Regina Police Service is reminding residents to take a number of proactive steps to prevent garage break and enters in the city. From May 11 to 18, there were 43 reported break and enters in Regina. Of these, 44 per cent or 19 were garage break-ins. Police say many were the result of unlocked […]

Most City of Peterborough services will be closed over the Victoria Day long weekend and camping has been delayed at two area campgrounds. The following will be closed on the holiday Monday; most remain closed as part of Ontario’s ongoing stay-at-home order: City hall (services are available at peterborough.ca) Arenas and Sport and Wellness […]

A new aquatic centre will open at RBJ Schlegel Park in 2025, according to an announcement from the City of Kitchener. It will feature an eight-lane, 25-metre long pool with a removable floor and ramp access, bleacher seating, community use multi-purpose rooms, public washrooms and food and beverage services. Read more: COVID-19: Kitchener councillor […]

Nova Scotians aged 30 and older are now able to book an appointment to receive a Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. While the change wasn’t announced in a news release or on the province’s vaccine appointment booking website on Monday morning, available appointments were showing up for that age group. Eligible Nova Scotians can […]

The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it got a big boost recently in its goal to save the spiny softshell turtle from extinction after a Quebec farming family agreed to sell part of its land to the NCC for a nominal sum. The Gasser family owns farmland in the Pike River and Brome Missisquoi […]

A group of workers from the non-profit community organization CARI St-Laurent is pounding the pavement in the borough going door to door to remind residents that COVID-19 still poses a high health threat and encouraging people to get vaccinated as soon as possible. The message can’t be delivered fast enough. The borough has the […]

Numerous mental health organizations have joined together in an effort to to recognize those who have stepped up during the pandemic. The Pandemic Heroes — Standing Up for Mental Health is a national awards program in partnership with Ontario Shores, The Mental Health Commission of Canada and the Canadian Mental Health Association. Ontario Shores […]

Nova Scotia has proclaimed amendments to the province’s Elections Act that were passed by the legislature in March 2020. The government said today the changes are officially in force, and they aim to make voting easier by providing internet voting to military members deployed outside the province and by offering electronic ballots at advance […]

They didn’t always agree on what to do, but scores of concerned citizens penned letters urging the federal Liberals to address police mistreatment of Black and Indigenous people as the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota helped spark indignation about injustices in Canada. Hundreds of pages of correspondence disclosed through the Access to Information […]

TORONTO — An Ontario court is expected to rule today on if the province’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout was discriminatory. The constitutional challenge turns on whether vulnerable people have had fair access to the vaccine. Those would include some people with disabilities, homebound seniors, residents of hot-spot neighbourhoods and the homeless. David Daneshvar, of Toronto, […]