Porcupine Health Unit declares COVID outbreak at Pepco in Hearst
The Porcupine Health Unit is declaring an outbreak of COVID-19 at Pepco in Hearst.

The Porcupine Health Unit is declaring an outbreak of COVID-19 at Pepco in Hearst.
The raising of a purple flag at Timmins city hall Monday invokes more than the need to raise awareness for epilepsy, it also honours the challenges people impacted by the disorder have been facing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A two-day dispute between workers at a business in Temiskaming Shores has led to one of the workers being charged with making threats.
One of the longest-standing businesses in northern Ontario will close at the end of the month. For more than a century, Lafrance Furs has been operated by members of the family spanning three generations.
Following the biggest single-day surge of COVID cases on Monday, the medical officer of health in Greater Sudbury says the city should be in the red zone, judging by the numbers alone.
Ontario Provincial Police on Manitoulin Island is investigating after a social media account used by Espanola High School was hacked.
As part of their International Baccalaureate program requirements, four students at Chippewa Secondary School brought the talk of mental health to the forefront at their school.
The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit has received lab confirmation that two people in the district of Parry Sound have tested positive for one of the COVID-19 variants.
The Porcupine Health Unit is declaring an outbreak of COVID-19 at Pepco in Hearst.
As provinces and territories weigh how they'll handle administering the AstraZeneca doses after a national advisory committee cautioned against giving them to people aged 65 and up, Procurement Minister Anita Anand said the first 500,000 doses are set to land in Canada on Wednesday.
A 36-year-old Sudbury man is facing trafficking and other charges after police pulled him over for speeding Feb. 25.
The Canada Revenue Agency says some taxpayers who repaid COVID-19 related benefits in 2020 are getting incorrect tax slips.
Reggae pioneer Bunny Wailer's death at age 73 closes an incredible chapter of music history.
A driver doing doughnuts in the middle of a street in Los Angeles hit a pedestrian, put her in the car, then fled from police.
Scientists used a particle accelerator to learn more about Little Foot, a 3.67-million-year-old Australopithecus fossil.
This artist garnered three million views after she narrowly escaped ruining a prized painting of her grandfather.
Montrealer Carlos Viani shares his 'confinement diaries' – images of how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping the city.
A 10-second video was sold for US$6.6 million last week, showing just how much the non-fungible token market is booming.
Indonesia's Mount Sinabung sent a plume of ash over 11,000 feet above sea level, the country's volcanic monitoring agency, said.
A Toronto photographer is working with Ugandan girls to preserve their history in pictures.
The first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are set to arrive in Canada Wednesday as confusion persists over who should get it.
Federal officials stress the fact Canada now has three vaccines that can drive down hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19.
As some provinces open COVID-19 vaccinations to their oldest residents, experts say meeting up with older loved ones who’ve received the vaccine remains a dilemma.
Canada has administered the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to 3.87 per cent of the country's population.
The Canadian military says aircraft and ships have responded to an emergency aboard a Canadian fishing vessel that has been damaged by fire off of the coast of Nova Scotia.