Here is a list of school bus cancellations and the status of schools in the Greater Toronto Area for Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023. York Region District School Board: Buses are cancelled. Schools are open. York Region Catholic District School Board: Buses are cancelled. Schools are open. Durham District School Board: Buses are cancelled …
Read More »Ontario pharmacists can prescribe for 13 common ailments as of Jan. 1
As of Jan. 1 pharmacists in Ontario will be allowed to prescribe treatments for 13 common conditions, but that doesn’t mean they’ll all be ready to do it. The province’s ministry of health issued a reminder of the previously announcedexpansion of pharmacists’ roles on Wednesday, noting the service will be …
Read More »Trucks, buses must have electronic logging devices to track driving hours by Jan. 1
Ottawa is requiring federally regulated commercial trucks and buses across the country to be equipped by Jan. 1 with devices to track driving hours. The rule is being imposed to protect drivers from logging too many hours on the road. Ottawa amended its regulations in 2019 and required provinces and …
Read More »Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in prison for defying subpoena from Jan. 6 committee
Steve Bannon, a former top strategist and campaign chair to Donald Trump, was sentenced Friday in U.S. federal court to four months in prison on contempt of Congress charges. Bannon refused to co-operate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol. He was convicted …
Read More »Role of extremist groups in Capitol attack to be the focus of today’s Jan. 6 committee hearing
The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to highlight the way violent far-right extremists answered former U.S president Donald Trump’s “siren call” to come to Washington for a big rally, as some are now facing rare sedition charges over the deadly U.S. Capitol attack to overturn the presidential election. The panel investigating …
Read More »Jan. 6 committee subpoenas top Trump White House lawyer Pat Cipollone
The U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection issued a subpoena Wednesday to former White House counsel Pat Cipollone, who is said to have stridently warned against former president Donald Trump’s efforts to try to overturn his election loss. It’s the first public step the committee has taken since …
Read More »Trump pressure campaigns in battleground states to be outlined at today’s Jan. 6 hearing
The House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol and claims of electoral fraud is set to hear Tuesday from elected officials and volunteer workers from battleground states about the effects of a pressure campaign from Donald Trump and his allies to change the results of the 2020 election. …
Read More »Pence pressure campaign from Trump the focus at Jan. 6 committee today
You can watch the hearing live here on CBCNews.ca on Thursday afternoon The Jan. 6 congressional committee is set Thursday afternoon to plunge into Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to salvage the 2020 election by pressuring his vice-president Mike Pence to reject the electoral count — a highly unusual and potentially …
Read More »Jan. 6 hearings air violent, previously unseen footage of rioters beating police, breaching Capitol
The U.S. House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol laid the blame firmly on Donald Trump Thursday night, saying the assault was hardly spontaneous but an “attempted coup” and a direct result of the defeated president’s effort to overturn the 2020 election. With a never-before-seen 12-minute …
Read More »India carried out 5th highest no of COVID vaccination till Jan 26: Government
New Delhi: India has carried out the fifth highest number of COVID-19 vaccinations by inoculating 2.03 million people till January 26, the Health Ministry said, stressing the number of beneficiaries who have received the shots has crossed 25 lakh till Thursday afternoon. Addressing a press conference, Union Health Secretary Rajesh …
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