year-old Indigenous woman Thursday after being called to perform a “wellness check.” Chantel Moore’s family identified her as the woman killed by police in Edmundston, N.B. Moore was from B.C.’s Tlaoquiaht First Nation but had recently moved to there to be closer to her five-year-old daughter, CTV […]
A rural First Nations community has partnered with a drone delivery service to receive critical medical supplies required to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) announced an agreement with the Beausoleil First Nation, an Indigenous community about 175 kilometres north of Toronto, to create flight routes that would allow drones to […]
A l’occasion de la sortie de “La Guerre est déclarée”, Valérie Donzelli et Jérémie Elkaïm nous ont parlé de leur futur projet commun : “Main dans la main”, troisième long métrage de la réalisatrice, coécrit avec Gilles Marchand et Jérémie Elkaïm, qui jouera également aux côtés de Valérie Lemercier. Propos recueillis par Laetitia Ratane […]
Torses nus et muscles gonflés, des propriétaires de salles de sports et coachs sportifs de plusieurs villes indiennes ont manifesté ce week-end contre le maintien de la fermeture des clubs de fitness alors que le déconfinement du pays s’accélère. Inde/virus: manifestants, tous muscles dehors, pour obtenir la réouverture des salles de sport<br /> Centres commerciaux, […]
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says Formula 1 should be founded on a meritocracy, insisting that balance of power gimmicks are mere “political games” that have no place in the sport. Mercedes recently opposed the experimental trial of a reverse-grid qualifying race to spice up the show, forcing F1 to scrap the idea as unanimity among […]
Demand for occasionwear has plummeted during the coronavirus pandemic, leaving rental services struggling and stock of red carpet dresses piled high in stores and warehouses. With events canceled around the globe and strict social distancing measures enforced, the need for gowns and high octane glamour has been made obsolete. Since March, our collective wardrobe needs […]
TORONTO — A court ruling allowing people accused of sexual assault or other violent crimes to argue they were so intoxicated they didn’t know what they were doing has angered women’s-rights activists but civil libertarians call the criticism unwarranted. A decades-old law had banned such a defence but Ontario’s top court this week declared it […]
HALIFAX — The gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia during a 13-hour rampage was described by police Thursday as an “injustice collector” whose grudges built up over time and eventually exploded in horrific violence. RCMP Supt. Darren Campbell told a briefing that a behavioural analysis of the killer determined he targeted some victims […]