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Ontario Travel: Where would Simcoe go on Simcoe Day?
SIMCOE, ONT.-That hiss is that I am dumped by a 20 year old history buff.I just asked how Sir John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, chose…
Canada’s birds get tipsy on fermented berries, then sober up in drunk tanks
It might sound weird, but it's not ridiculous - birds in Canada's far north get tipsy from fermented berries, forcing Environment Yukon…
Ontario COVID-19 modelling: Province releases new data on spread of virus
TORONTO - The wave of new cases of COVID-19 appears to have peaked in the province, according to Ontario health officials, but the spread to…
Bank of Canada keeps key interest rate target on hold at 0.25 per cent
OTTAWA – Die Bank of Canada belässt ihr Leitzinsziel bei 0,25 Prozent und sagt, dass die wirtschaftlichen Bedingungen dies immer noch erfordern,…
Canada on ‘solid footing’ in negotiations for more AstraZeneca vaccines from U.S.: Anand
OTTAWA - Procurement Secretary Anita Anand says she is in constant communication with her American counterparts about securing additional doses…
A real-life ER pulls back the curtain on public health care
A screaming ambulance. Dramatic music. A man is taken to the emergency room on a stretcher with a 10-inch blade still in his chest. Close-up of the knife…
Suicide crisis in Attawapiskat First Nation reverberates on Parliament Hill
OTTAWA - The misery and neglect at the root of a suicide crisis in a remote northern First Nation have "shocked the world," an NDP MP…
Life on Lake Superior’s Ontario Shore in 1867, When Canada Was Born
When Canada first came into being as a country on July 1, 1867, it was a muted affair with no parades and few parties or fanfares.
Even the…
Guelph researcher’s farm diaries shed new light on rural Ontario life
A Guelfan historian uses centuries-old farm diaries to tell the stories of over 150 Canadian farmers and farming communities that existed between the 19th…
Farm vehicles on country roads a harvest-time highway safety concern
Drivers take note: It is harvest time in the Waterloo region and that means huge combine harvesters with flashing lights, huge tractors pulling grain buggies…