India’s high commission in Ottawa has urged the Canadian government to ensure the safety of Indian nationals, particularly students, in the light of the murder of a 23-year-old in the town of Truro in Nova Scotia in the early hours of Sunday. While local police has not confirmed the motiveRead More

OTTAWA, Sept 6 (Reuters) – Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was hit by a handful of gravel on Monday, television images show, as he made his way to his campaign bus past a crowd shouting their opposition to COVID-19 vaccines. A CTV camera captured what looks to be whiteRead More

TORONTO — Proof of vaccination will be required to access non-essential businesses in Ontario, including gyms, indoor restaurants, movie theatres and concert halls, under the province’s new vaccine certification program starting Sept. 22, sources confirm to CTV News Toronto. Government sources said on Wednesday morning that Ontario residents would notRead More

TORONTO-Ontario health officials have reported nearly 700 new COVID-19 cases as the 7-day average continues to climb. The province confirmed 694 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday. The number of previously officially reported cases was 740 on Sunday, 835 on Saturday, and 781 on Friday. Ontario’s 7-day rollingRead More

OTTAWA — The federal party leaders are concentrating their campaigning efforts in Central Canada today. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is in Cambridge, Ont., this morning to make an announcement after taking yesterday off. He’s returning to the campaign trail for the first time since a Friday evening event was cancelledRead More

TORONTO — Health Canada has authorized a second COVID-19 vaccine for use in older children. The agency said Friday that it considers Moderna’s vaccine to be “safe and effective at preventing COVID-19” in children between the ages of 12 and 17. Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine was approved for the same ageRead More

TORONTO – One of the first families to land in Canada after escaping the Taliban in Afghanistan is talking about the life and death test they faced a few weeks ago. Ehsan Saadat and his family were able to walk through Toronto Park after completing the mandatory COVID-19 quarantine periodRead More

TORONTO — A member of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table has resigned from his position, alleging politics appear to be influencing public health recommendations and claiming the group is sitting on modelling data that “projects a grim fall.” Dr. David Fisman, an epidemiologist at University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana SchoolRead More

TORONTO – Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said on Sunday that the Canadian evacuation flight has evacuated more than 1,100 people from Afghanistan this month, and the 40 families evacuated before the Taliban marched into Kabul have now completed the COVID-19 quarantine period in Canada . “We have seen 12 planesRead More

OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says households paid down a record amount of non-mortgage debt in the first year of the pandemic as mortgage debt climbed by even more. The agency says from the onset of the pandemic to January 2021 that non-mortgage debt fell by $20.6 billion, including a $16.6-billionRead More