22-year-old Savanna Pikuyak, an Inuk woman from Nunavut, was pronounced dead on Sunday at her home near Algonquin College in Ottawa. First responders responded to a 911 call just after 10 am, but she was dead by the time they arrived. 33-year-old Nikolas Ibey has already turned himself in to Ottawa Police. According to sources […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: There are 34 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19, and another death from the virus in Ottawa Tuesday. 8,521 cases have been reported here throughout the pandemic, with 7,794 cases resolved, and 351 active. 376 people in our city have now died after contracting the Novel Coronavirus. COVID-19 Ontario: There’s been another big increase in […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Two more people have died from COVID-19 in Ottawa. Public Health is confirming 336 deaths during the pandemic. It’s also reporting 36 new cases, sending the total up to 7,360, with 6,437 resolved. The number of active cases has dropped significantly, down to 587. COVID-19 Ontario: 1,003 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, and fourteen more […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Ottawa Public Health is reporting 24 more confirmed COVID-19 cases Monday. 2839 cases have been reported here throughout the pandemic, with 156 active cases, and 85 per cent of cases resolved. No new deaths related to the virus are being reported, with that number staying at 266. COVID-19 Ontario: Ontario has 105 new cases […]
Freeland Sworn In As Finance Minister, Parliament Prorogued: Chrystia Freeland was sworn in Tuesday afternoon as Canada’s new finance minister, the first woman to hold the post. Freeland is also keeping her role as Deputy Prime Minister. New Brunswick M-P Dominic LeBlanc is taking over her job handling the Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau […]
COVID-19 Ottawa: Ottawa Public Health is reporting a significant increase in COVID-19 related deaths Monday. 35 more deaths have been confirmed, moving the city’s total to 127. There are 21 new confirmed cases in the Capital, sending that total to 1,504. COVID-19 Ontario: Ontario is reporting 370 new COVID-19 cases and 84 more deaths related […]
Acclaimed Inuit singer-songwriter, Kelly Fraser, passed away at age 26 in her current home city of Winnipeg on Christmas Day. A cause of death was not revealed. She had been working on her third album, Decolonize, which she planned to release in May 2020. Fraser shot to fame in 2013 with her cover of Rihanna’s […]
While Midnight Shine’s latest music video for Leather Skin was shot in 2018, the idea for it was first inspired in 2000. Back then, Midnight Shine frontman Adrian Sutherland saw the captivating beach video for Coldplay’s Yellow and dreamed of someday making one of his own on the desolate shorelines of his Northern Canadian home. This long-held dream […]