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Member of Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association responds to Deputy Chief's open letter
A member of the Niagara Region Anti-Racism Association has responded to a public letter by Niagara's Deputy Police Chief Bill Fordy. -
Niagara Health extends hospital visiting hours as of Monday July 13th
Niagara Health is now extending its visitors hours as of Monday. -
MISSING | 26 yr old Fort Erie man missing since Sunday
Police are searching for a missing 26 year old man in Fort Erie. -
One dead in daylight shooting in Burlington
One person is dead after a daylight shooting in Burlington. -
Amber Alert continues for missing Quebec girls, 6 and 11, and their father
Police are continuing their search around a Quebec City suburb after they issued an Amber Alert Thursday for two young girls and their 44-year-old father who investigators believe disappeared following a highway car crash. -
Canada Cup and National Rowing Championship to be held in Welland now cancelled
The 2020 National Rowing Championship and Canada Cup, which were to be held in Welland, have been cancelled. -
Niagara's 'ugliest dog' receives three applications for adoption
Three brave people have applied to become the owner of Niagara's 'ugliest dog.' -
Niagara unemployment rate goes up while country goes down
Statistics Canada says the economy added nearly one million jobs in June as businesses forced closed by the pandemic moved to reopen. -
Premier Ford to tour facility that makes face masks
Premier Doug Ford will make multiple public appearances at businesses today to thank Ontario workers for their service during the pandemic. -
N-O-T-L town council to forge ahead with discussions for mandatory mask by-law
While the Region of Niagara couldn't make a decision on mandatory masks, Niagara-on-the-Lake town council is forging ahead with a move of their own. -
UPDATE | All Niagara beaches posted as safe for swimming
Heading to the beach today to keep cool? -
DavidsTea is closing 82 Canadian stores
Insolvent beverage retailer DavidsTea is closing 82 stores in Canada and all 42 of its stores in the U.S. as it focuses on its e-commerce business and supplying grocery stores and pharmacies.
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Shooting near Jane and St. Clair seriously injures five people
Three people have been injured after a shooting in the city's west end Friday evening. -
'This is going to be a big deal': Toronto officially named one of NHL hub cities
Toronto has been officially named one of the hub cities for the resumption of the 2020 NHL season, and Mayor John Tory says it will help the city's economy get back on its feet. -
Motorcyclist suffers critical injuries in Mississauga, Ont. crash
A male motorcyclist has been rushed to hospital after being struck by a vehicle in Mississauga Friday evening. -
NHL/NHLPA announce Toronto, Edmonton as hubs, and CBA extension
The NHL board of governors and NHL Players' Association have ratified the return-to-play plan and a four-year extension to the collective bargaining agreement, paving the way for the league to resume its pandemic-hit season later this summer in Canada. -
Current and former Blue Jays sound off on Twitter about stadium bubble setup
A packed summer training camp schedule has the Toronto Blue Jays squeezing in workouts, practice sessions and intrasquad games ahead of a fast-approaching regular season. -
Heat wave the latest challenge to those living in encampments in Toronto
Mark Baratta sips a cold Gatorade outside his tent under the shade of a tree at a large encampment in Toronto's west end, the heat making his blue T-shirt cling to his skin. -
Man, 26, seriously injured in shooting outside Scarborough Town Centre
A man has been seriously injured after a shooting at Scarborough Town Centre Friday afternoon. -
'Come and visit us when things cool down': Ford says U.S. border should stay closed past July 21
Premier Doug Ford says that he is opposed to reopening the border with the United States any time soon, especially given the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in many southern states. -
Ontario mobster Pat Musitano shot to death in broad daylight at Burlington plaza
A shooting in Burlington, Ont. on Friday afternoon has left one person dead. -
Health-care unions considering political action over Ontario's emergency act
Unions representing Ontario's health-care workers are consulting with their memberships about taking political action in response to the province potentially extending its emergency act. -
Second Cup parent company opens first cannabis dispensary in Toronto
Second Cup Ltd.'s parent company has opened its first recreational cannabis dispensary. -
Toronto Blue Jays schedule pair of exhibition games in Boston versus Red Sox
The Toronto Blue Jays will travel to Boston to face the Red Sox in pre-season games July 21 and 22.
OUTBREAK: The Facts and Myths of the COVID-19 virus
Listen for a breakdown of all the news surrounding the Covid-19 Global Outbreak, where we'll separate the facts from the fiction.
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Brands and business will have to appeal to our cave dweller instincts in order to succeed in the COVID era
We began this podcast series by exploring the behavioural and perceptual effects this pandemic has had on us and what will be the lasting impact. We learned that changes will actually come slowly, but the changes will be long lasting – perhaps even generational. We’ve learned that the future of work is no longer about working from home. It’s now about living at work. We’ve learned that our behaviour drives outcomes. Physical distancing, wearing masks, sneezing into our elbows are behviours that determine whether we’re fighting the curve, flattening the curve or crushing the curve. We’ve also learned that our expectations of government and corporations are framed by their behaviour. How have our leaders responded to your needs? How have corporations and brands addressed my concerns about your safety and your well-being? How has COVID-19 changed the language of business and brands? How has it moved the messaging? Graeme Newell is President of 602 Communications and an expert in DECISION SCIENCE. He joins us from his studio in Portland, Oregon. He says things haven't really changed. In fact, we've simply reverted to a more primitive, instinctive means of communication. -
Early tests of an Austrlian vaccine show no side-effects in humans. Part 2 with Nikolai Petrovsky
We know there will be a second wave of COVID-19. And it’s likely to hit us before the end of this calendar year. We also know that some countries, like Canada, have managed to crush the curve. Still, there are regions of the world where the curve continues to rise – particularly in Brazil, India and the United States. So, the daily news can be exhausting at best and grim when we consider the worst case scenarios. But there is some reason for optimism. Four months into the pandemic and more than 6 months after this strain of the coronavirus was first detected in China, the World Health Organization says there are currently 147 COVID-19 vaccines in development. At least 17 are now into the human trial phase. One of them is being developed in Australia. Professor Nikolai Petrovsky is the Chairman of the company called VAXINE Pty. He says their results to date are more than promising. -
Promising news on the vaccine front. Part 1 with Nikolai Petrovsky, Chairman of Vaxine Pty.
Some good news, if not great news, on the research front. There are 147 COVID-19 vaccines in development and 17 of them are into the human trials. Professor Nikolai Petrovsky is the chairman of VAXINE – an Australian based company that is undertaking an international effort to develop a COVID 19 vaccine. He and his team started human trials on July 1st, 2020 -
It's not a cure but it may help you survive COVID-19. A Halifax firm is working on a preventative pill.
The past few episodes of the NEXT NORMAL have focused on the SECOND WAVE of the COVID pandemic – likely to hit us in the next 4 of 5 months. While there’s still a lot we don’t know about this strain of the coronavirus, we have learned a lot since it was detected in December of last year. Much of that knowledge has come from an historic and piercing international scientific focus on COVID-19. There are hundreds of efforts underway to develop a vaccine and we know that some are well on their way towards human trials. But there has also been a great deal of research being done on pharmaceutical treatments that don’t immunize us but could help mitigate and minimize the symptoms and effects of COVID-19. A Halifax-based firm is doing just that. Appili Therapeutics is an infectious disease company that tests drugs currently in use to fight other diseases to see if they have any effect on COVID-19. It sounds like they’ve found one. Dr. Armand Balboni is the CEO of Appili Therapeutics. He says they are moving into phase two of trials to evaluate the drug called favipiravir as a preventative treatment against the coronavirus. And they are targeting a very specific – at risk demographic. -
What have we learned to help prepare us for the Second Wave of COVID-19?
Economies are in various stages of reopening across the country. But we do so with one eye on the SECOND WAVE which is expected to hit in the late autumn and last into the winter of 2021. Are we ready for it. We’ve been asking that question of late from a number of perspectives. In this episode, we look at some of the science lessons and medical lessons we’ve learned during the course of the pandemic so far. We talk to Dr. Mitch Shulman, and emergency medicine specialist in Montreal and the medical correspondent for iHeart Radio Canada, and our iHeart Radio Canada Science correspondent Professor Dan Riskin to get some clarity on whether we're seeing the start of the second wave already. -
Are our frontline healthcare workers prepared for the second wave of the pandemic?
We often talk about the heroes of the pandemic and that brings our front line healthcare workers to mind almost immediately. What does the Next Normal look like for them as we approach the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19? What the learnings they have had as they've faced down the COVID crisis? Tim Guest is President of the Canadian Nurses Association. -
How do we prepare for a spike in mental illnesses that are sure to come during the pandemic?
Mark Henick is a Mental Health advocate and host of the podcast So Called Normal. There are some voices and expert thinkers among us who believe the "second wave" of the coronavirus pandemic may not be as severe as we had originally expected. But they do say it's coming and with it we will begin to see the true fallout of the "first wave" - the businesses that have gone bankrupt, the real job loss once government programs run out. And all of that will add up to an echo pandemic of mental illness. Are we prepared? Can we prepare?
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Swing Hard for Hospice
Legends on the Niagara Golf Course - 9561 Niagara Pkwy & Brock Golf Course - 2745 Merrittville Hwy - Niagara Falls & FonthillSwing Hard to Live Strong Golf Tournament for Hospice Niagara with two exciting ways to play! Why limit tee-off to just one day? With this experience, you have the opportunity to play a round (or a few) on your own schedule! For the regular price of 18 holes at Legends on the Niagara, you get to golf this beautiful 45-acres of green all while gaining the personal satisfaction of knowing you are helping us provide care, compassion and dignity to people living with a terminal illness in Niagara. In search of a fun-filled day for the whole family? Look no further! Bring your budding golfers to Brock Golf Course to play a game of Mini Golf and/or Footgolf. Smiles and laughter are bound to happen. Plus! Enjoy an ice cream treat from McDonald's to help you cool off after the game. -
Bachman and Cummings: Together Again
Meridian Centre - 1 IceDogs Way - St. CatharinesBachman and Cummings return to the stage for this reunion tour for the first time in more than a decade. Together Again, Live In Concert will celebrate the music of The Guess Who, Bachman Turner Overdrive and Burton Cummings. Tickets go on sale Friday, February 28th at 10am -
Rod Stewart
Budweiser Stage - 909 Lake Shore Blvd. W - Torontowith special guest Cheap Trick! Presale is happening now! -
Osheaga Festival - postponed or cancelled
Parc Jean-Drapeau - 1 Circuit Gilles Ville. - Montréal*postponed or cancelled* Headliners include Foo Fighters | Kendrick Lamar | Lizzo Doors open at noon, performances occur between 1-11pm -
Ricky Gervais
Meridian Hall (formerly Sony Centre for the Performing Arts) - 1 Front St. E - TorontoSuperNature Tour! Tickets go on sale Tuesday January 7th at 10am -
