Beyond Local

Gathering together in concentrated groups can give people a sense of power, promise, inspiration and hope

Cassandra Star Armstrong and Callahan Armstrong recorded it for their grandmother

First Nation leadership say community has lost faith in services provided by provincial, federal governments after departure of OPP, federal nurses

Activists say the provincial government has not responded to their pleas

'Skyscraper-sized' Ever Given became wedged across the canal on March 23, disrupting global trade for nearly a week

Number of residents who received a visit from a physician between March 1 and Aug. 31 of last year down 16 per cent compared with that same period in 2019, even when homes did not have an outbreak

Only 53 per cent of respondents said they would trust the AstraZeneca vaccine being given to themselves or family members

The findings are from a phone survey by the Canadian Hub for Applied and Social Research at the University of Saskatchewan

Christine Elliott made the comments hours before the National Advisory Committee on Immunizations recommended against using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for anyone under the age of 55

The vaccines are expected to arrive by truck and represent the first to come from south of the border