A pub trivia contest held in the Fraser Health region is now at the centre of a growing COVID-19 outbreak, even though events like pub trivia nights are currently banned under public health orders. “While we are unable to confirm specific details involving individual businesses, we can confirm that anRead More

Digging and plowing ensued Tuesday morning as people in southern Ontario woke up to more than 20 centimetres of snow in some regions after a heavy snowfall, resulting in multiple school closures across the province. Some areas saw strong winds, gusting up to 60 km/h Monday night into Tuesday morning,Read More

India’s Serum Institute will ship COVID-19 vaccines to Canada within a month, its chief executive said Monday, a sign a diplomatic row triggered by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s comments on political protests in India was easing. Trudeau said the months-long protests by farmers on the outskirts of Delhi wereRead More

Some teachers and education unions are criticizing the Ford government’s decision to delay March break this year as part of its effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said Thursday the postponement of the break to the week of April 12 will help limitRead More

New Delhi, February 12 The Foreign Office on Friday said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in his telephonic conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, had spoken approvingly of New Delhi’s handling of the farmers’ protests. “On the farmers’ protests, PM Trudeau commended efforts of the Government of IndiaRead More

Manitoba has made a deal to buy two million doses of a Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine on the condition it gets approved for use in Canada and is delivered by the end of the year. The province has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a vaccine under development by Canadian biotechnologyRead More

New Delhi, February 10 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received a call from his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau. “Assured him that India would do its best to facilitate supplies of Covid vaccines sought by Canada. We also agreed to continue collaborating on other important issues like Climate Change andRead More

People in Alberta, Quebec and Nova Scotia will see some COVID-19 restrictions lifted Monday, while students in more than a dozen public health regions in Ontario who had been learning remotely will venture back into the classroom. Quebec is again allowing non-essential businesses, including personal care businesses like hair salons,Read More

Air Canada is putting all Rouge flights on hold as a result of new travel rules brought in by the government last week to scale back non-essential travel even more. The rules targeted flights to sun destinations in the Caribbean, and most Air Canada flights to that area are operatedRead More

A group of young volunteers is working at Calgary’s Dashmesh Culture Centre to help Sikh seniors with safety and proper mask use, which is an issue for some in the community. Some men struggle with their beards and turbans when it comes to wearing a mask correctly, and can alsoRead More