Covid-19 cases are rising in many parts of Canada, but one region – Nunavut, a northern territory – is a rare place in North America that can say it’s free of coronavirus in its communities. Last March, as borders around the world were slamming shut as coronavirus infections rose, officials in Nunavut decided they too […]
The total number of COVID-19 cases in Canada has passed 200,000. The latest cases from Saskatchewan lifted the national tally over the bleak milestone. The development comes just over four months after Canada reached the 100,000-case threshold. The bulk of the country’s caseload has been concentrated in Ontario and Quebec, though numbers have been surging […]
A dancer who appeared in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics Games in London has died at the age of 56. Dave Toole, from Leeds, was watched by a TV audience of millions as he performed an aerial routine suspended high above the Olympic Stadium. He was born without the use of his legs, […]
Although Canada and the U.S. have agreed to close their shared land border to non-essential travel, they don’t appear to agree on several related issues — including what to do next. More than seven months after the border closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump have offered up contradictory messages about […]
For a story to warm the hearts of readers the writer must first of all either re-create history or share one that will set a new path for readers, Stacy M. Amewoyi drew the readers’ attention to her ability to do both but with impressive delight in the former. That has somehow placed her in […]
The U.S. federal government, continuing its string of executions this year, has set the dates for two more, including the first woman in more than six decades. Lisa Montgomery is expected to receive lethal injection on December 8, the Justice Department says. In 2004, she was convicted of strangling a Missouri woman who was eight-months […]
TORONTO — Canadians’ opinions of their neighbour and biggest trading partner sank to record lows over the past year, with more than three in five Canadians holding an unfavourable view of the United States and a growing minority who see the country as an enemy, according to the Environics Institute survey, Focus Canada, published on Thursday. […]
TORONTO — The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Canadian food banks to get creative in their approach to giving out food and collecting donations this year. Multiple drive-thru collections have been set up across the country for Thanksgiving weekend. The Regina Food Bank staged its first drive-thru on Saturday, where normally collection would be done door-to-door […]
TORONTO — A Canadian tourist who admitted to stealing fragments from the ancient city of Pompeii has returned the artifacts, blaming them for “years of bad luck.” According to Italian newspaper Il Messagero, the Canadian woman, identified only as Nicole, sent a package containing two white mosaic tiles, two pieces of an amphora vase and a […]
