TORONTO — A new mobile app will notify Canadians if they’ve come in contact with someone who’s tested positive for COVID-19, government officials said Thursday. The app will launch in Ontario around July 2 and then roll out to other provinces and territories throughout the summer. “I want to stress that this app will be […]
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford says Toronto and the Peel Region are set to enter Stage 2 of the province’s reopening plan on Wednesday. That will leave Windsor-Essex as the only region of the province still in Stage 1. Ford says the trends are improving in Toronto and Peel, but the threat of COVID-19 in […]
OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was tossed out of the House of Commons chamber Wednesday after refusing to apologize for calling a Bloc Québécois MP a racist. The exchange happened after Singh asked the House for unanimous consent to support a motion to review the budget of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the […]
On a windy June day, George Floyd’s name echoed across the No Frills parking lot in Innisfail, Alta., just off Highway 2 that connects Calgary and Edmonton. In a municipality of 8,000 where an organizer with United We Roll sits on town council and less than five per cent of the population identifies as a […]
Les frères Weinstein veulent distribuer le prochain film d’Olivier Marchal aux Etats-Unis. Après Intouchables le mois dernier (et surtout The Artist, que ces rois du lobbying comptent mettre sur orbite pour les Oscars), c’est un autre film français qui susciterait l’intérêt des frères Weinstein : Les Lyonnais. Selon Variety, ils seraient actuellement en discussions avec […]
L’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire a mis en ligne un portail pour signaler et surveiller la propagation du moustique tigre. Voici comment le reconnaître et pourquoi il est conseillé de déclarer sa présence dans votre département. Sommaire Comment reconnaître le moustique tigre ? Implanté dans 58 départements en France Comment s’en protéger Si vous voyez […]
OTTAWA — Tension between the two perceived frontrunners of the Conservative leadership contest reached fever pitch this weekend with Erin O’Toole’s campaign accusing leadership rival Peter MacKay of stealing confidential campaign data _ charges MacKay’s team is dismissing as a preposterous political ploy. O’Toole’s campaign issued a late-night press release Friday, saying it has filed […]
The vast majority of British Columbians would follow in New Zealand’s footsteps and ban most foreigners from buying homes in Canada, a new poll from Research Co. finds. In an online survey of 800 adults in British Columbia, 78 per cent of respondents said they were in favour of a New Zealand-style ban on foreign […]
TORONTO — An Ontario bill will make it harder to launch class action lawsuits like the ones accusing nursing homes of negligence during the COVID-19 pandemic, lawyers and advocates say. “If Bill 161 is law, our most vulnerable citizens, seniors in long-term care homes overrun with COVID, will not be able to use class actions to […]
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is investigating after thirty-eight dogs were found dead upon arrival to Toronto on a flight from Ukraine. About 500 dogs had landed at Pearson International Airport last Saturday aboard a Ukraine International Airlines flight, according to the CFIA. Thirty-eight were found dead on arrival, and many others were dehydrated, […]