Despite a dip in January home sales year over year, they were still historically high right across the GTA, and that’s keeping in line with industry forecast for the rest of this year. The Toronto regional real estate board says it expects 110,000 homes to be sold through its systemsContinue Reading
Just when it looked like things were moving in the right direction, a second protest started causing issues on highway four in southern Alberta. Protesters actually arrived at the spot on Tuesday in a show of support for the demonstrations in Coutts, but it wasn’t until Wednesday night that theyContinue Reading
There’s frustration along parts of the Canada U.S. border yesterday night over protests supporting the convoy in Ottawa. Trucker demonstrations are causing delays and disruptions near crossings in Emerson, Manitoba, along with Coutts, Alberta. As the reporter described, there’s still a large crowd blocking the highway that leads to theContinue Reading
Thousands of protesters have descended on Parliament Hill and have been rallying against COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine mandates for two days. Organizers and some truckers say there’s no plan to end the demonstrations anytime soon. CBC News reporter have been out in the crowd throughout the day, he described theContinue Reading
Canada’s long-term care homes are still being hit hard in the pandemic. Just over half the people who have died of COVID in Canada were residents of long-term care and retirement homes, which is roughly 16,000 people. There are outbreaks right now at more than 2,000 facilities across the country,Continue Reading
Some school districts have stopped tracking COVID-19 cases and are instead reporting overall absences, which isn’t ideal for some parentss, but experts say is still a useful public health tool. Learning that British Columbia will no longer track Covid cases in schools made Jordan and his wife more confident inContinue Reading
Pfizer is now testing its new Omicron-based shot. Pfizer CEO Dr. Albert Bourla said: “We are looking to see if we can create a vaccine that covers Omicron and doesn’t forget the other variance.” In a news release, the drug maker announced its trial includes fourteen hundred healthy adults inContinue Reading
The pandemic has caused a whole lot of travel disruption, but it has also created opportunities for innovation. Recently, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has big plans for technological innovations to speed up travel, but privacy experts say the agency must ensure that the information is being stored securelyContinue Reading
In most parts of the country, fewer than half of Canadian children ages five to eleven have received their first Covid vaccine dose, but there are three places leading the charge with high vaccination rates. Newfoundland and Labrador is given first doses to more than 74 percent of all childrenContinue Reading
Two weeks after Omicron forced Ontarians to again desert city streets with indoor dining closed and in store shopping capped, premier Doug Ford is now eyeing plans to reopen. He stressed on Thursday that Ontario government can be confident that the worst is behind us. At the end of theContinue Reading
