Colleges and universities prepare to offer classes online this fall
TORONTO Ontario colleges and universities are preparing for online learning come September given that normal classes may be uncertain or disrupted in the event of...
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People are accidentally poisoning themselves using cleaning products
TORONTO There are a growing number of cases where people are having cleaner and disinfectant-related accidental poisonings since the COVID-19 pandemic began.According to Health Canada,...
Toronto plans for car-free streets in many neighborhoods
TORONTO A plan dubbed ActiveTO is being developed in Toronto to help residents resume regular routines on Wednesday, pledging to close some roads and improve...
Ont. to begin collecting race-based data during COVID-19
TORONTO In a bid to gain a better understanding about how and which communities are impacted hardest by COVID-19, Ontario will soon start collecting race-based...
Real estate prices won’t recover until 2022 at the earliest: CMHC
TORONTO Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. officials don’t expect real estate prices to return to pre-recession levels until late 2022 at the earliest.The Toronto Regional...
Mississauga teen shines in new Netflix comedy
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, the 18-year-old Mississauga-based teenager isstarring on the much acclaimed Netflix comedy series, Never Have I Ever. Last year she made headlines after being...
Ford won’t commit to hard dates on reopening before drop in new COVID-19 cases
TORONTO Even as Ontario Premier Ford unveiled a roadmap for opening the province, he refused to commit to a set timeframe. He insisted there needed...
Allow foreign-trained doctors to work in hospitals: Brampton Mayor
BRAMPTON There are around 7,000 foreign-trained doctors in Ontario alone who are facing regulatory hurdles in their quest to become practicing doctors. At a time...
Taxpayers on the hook for repatriation cost of many Canadians
PRADIP RODRIGUES [email protected] The largest repatriation effort in Canadian history amid the growing COVID-19 global pandemic will end up costing taxpayers millions of dollars. As...
Special flights from Amritsar to Canada arrive
SURREY Canadian High Commissioner in New Delhi, Nadir Patel, tweeted on Sunday that for Canadians in Punjab, “we have now added special flights from Amritsar...
Libs. promise help for students seeking summer jobs
OTTAWA Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal wage subsidy program for employers hit by COVID-19 will have looser standards that will help students who...
How the govt. is preventing a housing market collapse
OTTAWA Given that Canada is headed for a very painful recession, Canada’s central bank and top financial regulators are doing everything in their power to...
Canada India Foundation urges help for international students
TORONTO The Canada India Foundation (CIF) is appealing to the Government, Canadian Universities and Colleges to help International Students with a relief package so they...
Where to apply for mortgage payment deferral
UPDATED: March 28, 2020 The COVID-19, or coronavirus crisis has left many homeowners in Canada without a job or with reduced hours and wondering how...
Trudeau hikes 75% wage subsidy for small businesses hit by coronavirus pandemic
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced a major increase to the wage subsidy for small- and medium-sized businesses, boosting it to 75 percent, up from...
Over 15,000 Canadians stranded in India
SURREY More than 15,000 Canadian passport holders have registered with the Foreign Affairs Department as being stranded in India, and the federal government has made...
Mandatory quarantines for international travellers in effect
OTTAWA All travellers returning to Canada with the exception of what the federal government is calling “essential workers” will have to enter a mandatory 14-day...
What does Ontario’s state of emergency really mean?
TORONTO Given the alarming situation sweeping across the land, a state of emergency has been called in Ontario, but it doesn’t mean all places will...