Canada Post moves up Christmas delivery deadlines amid unprecedented holiday demand
OTTAWA — Canada Post has moved up deadlines for pre-Christmas parcel delivery within Canada in response to unprecedented holiday demand caused by COVID-19 but...
Sixteen more COVID deaths in Ontario; 1,677 new cases reported
TORONTO — Another 16 people in Ontario have succumbed to the ravages of COVID-19, 10 of them residents of nursing homes, provincial authorities reported...
Canada’s first COVID-19 vaccine given to Toronto health-care worker
TORONTO — A personal support worker from a Toronto nursing home received Canada's first COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, kicking off what will be a...
Provinces awash in second wave, sharpen focus of vaccine rollout plans
TORONTO — Canada's initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine came into clearer focus Thursday as Ontario announced it would go ahead with its first...
Ontario moving Windsor-Essex and York Region into lockdown on Monday
TORONTO — Two more of Ontario's COVID-19 hot spots will move into lockdown next week, a day before the province administers the first vaccines...
December 10, 2020 Issue
This issue includes:
Province signals UYSS project may be off the tableRestaurants see red over restrictionsTown raises property taxes 1.45%The Belvedere Cookhouse launches Christmas RaffleLocal...
Health Canada approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA — Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, paving the way for vaccinations to begin countrywide next week.
Prime Minister...
The Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign goes virtual
By: Michelle Poirier
The Salvation Army has pulled their Kettles just weeks after the annual Christmas Kettle Campaign began on November 14, but the campaign...
Belvedere Cookhouse Community Christmas Raffle proves spirit of giving is alive and well
By: Ewa Chwojko-Srawley
The organizers of a Christmas raffle in Pefferlaw are proving that a pandemic can't stop the spirit of giving.
"This Christmas, maybe more...
Local restaurant owners see red over red-zone restrictions
By: Steeve and Ewa Chwojko
Local restaurant owners are seeing red over red-zone restrictions that limit inside dining to ten patrons at a time.
They say...
