Ontario reported two more COVID-19-related deaths on Sunday, as the number of intensive care patients remained virtually unchanged. The province says the two deaths happened last month and one of those deaths was a resident of a long-term care home. As of March 2020, the province says 13,225 people have died from the virus. The …
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Toronto Maple Leafs striker Jason Spezza today announced his retirement from the National Hockey League after 19 seasons. With his announcement, Spezza will join the Maple Leafs reception as Special Assistant to General Manager Kyle Dubas with immediate effect. “It’s hard to describe the positive and lasting impact Jason Spezza had on his three seasons …
Waterloo Regional Police have arrested a 63-year-old man from Cambridge who cut someone’s tires before firing a shotgun at officers and crashed inside an apartment. In a press release, police said they received a report from a man with a knife in the car park at 95 Water Street in Cambridge around 10am on Friday …
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Oleksandr Striuk, the head of the military civilian administration in the stormed Ukrainian industrial city of Severodonetsk, said on Saturday that Ukrainian forces were in a “tough defensive position” as fighting erupted on the outskirts of the city. Speaking on national television, Striuk said some of the most intense fighting was concentrated around the Mir …
In the town of Lamont, northeastern Alberta, residents have been warned to guard against a possible wild boar invasion. Itinerant pigs have been detected within the city limits, prompting the community to send a safety warning. “Stay calm and move slowly,” the notice says. “Don’t corner or provoke the animal.” For decades, Alberta has fought …
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If four years ago you had asked most people to name the biggest crisis Oshawa is facing, it would have been obvious. No doubt Mayor Dan Carter remembers it. It was days before he took office when General Motors announced that it planned to effectively close operations at its Oshawa facility, eliminating 2,500 jobs. “You …
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The youth party becomes violent Photo: Castanet Staff Police are investigating a major party on McArthur Island after it turned violent last weekend. Mounties said they responded to McArthur Island on Saturday, May 21 around 10:20 p.m., after receiving several calls reporting a group of about 80 to 100 young people partying and fighting. According …
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When Federal Justice Minister David Lametti reacted last week to the passage of Quebec’s language law reform, he pointed to the provincial government’s proactive use of the clause however to protect the law of the United States. constitutional challenges. Lametti and other critics of Bill 96 say the government’s use of this clause — section …
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A new meteor shower could illuminate the night sky on Memorial Day Monday and Tuesday (May 30-31) or it could be a major failure. But either way, you can watch it live online. Called the Tau Herculid meteor shower, the event has the potential to be a so-called “meteorite storm” of 1,000 shooting stars per …
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Representation of 1818, a 54-unit tower overlooking Stanley Park, from Landa Global Properties. Landa Global Properties Vancouver’s line of billionaires on Alberni Street is gaining momentum again after a break in the West End luxury market in recent years. By 2018, the West End condo market had slowed, especially at the end of luxury and …
On Alberni Street in Vancouver, the luxury shopper has returned Read More »