A woman in Eastern Passage, N.S. has come forward saying her great-aunt was a fire warden in photo A sepia-tinged photo of an all-Black volunteer fire brigade posing around a Halifax doorstep during the Second World has sparked a flurry of online sleuthing to identify the 16 men and three women featured. The young women wear dresses and top coats while…
‘We were eager to start as soon as possible,’ says head of Laval regional health board Two weeks away from the COVID-19 pandemic’s first anniversary, the province’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign is entering a new phase. The general population is now able to schedule appointments to get their shots, and in some parts of the province, get their first dose by the end…
Barry Conway, 34, is charged with assaulting the leader of a group that crashed the Pride festival A local union leader will face trial next month on a charge that he assaulted the leader of a group that crashed Hamilton’s 2019 Pride festival. Barry Conway, 34, is charged with assault following a fracas at the June 15, 2019 Pride in…
Customer received serious life-threatening injuries after van drove directly into store Saskatoon police say a woman received serious life-threatening injuries and was taken to hospital after a minivan drove into a business. On Tuesday, police were called to the 700 block of Central Avenue at about 12:20 p.m. The van had driven directly into the store, hitting a 32-year-old customer…
Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership had asked for designated emergency space City councillors in Saskatoon heard concerns from administration Tuesday about designating a city-run facility as an overnight emergency cold weather emergency shelter. Earlier this month, the Saskatoon Housing Initiatives Partnership (SHIP) wrote a letter to council asking that a facility such as a leisure centre be opened to homeless people…
‘It’s just really important to me to let other Black youth know that they’re not alone’ Tyler Simmonds can pinpoint a time during his last year of high school when everything changed. He remembers feeling overwhelmed, anxious and depressed. “I got to this point where I thought to myself, ‘I don’t even know if I want to be here anymore,’ and…
CBC has compiled a list of active exposure notices in the province HalifaxAnyone who worked at or visited the following locations on the specified dates and times should book a COVID-19 test on the self-assessment website or by contacting 811, regardless of whether they have COVID-19 symptoms. Individuals who were at the following locations during the listed times do not…
N.S. Health issues several potential exposure notices, including 4 Halifax Transit routes With several new cases of COVID-19 in Nova Scotia for which public health officials have not been able to find a source, increased testing capacity is in the works and the province’s top doctor is urging people to get tested. Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. Robert Strang…
Phone lines jammed, website crashes as shots for seniors become hottest ticket in the province Alberta Health Services phone lines were jammed and its website kept crashing on Wednesday as the COVID-19 vaccination booking system opened to all Albertans born in 1946 or earlier — although the province said 43,000 had managed to book and some were already being vaccinated by 7…
Canadian finance ministers traditionally hold a prebudget event with the media to unveil their new footwear and drop hints about the government’s plan for the upcoming fiscal year. As with many traditions, the pandemic has forced that practice to the sidelines, at least for 2021. Instead, the Alberta government released a fully produced video on Wednesday of Finance Minister Travis…