It’s election day in the United States — and sports figures are involved like never before It’s no secret that the 2020 U.S. presidential election has struck a chord with people all over the world, from all facets of life. The sports world is no exception. Here are some ways inContinue Reading
WASHINGTON — After a campaign marked by rancour and fear, Americans on Tuesday decide between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden, selecting a leader to steer a nation battered by a surging pandemic that has killed more than 230,000 people, cost millions their jobs and reshaped daily life. NearlyContinue Reading
A 24-year-old Markham, Ont. man who killed his mother, father, sister, and grandmother inside their family home last summer will now learn his legal fate later this week. Wearing an orange prison jumpsuit and looking into a camera set up inside the Central East Correctional Centre, Menhaz Zaman was expectingContinue Reading
A major chain of pharmacies has “temporarily paused” flu shot vaccinations amid supply issues. In a statement provided to CP24 on Monday, Rexall said that it has “communicated to customers and patients that flu shots have been temporarily paused,” even for those who have already booked their appointments to receiveContinue Reading
Amazon said Thursday that 19,816 of its front-line US employees at Amazon and Whole Foods have tested positive or been presumed positive for the coronavirus, shedding light for the first time on how its workforce has been impacted by Covid-19. Amazon had repeatedly resisted sharing comprehensive data with the public and with its ownContinue Reading
The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are facing a grilling by Republican senators making unfounded allegations that the tech giants show anti-conservative bias. The Senate Commerce Committee has summoned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Google’s Sundar Pichai to testify for a hearing Wednesday. The executives agreedContinue Reading
A new Statistics Canada report says communities with the most visible minorities had the highest mortality rates during the first wave of the novel coronavirus. The report’s authors say it is more evidence that the pandemic is disproportionately affecting visible minorities, who are more likely to live in overcrowded housingContinue Reading
Posted Oct 26, 2020 11:03 am EDT Last Updated Oct 26, 2020 at 12:36 pm EDT AddThis Sharing Buttons General exterior view of the North York General Hospital in North York, Ont., on March 11, 2020. Another GTA hospital is dealing with an outbreak of COVID-19. On Monday, North YorkContinue Reading
B.C. real estate developer Yongtao Chen stepped onto the podium in a Vancouver hotel ballroom and enthusiastically waved a red flag to a loud round of applause. He had just accepted a new role as chairman of the Canadian Alliance of Chinese Associations (CACA) and was displaying their banner at an AugustContinue Reading
LONDONDERRY, N.H. (AP) — The coronavirus has reached the upper echelons of the White House again, with an outbreak among aides to Vice President Mike Pence just over a week from Election Day. A top White House official declared: “We’re not going to control the pandemic.” Officials on Sunday alsoContinue Reading
