Tag: Paris
Last minute: The convoy diverted its route from Paris to Brussels… Belgium declared a state of emergency!
Last minute… The French police intervened in the convoy of hundreds of vehicles created to protest the coronavirus restrictions in France. Departing from Paris, the convoy started to head towards…
Free program trains over 100 PSWs across Southwestern Ontario
The province is wrapping up a free personal support worker training program that will have seen more than 100 graduates in Southwestern Ontario by this March, Ontario’s minister of labour,…
Health Alliance planning resumption of more surgeries
Officials at Chatham-Kent Health Alliance are planning to gradually resume more non-urgent and elective surgeries, though some surgical staff are still redeployed to other areas of the hospitals. The province’s…
Paris still under close surveillance
The police are ready until Sunday evening in case the self-proclaimed “freedom convoys” try again to demonstrate in the streets of the capital. On Saturday, they failed to block Paris,…
Arrest made in shoplifting
A 52-year-old Brantford woman is charged with shoplifting after Brant OPP responded Feb. 10 to a theft report from a Beverly Street West business in St. George. Employees provided information…
Blue Water Bridge open Saturday as police clear blockade in Windsor
Traffic was moving normally Saturday morning on the Blue Water Bridge near Sarnia as police in Windsor began clearing a blockade at the Ambassador Bridge. Windsor police tweeted shortly after…
Resident suffers critical injuries in Waterford house fire
One person suffered critical injuries in a residential fire in Waterford on Saturday afternoon. Two occupants of the home at 23 Sylvia Street were in the care of paramedics when…
‘AN ILLEGAL OCCUPATION’: Ford declares state of emergency over blockades
Ontario has declared a state of emergency to end the “occupation” of Ottawa and the blocking of the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Premier Doug Ford says. “We are now two…
No policy requiring hospital staff to get COVID booster being considered, healthcare alliance boss says
News Local News Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance president and CEO Andrew Williams said Friday there is currently no plan to implement a mandatory COVID-19 booster policy for its hospital staff.…
Convoy of Freedom: Paris under siege
Despite the ban on entering the capital, thousands of vehicles managed to enter Paris where clashes took place with the police, particularly around the Arc de Triomphe. Paris in a…