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Support growing against proposed noise bylaw in the old town
A change.org petition against a proposed new noise bylaw in Niagara on the Lake has now garnered over 2,000 signatures and is close to reaching its goal of 2,500. -
Health Canada reinstates licenses for CannTrust's Vaughan facility
A cannabis grower with a greenhouse in Fenwick has had its licenses restored for a Vaughan manufacturing facility. -
Canada sending aid to Lebanon
Ottawa is sending up to $5 million in humanitarian aid for the battered city of Beirut. -
Niagara Falls man facing charges in child sex exploitation investigation
NRP have arrested a 59 year old Niagara Falls man following an investigation into the sexual exploitation of children. -
Wine makers call for taxation changes
Wine makers are calling on the provincial government to axe what they call an 'unfair tax' -
Niagara Falls long term care home given all clear
An outbreak has been declared over at a long term care home at Meadows of Dorchester in Niagara Falls. -
Police search Grand River for missing Hamilton man
Police will continue searching the Grand River for a missing Hamilton man this morning. -
Crisis negotiators called to Welland neighbourhood
Police have yet to release any details as to why they locked down a Welland neighbourhood yesterday afternoon. -
FBI raids California home of YouTube star Jake Paul
F-B-I agents including a SWAT team served a search warrant at the home of YouTube star Jake Paul today. -
Petition calls for Ontario government to decrease class sizes in back-to-school pandemic plan
Over 130,000 people have signed a petition calling for the government to reduce class sizes for elementary children in the back-to-school plan. -
St. Catharines MPP says Ford government's legion funding is not new money
St. Catharines NDP MPP is slamming the Ford government's announcement for the province's legions. -
RECALL | More hand sanitizer products recalled in Canada
Health Canada is recalling some items which have become a staple of the COVID pandemic.
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Toronto's Interim Police Chief James Ramer to hold first news conference
James Ramer is scheduled to speak publicly for the first time as Interim Chief of the Toronto Police Service this morning. -
Ontario Premier Doug Ford to make announcement this afternoon
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to make an announcement this afternoon. -
No summer slowdown in Toronto real estate as July shatters sales record
July was a record-breaking month for Toronto real estate sales, as 11,081 homes changed hands. -
Suspects sought after man shot in Richmond Hill
Police are searching for three suspects after a man was shot in Richmond Hill late Wednesday night. -
Ontario Place to show Maple Leafs and Raptors games at drive-in theatre
Sports fans can't pack into arenas this summer, but a new Toronto drive-in theatre hopes to get them a bit closer to the action. -
Cyclist, 84, dies after being hit by a truck in Bolton, Ont.
An 84-year-old man has died in hospital after being hit by a commercial truck in Bolton Wednesday evening. -
Toronto senior surprised with nearly 300 cards in the mail for her 98th birthday
Frieda Motsch’s family has always made the effort to make her birthday special and COVID-19 was not going to change that. -
Man shot in Mississauga earlier this week dies in hospital
A 25-year-old man has died in hospital after being critically injured in a shooting in Mississauga, Ont. on Monday night. -
Canada’s Wonderland water park to remain closed for season due to COVID-19 restrictions
Canada’s Wonderland says they are disappointed the government has not yet allowed amusement parks to reopen in Ontario, and due to the delay, the water park will remain closed for the rest of the season. -
Ontario woman wants exemption to mandatory self-isolation to visit elderly parents in U.S.
A woman living in Ontario close to the Canada-U.S. border says the 14-day mandatory self-isolation period due to the COVID-19 pandemic is tearing families apart. -
Police investigate 'suspicious death' after body found inside Mississauga storage locker
A suspicious death investigation has been launched after Peel police say a decomposing body was found inside a storage locker in Mississauga. -
32-year-old victim of fatal Vaughan, Ont. shooting identified by police
Police have identified a 32-year-old man fatally shot near a commercial plaza in Vaughan, Ont. over the weekend.
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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Meridian Hall (formerly Sony Centre for the Performing Arts) - 1 Front St. E - TorontoSuperNature Tour! Tickets go on sale Tuesday January 7th at 10am -
Tim Horton's Camp Day
On Camp Day each year Tim Hortons restaurant owners from all locations in Canada donate 100% of hot and iced coffee sales to Tim Hortons Camps. Additionally, redesigned Camp Day bracelets will be available for purchase 2 weeks leading up to Camp Day with all proceeds being donated. In 2019, Camp Day raised more than $12.3 Million for the Tim Hortons® Foundation Camps.Priceless -
Ovarian Cancer Canada Virtual Walk of Hope
Oakes Park - 5700 Morrison St. - Niagara FallsJoin us for the Ovarian Cancer Canada Walk of Hope: The Virtual Edition on Sunday, September 13, 2020! The Walk will certainly look different this year, but the community is focused on achieving our goal and raising much needed funds to help women live fuller, better, longer lives. Walk your way and Walk for her. Get creative and fundraise in new and unique ways and invite all your friends because the 2020 Walk has no boundaries, it’s virtual! -
