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An Ontario health-care union is calling for criminal investigations and public inquiries into COVID-19-related deaths in the province’s long-term care homes.  Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare says Toronto and Peel Region police should open criminal investigations and the Progressive Conservative government and Ontario’s chief coroner need to do public inquiries.  “Both frontline workers and […]

OTTAWA — Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will become eligible Friday for a key benefit — without jeopardizing their parental leave. The government is implementing a fix on May 8 so that pregnant women can finally receive the Canada […]

The COVID-19 pandemic may have tempered a milestone chapter in Dutch-Canadian relationships, but it couldn’t trample over tradition.  May 5th marks Liberation Day in the Netherlands. The celebration commemorates the day allied forces, including Canadian soldiers, liberated the Dutch from Nazi occupation in 1945. Since then, the Dutch have always taken the day to show […]

SMITHERS, B.C. — Elected chiefs of a First Nation that’s split over a natural gas pipeline through their territory say they will not sign a deal on rights and title, a day after the hereditary chiefs backed the agreement. The elected chiefs of the Wet’suwet’en Nations say they don’t support the proposed memorandum of understanding […]

The novel coronavirus spread like wildfire.  It’s hopped from country to country and city to city, exploding into a global pandemic over the course of 2020. In Canada, it’s the largest public health crisis in a lifetime, with over 60,000 confirmed cases and over 3,000 deaths attributed to COVID-19 as of May 4.  But soon, […]

The Vancouver Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying suspects in two separate incidents against the city’s East-Asian community.The first incident happened April 2 after a man was caught on camera defacing windows of a Chinese cultural centre with “racist remarks” in the city’s Chinatown.Click Here: Geelong Cats GuernseyPolice are also investigating […]

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Comparing Florida’s election to an NFL football game, a federal judge has found the state’s rules for rejecting signatures in mail and provisional ballots unconstitutional and ordered Florida election officials to give voters who were “belatedly notified they have submitted a mismatched-signature ballot” until 5 p.m. Saturday to correct the issue. “In […]

WASHINGTON, DC — The Washington Nationals have reportedly agreed to terms on a six-year deal with veteran lefty Patrick Corbin, bolstering a rotation that already features stars Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg. According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the deal is about on par with the $126 million guarantee that Yu Darvish received from […]

Afin de connaître le ressenti sur les franchises médicales, mais aussi les forfaits à 1 euro sur chaque consultation, AIDES a commandé une enquête à l’institut CSA. Résultat, la majorité des Français estime que cela va plutôt “dans le mauvais sens“. Les franchises et/ou le forfait seront-ils supprimés en cas de changement de majorité? Les […]

La maison de joaillerie Poiray a choisi l’actrice française Isabelle Adjani pour incarner ses prochaines campagnes internationales. Ce nouveau dispositif marquera un changement d’image de la marque de luxe, et sera accompagné par le lancement de nouvelles collections. Isabelle Adjani, nouvelle ambassadrice Poiray Poiray explique avoir choisi “une icône pour incarner la féminité, la volupté […]