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P.E.I.’s second-largest hospital is dealing with an outbreak of influenza in its medical-palliative unit.  Health P.E.I. said in a news release Wednesday that patients in that unit at Prince County Hospital in Summerside will be limited to one visitor at a time in an effort to control the spread of the flu. Visitors will be … Read more

WARNING: This article contains details of abuse. Two of the victims of a former teacher stood in a Moncton courtroom Wednesday to describe how their lives have been changed by his crimes. Paul Maillet, 78, was found guilty in January of 17 sex crimes, including gross indecency, sexual touching, indecent assault, sexual assault and possession of child pornography.   The crimes are believed to have … Read more

CBC News is investigating grandparent scams and their link to Montreal. This story is part one of a three-part series.  In June 2024, eight young men and women were working the phones inside a squat, two-storey building next to Lakeshore Road in Pointe-Claire, a suburb in Montreal’s West Island, when police officers stormed in.  In an indictment … Read more

Tenants at a Hamilton apartment building are no longer living under the threat of renoviction after a win at Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB).  Beverly Hoadley, 87, and Amanda Dick, 42, were among the more than 20 people living at 103 Emerald St. S. who fought N13 eviction notices —  saying there are plans for work at a building, like a … Read more

It’s as Canadian as hockey, the maple leaf and Canada geese. Or is it? In the past, Tim Hortons rightfully earned its place as a Canadian icon, starting with one coffee shop in Ontario and eventually building an empire that made Timbits and double doubles part of the national lexicon. But after the company was … Read more

Ontario universities host both the men’s and women’s U Sports hockey championship tournaments this week, but teams from New Brunswick and Alberta enter as the top seeds with games set to begin on Thursday. The men will play their University Cup games at The Arena at TD Place in Ottawa with the seeding order as follows: UNB … Read more

If you want to win prizes from the Tim Hortons Roll Up To Win game this year, a University of Waterloo associate professor says the best time to play online is in the morning on weekends. “I had the most success at 8:30 a.m. [on] the weekend, winning around one time in three,”  Michael Wallace, who’s … Read more

Following an investigation that substantiated claims Windsor’s police chief made racist comments in the workplace, a provincial group representing police unions is condemning those remarks and pointing to an “apparent failure” of the oversight board tasked with providing accountability. On Monday, CBC News published information based on a summary of an internal investigation into racism complaints against Windsor police … Read more

Greater Sudbury will be updating its purchasing bylaws to ensure companies that provide goods and services to the city have an office or facility in Canada, and that at least 90 per cent of their workforce is Canadian or non-U.S. based. The motion was championed by mayor Paul Lefebvre and adopted unanimously by city council … Read more