With the impending fall flu season and the continued circulation of new COVID-19 variants across the country, attention is once again turning to rapid antigen tests. Given the dwindling supply, increasing numbers of expired tests and the emergence of new COVID-19 variants in the country, the question arises: Are rapid tests still effective? Global’s Katherine
A motorcyclist is in hospital after a collision in Etobicoke Saturday evening. It happened at the intersection of Bloor Street West and Kipling Avenue shortly before 11:30 p.m. Toronto police said a 29-year-old man lost control of a 2022 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle he was riding while travelling southwest on Dundas Street West. He then drifted
Montreal is home to Canada’s largest Moroccan population and on Saturday, many community members awoke to the tragic news that the country’s central region was struck overnight by its largest recorded earthquake in over a century. Recent reports from Morocco’s interior minister indicate that the death toll has now reached 1,037, as reported by the
Federal Health Minster Mark Holland says the government will step in to assist Alberta if required, as reports of E.coli cases from an outbreak at multiple daycares in Calgary continue to rise. On Friday, Alberta Health Services (AHS) said there were 142 lab-confirmed cases linked to the outbreak, and 26 kids were stable in hospital.
The letters of support written for Danny Masterson by former co-stars Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis have been shared with the public, in which the couple vouched for Masterson’s “exceptional character” and pleaded for the judge’s leniency. Kunis and Kutcher, once main characters on That ’70s Show alongside Masterson and now married, wrote the letters
More cases continue to be linked to the Calgary daycare E. coli outbreak. And while some parents are having to watch as their kids are being hospitalized, other parents are taking action to seek restitution.On Friday, Alberta Health Services said there were 142 lab-confirmed cases linked to the outbreak and 26 kids were stable in
Homeless encampments have been multiplying across Ontario since the pandemic, but experts say this visible symptom of the national housing crisis has been a long time coming.With limited shelter space, a lack of social housing, increasing cost of home ownership and ballooning rents, more and more people are left with few options but to pitch
A social conservative group is making a push to check Pierre Poilievre’s power as the Conservative party gathers in Québec City this weekend. The Conservatives are riding high in national polling and head into this weekend’s policy convention — the party’s first in-person convention since 2018 — with a sense of cautious optimism after eight
With the impending fall flu season and the continued circulation of new COVID-19 variants across the country, attention is once again turning to rapid antigen tests. However, this flu season is different from the last, as the federal government stopped its shipments of rapid tests to the provinces and territories, meaning Canadians may have to
A Nova Scotia couple, both in their 100s, recently celebrated their 81st wedding anniversary, making them among the longest-married couples in Canada. “It is hard to believe,” said Anne Muise, 101, who married her husband Charles on July 13, 1942.The couple, who live in the Yarmouth area of Nova Scotia, are believed to be among