Island in Greece Burning for the 7th Day, Thousands Forced to Evacuate
For the seventh straight day, firefighters and residents have been battling a forest fire on Greece’s second-largest island. Many homes, businesses, and pristine forests have been engulfed in flames sending thousands of people off the island. The fire raging on the island Evia has produced so much smoke that it blocked out the sun and […]
Ontario Logs More Than 300 New COVID-19 Cases Today
On Monday, health officials in Ontario are reporting 325 new infections of COVID-19. This represents a decrease as on Sunday there were 423 new cases and 378 new cases on Saturday. Sunday was the first day since mid-June when the province reported more than 400 new infections in one day. The seven-day rolling average is […]
Travel Restrictions Loosened in Canada for Fully Vaccinated Travellers
Canada has kept its borders closed to most non-essential international travellers for more than a year and a half. As of today, the Canadian government will start to allow fully vaccinated Americans to enter. For the past month, fully vaccinated Canadians travelling back to Canada were able to skip the mandatory quarantine. Now Americans travelling […]
No Olympic Break, Beijing Winter Games Less Than 6 Months Away
The Tokyo 2020 Games were delayed to 2021 due to the pandemic and became much closer to the starting date of the Winter Games. With less than six months to go, Beijing already began preparing and completing some of the venues for events. Similar to the Tokyo Olympics, there will be lots of debates and […]
Wildfires Burn Through B.C. Community, Damaging Highways and Homes
Officials in B.C. are evacuating people in certain regions as a wildfire has grown to 450 square kilometres in size Friday. B.C. Wildfire Services says the fire is classified as out of control and crews are working through the night to suppress it. The blaze is happening between Kamloops and Vernon in the province’s southern […]
Canada’s Women’s Soccer Team Wins Gold at Tokyo Olympics
The Canadian women’s soccer team takes the gold medal after a victory over Sweden that went to penalty kicks. The game was tied at one by the end of regulation and extra time, Canada was superior in the penalty kicks to win the game 3-2. Both teams scored their first two of five tries, but […]
Canada Claims Bronze in Olympic Men’s 4x100m Relay
The Canadian Men’s 4×100-metre relay team has captured the bronze medal in back to back Summer Olympics. The most recent one being won today at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. Canada also won bronze in the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics for this event. The team of four consisting of Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Aaron […]
Ontario Logs More Than 300 New COVID-19 Cases Today
On Friday, health officials in Ontario are reporting 340 new infections of COVID-19. This represents an increase as the three days prior to yesterday all reported daily number of cases under 170. Officially there were 139 new cases on Wednesday, 168 on Tuesday, and 164 on Monday. Today is the first day since June where […]
Canada’s Moh Ahmed Races to Silver for Men’s 5,000m
Moh Ahmed of Canada claimed his first Olympic track medal on Friday in the Tokyo Olympics. Ahmed finished second earning the Olympic silver medal as he trailed the world record holder who placed first. Despite the hot and humid conditions, Ahmed from St. Catharines, Ontario completed the race with a time of 12 minutes and […]
The Canada-Sweden Women’s Soccer Final Pushed Back Due to Heat Concern
The Olympic gold medal match between Canada and Sweden will now begin Friday at 9 p.m. local time. In Canada, people can watch at 9 a.m. Eastern Time. They will also play at the Yokohama Stadium instead of the Olympic Stadium because other events will be active. It was originally scheduled for 11 a.m. but […]