A Sudbury-based biostatistician says the COVID-19 positivity rate for people in Kashechewan is "incredibly" high, and getting vaccines into arms is the only way to deal with the crisis.
Kashechewan, a first nation community of eighteen hundred members, is getting hit hard with COVID-19.
An update on the COVID-19 crisis in the remote First Nation of Kashechewan is expected as an outbreak ravages the community.
The Canada Revenue Agency says thousands of self-employed workers who received emergency benefits last year won't have to repay any of it, as long as they meet certain conditions.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says it has received a significantly higher volume of calls from taxpayers this tax season compared to a year ago and, as a result, wait times to access services have also increased.
The federal government has not extended the April 30 tax deadline for 2020 returns, and accountants say that’s leaving some Canadians in a lurch.
With income tax deadlines approaching, the federal government is warnings that filing late could mean delays of up to two months for anyone hoping to receive any of the various COVID-19 financial relief benefits.
Worker and patient advocates in multiple provinces are calling for permanent paid sick days, arguing that the federal COVID-19 sick leave benefit has too many restrictions for lower-income, precarious and migrant workers.
An individual who was struck and killed by a vehicle in Espanola Saturday, has now been identified.
A Sudbury-based biostatistician says the COVID-19 positivity rate for people in Kashechewan is "incredibly" high, and getting vaccines into arms is the only way to deal with the crisis.
The Sudbury Arts Council is concerned about the future of the Bell Mansion, the current home to the Art Gallery of Sudbury.
The Invasive Species Centre's new program aims to get volunteers on board to help monitor invasive mussels in Ontario's waterways.
Kashechewan, a First Nation community of 1,800 people in Ontario's far north, is getting hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Premier Doug Ford said he will meet with the province's top doctor to make a decision about whether Ontario can make an earlier move to Step 2.
The driver of a utility terrain vehicle was killed on Tuesday in a crash on Highway 11 between Smooth Rock Falls and Cochrane, provincial police say.
The Chief Commanda has been docked in Callander since 2019 due to the pandemic, but officials say it will be in Lake Nipissing soon.
A 58-year-old resident of Hearst is facing several drug-related charges after Ontario Provincial Police pulled them over during a traffic stop June 5 in the Town of Temagami.
Help for the struggling James Bay community of Kashechewan has been slow in coming, as COVID-19 infections surge through overcrowded homes and isolation facilities remain non-existent, Chief Leo Friday said on Wednesday.
Indigenous leaders of Keeseekoose First Nation in Saskatchewan say the community is struggling to cope with the intergenerational trauma caused by a residential school that once operated in the area, with many residents turning to drugs and alcohol to cope.
China launched the first three-man crew to its new space station in its first crewed mission in five years Thursday.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia's Vladimir Putin exchanged cordial words and plotted modest steps on arms control and diplomacy but emerged from their much-anticipated Swiss summit Wednesday largely where they started -- with deep differences on human rights, cyberattacks, election interference and more.
A plea has been entered in the case of a B.C. couple accused of chartering a flight to a remote Yukon community to get their COVID-19 vaccinations before they were eligible in their home province.
The Coca-Cola stock took a $4 billion dive after soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo pushed Coke bottles away from him during a press conference.
Canada is now the closest it has ever been to making a World Cup in 24 years. Vanessa Lee on the major mistake that led to Canadian triumph.
Caught on cam: A large tornado seen in a D'Arcy, Sask. farm field damaged crops as the province was hit by severe weather on June 15.
MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos is donating $2.7 billion to a number of charities including groups fighting racial injustice.
A herd of 15 wild Asian elephants have made a 500-kilometre journey from a Chinese nature reserve, defying attempts to redirect them.
A California university student's graduation photos taken in farm fields where she worked with her family have gone viral.
