Dutch police are reported to be looking for a ‘scooter youth’ after a stack of tyres were set on fire at the newly revamped Zandvoort circuit on Tuesday evening. The tyres were among the stockpile that would have been used to augment barrier protection during a race. The fire sent thick plumes of black smoke […]
TORONTO — Sweeping reforms of the country’s largest municipal police service are needed to address systemic racism and the concerns of disadvantaged communities, Toronto Mayor John Tory said on Thursday, although he made no direct call for cutting the police budget as activists have demanded. Instead, Tory proposed various measures such as “detasking” officers, which […]
TORONTO — A new study finds the proportion of Canadian COVID-19 deaths that have occurred in long-term care (LTC) facilities is about twice the average of rates from other developed nations. The analysis released Thursday by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) provides a damning snapshot of senior care as of May 25, when […]
OTTAWA — A powerful Senate committee is accused of failing to perform “elementary, basic” administrative actions in its handling of a case involving alleged victims of workplace and sexual harassment. A memo dated Tuesday, obtained by HuffPost Canada, was sent to members of the internal economy, budgets and administration committee (CIBA) from a lawyer representing […]
Every day, it seems, another statue comes down. Click Here: cheap nrl jerseys From crowds pulling down monuments to Confederate leaders in the United States to painting John A. MacDonald red here in Canada, there is a reckoning happening for the problematic figures of the past and the monuments and places built to honour them. […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says intervening to end the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to secure the release of two Canadians detained in China would “endanger” millions of others overseas. “We will continue to remain steadfast and strong, and say very clearly in our actions and in our words, that randomly arresting Canadians […]
Le 5 janvier prochain, Leonardo DiCaprio sera Hoover, dans “J. Edgar”, sa première collaboration avec Clint Eastwood, et une première photo officielle vient de faire son apparition ! Quand il fait des infidélités à Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio ne néglige pas le prestige pour autant. Après une incursion chez Christopher Nolan (Inception), c’est devant la […]
Red Bull Racing is conducting a filming day today with its new-spec RB16, but only Alex Albon is on duty as UK quarantine rules compelled Max Verstappen to stay at home. The Milton Keynes-based outfit is warming up at Silverstone ahead of next week’s curtain-raiser in Austria, helping its crews to get acquainted with the […]
TORONTO — An Ontario minister says COVID-19 patients in long-term care homes were never denied hospitalization even though families say that isn’t true. “If the resident or their guardian or their family wants them to be moved to a hospital, that is their right,” Minister of Long-Term Care Merrilee Fullerton said during question period at […]
Ontario jails are factories that harm Indigenous people and create a “vicious” cycle of incarceration, says an MPP whose nephew recently died at a notoriously violent and overcrowded jail in Thunder Bay. NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa demanded the jail close during question period at Queen’s Park Tuesday. Kevin Mamakwa, 27-year-old father of four, is one […]