Canada has confirmed its first “presumptive” case of the deadly coronavirus in Toronto as the number of infections worldwide surpasses 1,900 cases. Public health officials announced Saturday afternoon the confirmed case — a man in his 50s who had travelled to Wuhan, China — was found at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Within a day of arriving, officials say, he became… Read More »
Canada has confirmed its first “presumptive” case of the deadly coronavirus in Toronto as the number of infections worldwide surpasses 1,400 cases. Public health officials announced Saturday afternoon the confirmed case — a man in his 50s who had travelled to Wuhan, China — was found at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. The man flew from Wuhan to Guangzhou, then… Read More »
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WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is introducing legislation that aims to create a better resolution process for disputes over physician billing. According to a government press release, in 2015, physician billing totalled $741 million, with $7,000 determined to be an overpayment. That translates to a recovery rate of less than one-thousandth of one per cent. The release said… Read More »
Ottawa is balking at a pledge to consent to the certification of a proposed class action lawsuit over First Nation child welfare — less than two months after the justice and Indigenous services ministers publicly said the federal government wanted to settle the case, according to one of the lawyers on the file. Justice Canada informed lawyers handling the proposed… Read More »
In the theatre world, a ghost light serves a couple of purposes — one practical, one more mystical. On the practical level, it’s a light left on a stage at the end of the night to keep the next person wandering into the theatre from stumbling around in the dark. On a spiritual level, it’s intended to provide… Read More »
After years of calls for administration to create a one-stop, survivor-focused office, a new Sexual Violence Resource Centre will open its doors on Monday to students, faculty and staff at the University of Manitoba. Community members will be able to seek general information, referrals and counselling through the office. Read more from the Winnipeg Free Press by clicking… Read More »
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service responded to a fire in a 14-storey apartment building in the first block of Chesterfield Avenue around 9:51 p.m. on Jan. 24. According o the WFPS, crews were sent to the building after its automatic alarm went off. A second alarm was called, increasing the number of firefighters and equipment on… Read More »
People living in a St. Vital apartment building were forced to leave their homes on Friday night when a fire broke out in a suite on the third floor of the highrise. Fire crews arrived at the 14-storey building on Chesterfield Avenue between Dakota Street and St. Mary’s Road at 9:51 p.m., the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service said in… Read More »
TORONTO — Statistics Canada got more than it bargained for when it posted a poll on Twitter that asked “what age were you when you bought your first house?” The seemingly innocuous question, however, was met with mockery and disdain by some vocal users. The plight of Canadians unable to afford to buying a home in skyrocketing markets… Read More »