Assistant coach Sergio Scariolo took charge of the Toronto Raptors on Friday night with head coach Nick Nurse and five other members of his staff sidelined because of COVID-19 health and safety protocols.
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Alberta judge turns down request for injunction to maintain last-resort opioid treatment program
A judge has rejected an application for an emergency injunction that would have maintained a last-resort treatment for Albertans suffering from the most severe forms of opioid addiction.
Dissociative episodes made N.S. veteran relive time in Afghanistan, fatality inquiry hears
The military psychiatrist to first treat Lionel Desmond after he was released from the military, described his post-traumatic stress disorder as severe when they met in 2015 — and it included dissociative events that would send the veteran back to Afghanistan for minutes at a time.
Health Canada approves AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine
Health Canada has approved use of the COVID-19 vaccine from AstraZeneca, which is expected to arrive in Canada in the second and third quarters of this year.
Body of newborn baby found in basement, man and woman charged, police say
Hamilton police have charged a 34-year-old man and 24-year-old woman after finding the body of a newborn baby buried in the basement of a home in the central lower city.
Parents of missing N.S. toddler take fight against cyberbullying to court
The parents of a toddler who went missing last May in Truro, N.S., are heading to court next week to fight back against the deluge of harassment and vitriol they’ve received since the little boy vanished.
Feds get another month to reform assisted-dying law as bill stalls in the Commons
The federal government was granted one more month today to expand access to medical assistance in dying even as its efforts to do so stalled in the House of Commons.
Variants will likely make up 40% of Ontario’s COVID-19 cases by mid-March, modelling predicts
Ontario’s public health measures have decreased COVID-19 transmission and have slowed the spread of variants of concern, according to new modelling released by the province’s Science Table Thursday.
Adapting to civilian life was a struggle for N.S. veteran who killed family, himself: psychologist
Lionel Desmond struggled to transition to civilian life, at times reporting that he drank upward of 70 beers a week and ate fewer than 600 calories a day, the first psychologist who saw him after leaving the military testified Thursday.
Half-billion dollar unregistered B.C. ‘shadow’ mortgage broker says he just met demand
A so-called “shadow” mortgage broker responsible for securing more than half a billion dollars’ worth of home financing through the use of altered tax and bank documents says there will always be a demand for the services of people with his skills.