Glorious weather is finally drying out waterlogged fields in time for farmers to plant crops to avoid a summer food shortage. Britain was as hot as 17C Australia today as a 500-mile wide “Portuguese pulse” of warm air sweeps across the country. Forecasters said the “mini-heatwave” could last for another eight days and expected more sun with highs of 14C […]
Read moreThe UK's coronavirus death toll has surged to 465, with 41 dying in the last 24 hours. NHS England has tonight announced that 28 people – aged between 47 and 93– have died in England since its last figure yesterday. It comes after Scotland recorded another six deaths, while five more people died in Wales and two more in Northern […]
Read moreNEW DELHI/BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s 1.3 billion people were under lockdown on Wednesday to prevent an explosion of coronavirus cases as the government struggled to deliver essential goods and calm nerves. Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered everyone indoors for the next three weeks, saying it was the only way to avoid a disaster and effectively shutting down Asia’s third-largest economy. […]
Read moreMedics facing shortages attempt legal action to force authorities into procuring and distributing protective equipment. Madrid, Spain – Spain now has the world’s second-highest tally of coronavirus deaths after Italy, surpassing the number of dead in China, health authorities said on Wednesday. The number of people who have lost their lives because of the infection in Spain has reached 3,434, […]
Read moreA Cobourg man has been charged following an investigation into a two-vehicle collision just west of the town last December. On Dec. 19, around 8 p.m., Northumberland emergency responders attended a two-vehicle collision on County Road 2 between Apple Orchard Road and Lovshin Road just west of Cobourg in Hamilton Township. OPP say the collision involved a westbound van and […]
Read moreClasses at Winnipeg’s Victory School may be on hold due to the novel coronavirus, but staff and students aren’t letting being stuck at home stop them from thanking those working to fight COVID-19. And they want Winnipeggers to join them. The West Kildonan neighbourhood elementary school is asking students to make signs thanking frontline workers and put them in their […]
Read moreA Region of Waterloo official says that people have been calling 911 in an effort to get tested quicker for COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. “I want to send an important reminder to citizens about the appropriate use of 911,” Waterloo Region CAO Mike Murray said Wednesday morning. “Please do not dial 911 in an attempt to […]
Read moreA man who seemed to mock coronavirus by licking shelves at a supermarket has been arrested and charged for posing a "danger to life". Cody Pfister, 26, from Warrenton, Missouri, teased "who is scared of coronavirus" in a Snapchat video before he licked a row full of toiletries including shampoos, deodorants and hand-washing liquids. The video also had a strap […]
Read moreNEW YORK — A “cacophony of coughing” in packed emergency rooms. Beds squeezed in wherever there is space. Overworked, sleep-deprived doctors and nurses rationed to one face mask a day and wracked by worry about a dwindling number of available ventilators. Such is the reality inside New York City’s hospitals, which have become the war-zone-like epicenter of the nation’s coronavirus […]
Read moreThe Region of Waterloo and its seven municipalities have each declared a state of emergency in response to the growing novel coronavirus pandemic. Mayors for area cities (Kitchener, Cambridge and Waterloo) and townships (North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich) joined Regional Chair Karen Redman in signing declarations on Wednesday morning. In a release, the region and municipalities say this will […]
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