Vettel gearing up for sim racing debut!
Sebastian Vettel is in the process of setting up his home simulator and becoming the next high profile F1 driver to join the Esports fray. Vettel, who doesn’t have a presence on social media and typically keeps his private life under wraps, has so far shied away from the sim racing arena where the likes…
Self-Employed Canadians Left Out Of Feds’ Coronavirus Aid Say They Feel Ignored
OTTAWA — Keith Geisler doesn’t know how he’s going to pay his bills. The Saskatoon trucker’s income has dropped 65 to 70 per cent since mid-March, but his bills keep piling up. “There’s rent to pay at home, and there is groceries to buy, and that’s going to come to an end pretty soon,” Geisler…
Toronto Commemorates 2nd Anniversary Of Van Attack With Virtual Vigil
TORONTO — The second anniversary of the deadly van attack in Toronto is even more difficult this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent shooting rampage in Nova Scotia, Toronto Mayor John Tory said Thursday. The mayor started a day of virtual commemoration for the 10 people killed and 16 injured on April…
Ontario Asks Feds To Send Military Into Long-Term Care Homes
TORONTO — Ontario is calling in military assistance and expanding testing as it battles the spread of COVID-19 in long-term care homes, where nearly 3,000 people have been infected and almost 450 residents have died. Premier Doug Ford said that he would make a formal request Wednesday for reinforcements from the Public Health Agency of Canada…
Why Ontario’s Long-Term Care Homes Were Short-Staffed Long Before Coronavirus
Cindy Hasler says she understands why many young people aren’t taking up her career. Personal support workers (PSW) “do everything from changing colostomy bags to holding your hand while you’re dying,” she told HuffPost Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic has added even grimmer tasks to their to-do lists. “We had two PSWs the other day that…
Tools To Impersonate Police Officers Are 'Readily Available': Canadian Police Association
OTTAWA — Police are investigating how a 51-year-old denturist in Nova Scotia was able to get his hands on a seemingly authentic RCMP uniform and mock police cruiser before embarking on a killing spree that ended the lives of 22 people. But obtaining convincing police gear is not difficult task in Canada, and that’s “extremely…
Help For Canadian Seniors' Loneliness Comes Via Ontario University Students
When Mahad Shazhad visited family in Pakistan while in university, he was struck that although his grandparents were living with his family, they were still eating and watching TV alone. Returning home to Ontario, he remembers thinking, “[If] that’s how it is back home with my grandparents in such a family-oriented culture, what is it…
RCMP Nova Scotia Provide Detailed Timeline Of Shooter's Rampage
HALIFAX— RCMP Nova Scotia provided new details around the shooting that claimed the lives of 22 people, confirming shooter Gabriel Wortman had purchased used police vehicles at auctions. Supt. Darren Campbell confirmed a timeline of the rampage that started in Portapique, N.S. and ended with the suspect killed at a gas station in Enfield, N.S., during…
Fiddler Natalie MacMaster Performs With Video Of N.S. Shooting Victim Emily Tuck
With music at the forefront of an online vigil to honour the 22 people who were killed in a mass shooting in Nova Scotia, one of the most hauntingly beautiful segments featured the massacre’s youngest victim. Cape Breton fiddler Natalie MacMaster and her daughter, Mary Frances, on the piano, were shown playing along with a…
AZ Nurse Arrested In Sexual Assault Of Patient Who Gave Birth: PD
PHOENIX, AZ — Police have arrested a male nurse at the Phoenix nursing facility where an incapacitated woman became pregnant and gave birth, officials announced at a press conference Wednesday. Phoenix police chief Jeri Williams said that authorities have arrested 36-year-old Nathan Sutherland, who is a licensed practical nurse. Williams said Sutherland was responsible for…