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Eyolfson concedes to Morantz after voting margin widens due to vote count correction
Counting error discovered, Morantz wins by 460 votes Conservative Party candidate Marty Morantz’s win in the Winnipeg riding of Charleswood-St. James-Assiniboia-Headingley was made official Tuesday, as his main opponent conceded the race. Initial counting by…
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Ontario’s COVID-19 rates lower than expected due to public health measures, say experts
‘The situation is so very fragile,’ says co-chair of province’s modelling consensus table. Ontario’s daily COVID-19 case counts are lower than what many experts had expected by now, and while they point to a number…
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Restaurants weather wave of hostility to Ontario’s vaccine passport
Once the passport becomes the norm, the hope is aggressive incidents will die down. Gayna Martyniuk wasn’t expecting things to go smoothly when she opened her coffee shop on the first day of Ontario’s vaccine passport,…
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Ford calls for patience as Ontario’s vaccine certificate system kicks in Wednesday
Patrons at dine-in restaurants, nightclubs, gyms and other venues now required to show vaccine receipts. Ontario Premier Doug Ford called for patience Wednesday, as the province’s vaccine passport system went into effect and asked for…
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Canada Resumes Direct Flights from India, Toronto-Delhi Flight Operations to Start Soon
Air Canada, the largest airline of the North American country Canada, is finally resuming operations after over a four-month pause. The country suspended flight services from India in April this year owing to surge in…
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Toronto teacher charged with sexually assaulting child
A Toronto man employed as a teacher at an elementary school in East York has been charged with sexually assaulting a child. According to Toronto police, a man worked as a babysitter for a seven-year-old…
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How the main federal parties plan to tax the wealthy
From wealth taxes to a more robust CRA, the top parties have different plans to revamp Canada’s tax system. The federal NDP and Conservatives typically don’t agree on much, but they have aligned on at least…
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Canadians set new record at advance polls, nearly a million more votes expected to arrive by mail
Close to 5.8 million Canadians voted over the four days of advance polling. A record number of Canadians voted in advance polls and nearly a million more ballots are expected to arrive by mail as we enter the…
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Western University tightens campus security after reports of sexual violence, student death and arrests made.
Western University has increased security on campus and in student residences following several reports of sexual assault during Orientation Week. Around the same time, a first-year student died after a violent assault near campus, adding…
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Parents worry about distancing as school hits 150% capacity
OCDSB plans to address anticipated overcrowding, though school would remain far over-capacity. A school board’s plan to address anticipated overcrowding at a west Ottawa elementary school would only bring enrolment down to around 150 per cent…
