COVID-19
Pfizer has enough data to request emergency use of vaccine
By: Lynn Desjardins The pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and BioNTech are now announcing new test results that show their vaccine against COVID-19 is 95 per cent […]
Month: November 2020
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Legislation to overhaul Privacy Act said to be coming as soon as this week
By: Terry Haig Canada’s federal government plans to introduce a bill to overhaul Canada’s privacy laws, possibly as soon as this week, according to media […]
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Man From Toronto Films… in Milton?!
By: Laura Steiner Milton is getting its Hollywood closeup this week. The Man from Toronto featuring Woody Harleson, Kevin Hart, and Kaley Cuoco is shutting […]
COVID-19
Positive Moderna vaccine test results could be very good news for Canadians
By: Terry Haig A second COVID-19 vaccine developed by a company that has an procurement agreement with Canada is showing promising results in early trials. Moderna announced […]
Opinion/Letters
The Seduction of “Normal”
By: Laura Steiner We begin with a tweet from Ward 1 Councillor Kristina Tesser Derksen: We knew this pattern would emerge: peaks of transmission, with […]
COVID-19
Meghani Releases Letter as Halton Moves to Control Level
By: Laura Steiner The province of Ontario has announced Halton will moved to the red (control) level in the COVID-19 Response Framework as of Monday […]
COVID-19
Ontario Updates COVID19 Framework
By: Laura Steiner Ontario has updated its COVID-19 framework. The new guidelines lower the thresholds for all five colour-coded levels in the initial framework. The […]
COVID-19
Flores Wins Reprisal Claim Against Employer
By: Laura Steiner Gabriel Flores Flores has won a record claim against his employer. Flores, a migrant worker with Scottlynn Farms, was fired for speaking […]
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Milton Gets Funding for New Transit Operations Facility
By: Laura Steiner Milton is getting a new Transit Operations Facility. The project is a result of a partnership between all three levels of government. […]
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Ontario Unveils Memorial to Heroes of the Afghanistan War
By: Laura Steiner Ontario has unveiled a permanent memorial to Canadian soldiers’ who served in Afghanistan. The campaign lasted from 2001-2011 as an active combat […]