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Two ships collide in Welland Canal in Port Robinson
An investigation is underway after two ships collided in the Welland Canal in Thorold this afternoon. -
Another double shooting takes place following alleged mob hit, this one on Red Hill Valley Parkway
Two double shootings in the Hamilton area have left two people dead. -
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.
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Ontario premier to reveal details of Stage 3 tomorrow
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will unveil plans to move forward to the next stage of the province's reopening plan on Monday, CTV News Toronto has learned. -
One of five people shot in brazen Toronto drive-by dies in hospital
One of five people stuck by bullets in a brazen drive-by shooting caught on surveillance camera in Toronto on Friday night has succumbed to his injuries in hospital. -
Ontario man charged after allegedly spitting in police officer's face
An Oakville, Ont. man has been charged after he allegedly spit in a police officer's face after being arrested. -
COVID-19 forces cancellation of Toronto FC match
COVID-19 impacted the MLS is Back Tournament again Sunday, with a pair of test results on the eve of kickoff prompting Toronto FC's opening match to be called off. -
Nearly 90 per cent of Ontario's new COVID-19 cases reported in people under 60
Ontario is reporting 129 new COVID-19 cases as the downward trend continues in the province. -
Man shot in Etobicoke suffers 'life-altering' eye injury
A man has been critically injured, and another has serious injuries following a shooting in south Etobicoke Saturday night. -
Weather advisory warning for possible funnel clouds in Toronto ends
Environment Canada is warning that current weather conditions in Toronto are favourable for the development of funnel clouds that in rare cases could turn into a landspout tornado. -
Video captures moments leading up to 'brazen' shooting in Toronto parking lot
Five people remain in hospital after a brazen shooting in Toronto where an unknown number of gunmen opened fire on a group of people in Toronto. -
Mother charged after allegedly stabbing her two young children in Toronto
A boy and a girl have been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after paramedics were called to a Toronto property for a stabbing. -
More than 150 cats found living in one Toronto home
Toronto Cat Rescue says more than 150 cats have been found inside a residence in the city. -
Ontario reporting slight increase in new COVID-19 cases
Ontario is reporting a slight increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases. -
Playgrounds will reopen in Toronto as part of Stage 3
Mayor John Tory says the city is preparing to reopen playgrounds around Toronto when the municipality is given the green light to enter the next stage of the province's reopening plan.
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 -
