Hantavirus testing might not be useful for people without symptoms: experts
TORONTO — Health experts say it’s not clear whether it’s useful to test people who may have been exposed to hantavirus but don’t have symptoms.
Dr. Bonnie Henry, British Columbia’s provincial health officer, says public health officials around the world are discussing the issue as passengers from a hantavirus-stricken cruise ship have returned to their home countries.
She says tests for some viruses aren’t effective before patients develop symptoms and little is known about how well testing works in rare cases of hantavirus
MP calls on Canadians to fill out census as some express privacy concerns
OTTAWA — As some Canadians claim that the federal government’s national census violates their privacy, a Liberal member of Parliament is calling on them to fill out their 2026 census forms for the good of their communities.
Canadians have been asked to fill out the census form by May 12, though Statistics Canada says that’s a “reference date” rather than a deadline.
While the federal Statistics Act states a census must be held every five years, and that every household and farm operator in Canada
‘Unwanted wherever you go’: New Canadian asylum law leaves some migrants in limbo
MONTREAL — When a 26-year-old Haitian mother and her young daughter crossed into Quebec from the United States through forest trails on a freezing night in January, she had dreams of a fresh start in Canada.
The woman was leaving behind a country she felt no longer wanted her and thought Canada would be different.
But soon after she arrived, a new federal law put a crimp in her plans to claim asylum.
The legislation retroactively changes the rules for refugees, leaving her in what advocates describe as a
Global shares mostly drop amid Iran war worries and surging oil prices
Wall Street pointed lower Tuesday and oil prices continued to rise amid doubts about a quick end to the Iran war.
S&P 500 futures slipped 0.4% before the opening bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%. Nasdaq futures slipped 0.9%.
As the threatened to , benchmark U.S. crude rose $3.43 to $101.50 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, climbed $3.
Eurovision song competition starts with the first semifinal after boycott over Israel
VIENNA (AP) — Competition starts Tuesday at the , with divisions over Israel’s participation hanging over the 70th birthday of the over-the-top .
Host city has been bedecked in hearts and the contest’s “United by Music” motto for a week in which singers and bands onstage for the continent’s musical crown. But five countries — Spain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia and Iceland — are boycotting to protest .
Several pro-Palestinian demonstrations are planned in Vienna during Eurovision week
Police investigating shooting at Scarborough fast-food spot
Toronto police are investigating a shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant in Scarborough that happened Monday night.
Officers were called to the area of Eglinton Avenue East and McCowan Road at approximately 9:45 p.m.
When they arrived at the scene, they located evidence of gunfire.
Police say there was damage to the restaurant, but no one was injured.
The suspects are described as males wearing all black clothing and masks, according to police. They fled in a light-coloured vehicle.
No other details were
Bodies of child, adult pulled from Lake Erie after being reported overdue: OPP
NORFOLK COUNTY — Ontario Provincial Police say the bodies of two boaters, including a child, were pulled from the waters of Lake Erie on Monday after being reported overdue.
Police say they were called earlier in the day to an area of St. Williams, Ont., on the northern shores of the lake.
They say a seven-year-old and a 53-year-old, both from Norfolk County, were found more than 3 1/2 kilometres from shore by a passing boater.
Investigators say
Hundreds of administrative roles cut in latest round of TDSB layoffs
The Toronto District School Board has announced hundreds of additional layoffs following last month’s job cuts.
A TDSB spokesperson tells CityNews that the layoffs will not impact classroom staff, but will affect administrative employees.
“After years of declining enrolment, the TDSB is taking steps to modernize and right-size the number of central administration staff to ensure resources are focused where they matter most — in schools and classrooms,” the spokesperson wrote.
“These changes do not impact classroom staff,” the spokesperson added. “As part
Man wanted in connection with 2 sex assault cases across Toronto
Toronto police are on the hunt for an unknown man who is wanted in connection with two separate sexual assault cases across the city.
According to investigators, the first assault was reported just after 8 p.m. on Saturday in the city’s east-end, near Dundas Street East and De Grassi Street.
Detectives say a group of women were walking on the sidewalk when a random man approached and took hold of the victim’s forearm and made verbal sexual advances.
“The suspect then sexually assaulted her and
Trump and Xi dialed down the trade war, but challenges lurk at their China summit
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump claims that America has increasingly profited from trade with China, largely playing down the tensions over rare earth minerals, tariffs and that could rupture relations between the world’s two largest economies.
Trump departs Tuesday for with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, in what could potentially be the first of four meetings this year.
“We’re doing a lot of business with China and making a lot of money,” Trump said last week. “We’re making a lot of money