TORONTO – There are now five known cases of monkeypox in Toronto, and the city’s public health unit is confirming three new cases of the virus. TORONTO – There are now five known cases of monkeypox in Toronto, and the city’s public health unit is confirming three new cases of the virus. Toronto Public Health …
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Joy Suluk of Arviat, Nunavut, was only 10 years old when she first saw a picture of Queen Elizabeth. It was 1963, and like most government buildings at the time, there was a picture of the queen hanging on the wall of the federal Eskimo Point hostel where Suluk was going to school. “We used …
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A powerful storm that moved south of Manitoba earlier this week destroyed part of a dike that protects a residential area near Gimli from high water on Lake Winnipeg. Entire sections of the wooden dike along Willow Island Lake were shattered by the action of the waves on Tuesday, when strong northerly winds raised the …
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Ontario PC Party Leader Doug Ford and wife Karla react after he was re-elected as the Premier of Ontario in Toronto on June 2.Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press A complaisant Ontario electorate has rewarded Doug Ford with another majority government, even larger than his first. For a political leader, to win back-to-back elections is really good. …
The Nova Scotia Teachers Union (NSTU) has elected Ryan Lutes as president after winning 51 per cent of the vote in a second ballot election Thursday. More than 9,500 members of the NSTU cast their ballots electronically during the first round of voting last Wednesday, but no winner was declared. In order to win, a candidate …
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A local bird watcher is questioning action being taken by the provincial government to deal with double-crested cormorants, better known as “shags.” The sea birds have become problematic in some areas like Ontario and Nova Scotia and the provincial government has signaled its intention to cull the birds from certain areas in this province. …
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When SooToday spoke to Ross Romano late last night after 19 straight hours of campaigning, he was still talking about going out at midnight to pick up election signs Rosario (Ross) Romano’s Election Day started at 4:10 a.m. with his morning smoothie. When Romano’s in what he thinks might be a tight race, he pulls out …
Rings, watches, and necklaces valued at more than $100,000 were stolen from a Whitby jewelry store as part of a smash-and-grab robbery last month. The robbery happened at around 2 a.m. on Sunday May 22, on Brock Street, south of Dundas Street. According to Durham police, an unknown number of suspects smashed the store’s windows …
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Fundraiser to take place June 11 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Marconi Habitat for Humanity is launching a new fundraiser and you’re invited. Touch-a-Truck is set to take place on June 11 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Marconi Cultural Event Centre, with a limited-noise sensory friendly hour from 10 to 11 …
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A senior University of British Columbia student is thanking several classmates for saving his life four months after students at the school’s Kelowna campus gave him cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for at least 20 minutes. Murray Forbes, a 77-year-old engineering student at UBC Okanagan, suffered a heart attack on his way to class in February. “I turned into …