Nova Scotians 70 and older have a death rate from COVID-19 that is 280 times higher than those under 50 As the COVID-19 pandemic lingered and the death toll increased, Nova Scotian Judy Aymar noticed how the province’s leaders no longer offered condolences when new deaths were announced. “These are real people,” she said. “These are people who at one point in their lives, they built families, they built communities and they helped build the province. Why have they become a statistic and not a person?” The province’s COVID-19 briefings onceRead more

Trudeau says he ordered take down of object that ‘violated Canadian airspace’ The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has shot down an unidentified object in Canadian airspace, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday. “I ordered the take down of an unidentified object that violated Canadian airspace. [NORAD] shot down the object over the Yukon. Canadian and U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object,” Trudeau said in a statement on Twitter. “I spoke with President Biden this afternoon. Canadian Forces will now recover and analyze the wreckage ofRead more

‘Hurricane Hazel’ died on Jan. 29, at the age of 101 People are paying tribute to former longtime Mississauga, Ont., mayor Hazel McCallion as she lies in state for two days, starting Sunday, before her funeral on what would have been her 102nd birthday. Among those who paid their respects on Sunday were Toronto Mayor John Tory, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie and Ontario Premier Doug Ford. Ford’s office has said McCallion will lie in repose at Mississauga City Hall on Sunday and Monday before her funeral at the Paramount Fine Foods CentreRead more

Patrick Mitsuing says he hopes to be an inspiration to Indigenous youth in Canada and across the globe A man from the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation in Saskatchewan is taking his talents to one of the biggest stages in the world. Patrick Mitsuing will help to shine a spotlight on Indigenous culture as he performs at Super Bowl LVII on Sunday. After growing up on the small First Nation, located northwest of Saskatoon, Mitsuing said the opportunity in front of him is worth savouring. “It’s a story I could tell my kids, and if I’mRead more