MONTREAL — Officials were called to investigate an abandoned truck that residents said was leaking fluid in LaSalle on Wednesday afternoon. Last night: A haz-mat team, ambulance and fire departments were called after truck carrying dangerous material found abandoned on Léger near Newman boulevard in LaSalle. @CTVMontreal pic.twitter.com/gYVP6jU7K1 — Cosmo Santamaria (@cosmoCTV) May 28, 2020 […]
TORONTO — Crews have begun painting circles on the grass at Trinity Bellwoods Parks in downtown Toronto as a means to enforce physical distancing and avoid a repeat of last weekend when thousands of people descended on the west-end park. The city announced on Wednesday afternoon that it would paint the circles as a way […]
TORONTO — The COVID-19 pandemic has created a daunting economic situation in the Niagara Falls region, one of the biggest and most important hubs for tourism in Canada. With few tourists and everything from casinos, to boat tours and restaurants closed, streets and attractions are deserted. “14 million people come here every year and right […]
KITCHENER — Comments made at the Waterloo Catholic District School Board meeting on Monday night have sparked outrage and disappointment. School board trustees unveiled an altered version of the Pride flag, which looks much different from the traditional rainbow. Sarah Mathers says she always wanted to see more inclusion while she was a student at […]
SASKATOON — An empty home in the city’s upscale Briarwood neighbourhood that came dangerously close to being on the receiving end of a city demolition crew last year may finally be safe. The home, located in the 100 block of Beechdale Crescent, had been vacant for several years, with some neighbours pitching in to care […]
BURNABY, B.C. — People living at five B.C. care facilities have a new way to visit with family, while keeping safe from the spread of COVID-19. PARC Retirement Living set up “family meetup centres” at locations around the Lower Mainland. The storage containers have been outfitted with a partition that allows residents to enter from […]
LONDON, ONT. — The City of London and the Downtown YMCA have teamed up to help give people living on the streets a place to shower during the COVID-19 restrictions. The showers are by appointment only and are being coordinated with the help of outreach agencies. They were first made available Tuesday, and there’s capacity […]
