Ontario is reporting more than 3,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus for a third consecutive day, as total cases of the disease surpassed 200,000 since it first emerged almost a year ago. The province reported 3,266 new infections of COVID-19 on Wednesday, up from the 3,128 cases logged a…

LOS ANGELES, UNITED STATES — Rapper Kanye West and his reality TV star wife Kim Kardashian West are living separately and undergoing marriage counselling, NBC News reported, citing a source close to the family. For the past few months West, 43, has been living in Wyoming while Kardashian West, 40,…

OTTAWA – The head of the Ontario Medical Association says the risk COVID-19 poses to pregnant and breastfeeding women is higher than the risk of taking a vaccine against the virus that causes it. Dr. Samantha Hill, a cardiac surgeon in Toronto, says because pregnant and breastfeeding women haven’t been…

A man is fighting for his life in hospital after two tractor trailers collided on Highway 401 in Toronto early on Tuesday morning. The OPP says that sometime before 3 a.m. two tractor trailers struck each other in the eastbound express lanes and struck the Allen Road overpass, with one…

(CNN)Parts of the US are beginning to feel the brunt of last month’s holiday celebrations — at a time when hospital systems are already at their breaking point. Experts warned holiday travels and gatherings could help fuel another surge of Covid-19infections. Yet millions of Americans traveled anyway — with more…

OTTAWA – Airlines and travellers say a slew of questions remain about the federal government’s decision to require passengers returning to Canada to show negative results on COVID-19 tests taken abroad. Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced last Thursday that air travellers overseas will have to present proof of a negative…

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CALGARY — A police officer killed while attempting a traffic stop last week was looking forward to becoming a father for the first time, his family said in a statement Monday. Sgt. Andrew Harnett, who was 37, had pulled over an SUV in Calgary on New Year’s Eve and was…

A British court has ruled that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can not be extradited in order to stand trial in the US. In a ruling, Judge Vanessa Baraitser said that, while Assange had gone beyond the role of acting as a journalist, the risk to his health was too great.…

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