COVID-19
COVID-19 tests available
By Bird Bouchard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter – The Ridgetown Independent News More COVID-19 rapid tests are set to be distributed throughout Ontario this week. […]
National
Featured
Migrant worker from Jamaica dies in COVID-19 isolation in Essex while waiting to start work
By RCI Canada A temporary foreign worker who recently arrived in Ontario from Jamaica has died while in isolation for COVID-19, CBC News has learned. […]
COVID-19
Ottawa still hasn’t delivered on promise to test all travellers entering Canada from outside the U.S.
Ottawa is still only randomly testing fully vaccinated international travellers upon arrival, despite announcing almost six weeks ago (new window) that all travellers entering Canada from outside the U.S. […]
COVID-19
Passengers on Sunwing party plane could face jail time, thousands in fines
A group of Quebec influencers and reality show stars could be facing thousands of dollars in fines, after videos surfaced showing them partying without masks […]
National
Governor General announces 135 new appointments to the Order of Canada
By: Jacob Cardinal, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Alberta Native News On December 19, 2021 Canada’s Governor General, Mary Simon — the first Indigenous governor general […]
National
Ontario court awards $107M to families of Flight PS752 victims
An Ontario court has awarded $107 million, plus interest, to the families of six people who died in the destruction of Ukraine International Airlines Flight […]
Local Journalism Initiative
‘God seemed to have other plans’
By: Peter Jackson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Telegram When I get where I’m going There’ll be only happy tears I will shed the sins […]
COVID-19
Waning protection from 2 doses shows need for COVID-19 boosters, says head of Ontario’s science table
Protection provided by COVID-19 vaccines against infection by the novel coronavirus has waned dramatically since the highly infectious Omicron variant started spreading across Ontario, according […]
Art & Life
Quebec’s Jean-Marc Vallée, director of Big Little Lies, Dallas Buyers Club, dead at 58
Quebec filmmaker and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series Big Little Lies and whose 2013 drama Dallas Buyers Club earned multiple Oscar nominations, […]
Local Journalism Initiative
Canada welcomed more Immigrants in 2021 than it has ever before in its history
By Shazia Nazir / Local Journalism Initiative Canada has welcomed 401,000 permanent residents in 2021. The historic high was announced by Immigration Minister Sean Fraser […]