TORONTO — People without COVID-19 symptoms should no longer be going to Ontario’s testing centres, the government said Thursday, as it looked to tackle crippling lineups at its assessment sites. The significant change comes after the province spent months saying that anyone who wanted a test could get one. Premier Doug Ford, who has faced weeks […]
As the White House releases 112 pages of colorful comments—and personal information—after it asked for the public to weigh in on its so-called Election Integrity Commission and received an overwhelmingly negative response, a new lawsuit aims to protect voters’ privacy rights by stopping the controversial commission’s sweeping data demand. The Trump-established commission, headed by Vice […]
Less than 24 hours after the Republican plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act was defeated in the Senate, two progressive representatives challenged all members of Congress to take a pledge committing to advocate for single-payer healthcare. Reps. John Conyers (D-MI) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) streamed a press conference on Facebook Live Friday afternoon to […]
Decrying it as “investigatory overreach” and a “clear abuse of government authority,” web hosting provider DreamHost is challenging a request it received from the Justice Department for information about visitors to a client’s site used to organize protests against President Donald Trump on his Inauguration Day. In a blog post titled “We Fight for the […]
Having dropped more than 50 inches of rain in an area east of Houston, Hurricane Harvey was officially declared “the most extreme rain event in U.S. history” on Tuesday. The National Weather Service sent out notice Tuesday morning that Mary’s Creek at Winding Road in Southeast Houston reported 49.2 inches of rain, but that number […]
The Department of Justice said on Tuesday that it will not bring federal charges against the six police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray. AP reports: The investigation into Gray’s death has been ongoing since 2015. A report released by the Justice Department last year in the aftermath of Gray’s death found that […]
Green groups and public health advocates on Monday denounced the European Commission’s vote in favor of extending the license of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide which scientists have labeled as a “likely carcinogen.” Eighteen member states of the European Union approved of the use of the weed-killer’s use for the next five […]
Alex Albon was left scratching his head after qualifying in Sochi, the Red Bull driver puzzled by the 1.1s gap conceded to teammate Max Verstappen. Albon rounded off the top-ten in Q3, 1.704s adrift from poleman Lewis Hamilton, but the British-Thai racer was especially focused on his performance relative to Verstappen. Asked where he was […]
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OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he could see his party supporting the Liberals for their full mandate. In an interview with “Follow-Up,” HuffPost Canada’s political podcast, which will be released late Friday, Singh said his goal is to use his current position — as one of three opposition parties with the balance of […]