'We can’t cut:' Essex County stable owners struggle in a pandemic
Brenda Gagnon, owner of Lazee G Ranch, admits it has been a very difficult year to stay in business when they have no revenue coming in.

Brenda Gagnon, owner of Lazee G Ranch, admits it has been a very difficult year to stay in business when they have no revenue coming in.
There is optimism that the Village of St. Clair has turned the corner after a serious COVID-19 outbreak.
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit is reporting seven additional deaths and 177 new COVID-19 cases on Friday.
More than 506,000 Canadians have received a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group, in a landmark vaccination effort against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Ontario's stay-at-home order, which came into effect 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, has left many residents confused about what is, and what isn't, considered essential.
Love for local frontline heroes has been popping up on front lawns across the region.
Screeching streetcars are creating chaos in one downtown Toronto neighbourhood leaving residents frustrated.
The Town of Gravenhurst cooked up a way to help local restaurants during the lockdown.
A Golden Lake family learns the expensive drug for rare spinal muscular atrophy disease may yet be covered by the Ontario government. CTV's Dylan Dyson reports.
From CTV's Daryl Newcombe – The London Health Sciences Centre confirms the region could be out of COVID-19 vaccine in two to three days.
A man went to great lengths to bring a young deer to safety after it fell through ice.
Tika made her claim to fame with a video of all the outfits she wanted to wear in 2020 but couldn't.
A Florida waitress says she knew something was wrong when an 11-year-old boy sitting at one of her tables was forbidden from ordering anything to eat.
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says a temporary delay will impact supply shipments from Pfizer for the next month.
A cabinet minister's tweet about a note his 10-year-old son received after reaching out to a lonely new kid at his school has gone viral.
While Canada's top immunization experts have signed off on provinces delaying the administration of the second Pfizer and Moderna doses in an effort to begin vaccinating more people with a small supply, Procurement Minister Anita Anand says she's heard concerns from the manufacturers that may impact future deliveries.
The World Health Organization's emergencies chief said Friday that the impact of new variants of COVID-19 in places like Britain, South Africa and Brazil remains to be seen, citing human behaviour for some recent rises in infection counts.
GM Canada says it has reached a tentative deal with Unifor that if ratified will see it invest $1 billion to transform its CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ont., to make commercial electric vehicles.
U.S. President Donald Trump owes millions in unpaid rally expenses to cities across America, accounting for a small sliver of the looming debt he'll face when he leaves the White House.
A U.S. federal judge on Friday ordered a far-right conspiracy theorist who left an ominous note for Vice President Mike Pence inside the U.S. Capitol to be detained pending trial, saying he participated in a 'violent insurrection.'
Over the next month Canada will be experiencing a 'temporary' delay in Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipments due to the pharmaceutical giant's expansion plans at its European manufacturing facility, with the shortage resulting in an average of 50 per cent of coming doses delayed each week.
The spread of COVID-19 continues to surge rapidly across the country and federal officials are urging swift action to avoid Canadian doctors having to make 'impossible choices,' such as who gets an ICU bed.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to tighter travel restrictions, including a possible ban on outbound air travel as COVID-19 case counts climb across the country.
Thousands of Indigenous women around the world are sharing photos on social media in solidarity with a 10-year-old Canadian girl who was ridiculed for wearing a traditional ribbon skirt to school last month.
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin says a temporary delay will impact supply shipments from Pfizer for the next month.
U.S. President Trump allegedly owes cities nearly $2 million for rallies dating back to 2016.
Ont. Premier Doug Ford kicked out Roman Baber from the party after the MPP claimed the COVID-19 lockdowns in Ontario are doing more harm than good.
Justin Trudeau is responds to Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet's recent comments about Transport Minister Omar Alghabra.
Chilling evidence emerged about the U.S. Capitol riots as Washington, D.C. boosted security ahead of the inauguration.