Skate Canada announced on Tuesday that it is submitting a formal bid to host the ISU World Figure Skating Championships in 2024 in Montreal, Quebec. Montreal was supposed to be the host city for the event in March 2020, but… »
Highlights
Many employees don’t want a return to office full-time
A new survey suggests that about one in three professionals now working from home would rather look for a new job than go back to the office full time. The proportion of Canadians working from home increased from 17 per… »
Internet, Science & Technology, Society
Ex-chief justice calls for regulation of social media
The former chief justice of the Supreme Court says Canada needs an independent agency to regulate social media and she says it should have the power to order them to remove offending material. “The legal tools we have at the… »
Top doctors in Ontario call for province-wide stay-at-home order
The top medical health officers from Toronto, Peel and Ottawa asked the Ontario government on Monday to impose further restrictions to stop the surge of COVID-19 infections. In a letter, signed by Dr. Eileen de Villa, Dr. Vera Etches and… »
Montreal based parcel delivery company Intelcom expands to Australia
Intelcom, a Montreal based parcel delivery company, announced Tuesday the launch of its international operations with the opening of its first station in Australia. In a press release, Intelcom said that its subsidiary Dragonfly Shipping will make its first deliveries… »
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Two more East Coast fishers appear to have died at sea
On a weekend that saw the region severely battered by a freezing rain storm, it appears that two more fishers on Canada’s East Coast have died at sea. They were part of a five-person crew aboard the FV Tyhawk fishing… »
After a terrific run in Miami, Andreescu comes up short against Barty in final
After missing the better part of the last year and a half–playing just briefly in Australia this winter–after suffering a severe injury at the WTA finals in in Shenzhen, China in October, 2019, when she badly injured her left knee,… »
Canadian faithful stream religious services, pray more, but donate less: poll
As many Canadians prepare to mark their second Easter amid growing restrictions due to the pandemic’s third wave, a new survey shows they have adapted remarkably well to the new reality of live streamed religious services even as they crave… »
Canadians can easily cut food waste: study
Canadians are said to be among the world’s worst when it comes to wasting food, but a new study suggests they could easily do better. The Hellman’s food company commissioned a study of over 1,000 families and found they could… »
Health, International, Society
Many older adults in Ontario are going all in on COVID misinformation: study
New research by the Ontario Medical Association suggests that about six per cent of Ontario residents are spreading misinformation about COVID-19 and most of them are between the ages of 55 and 64. Men (52%) and women (48%) in that… »
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