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Mon, 4 Jan 2021 18:25:00 EST
Ontario has been slow to give COVID-19 vaccinations. Doug Ford says that’s about to change
The first health-care workers in Ontario to get COVID-19 shots were given their booster jabs Monday as the premier acknowledged there has been a slow start to the province’s vaccination program with daily new cases remaining near record highs.

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 16:38:55 EST
Health authorities to start naming specific Toronto workplaces with significant COVID-19 outbreaks
Details on outbreaks in 11 sectors including many of precarious, low-wage settings to be released weekly to the public.

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:42:31 EST
A year after Iran shot down an airliner with dozens of Canadians onboard, this grieving husband and father fights on: ‘I’ve dedicated my life to this’
Hamed Esmaeilion’s wife and nine-year-old daughter were killed when Flight 752 was shot down by a pair of Iranian surface-to-air missiles

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 22:02:00 EST
‘The last game will be something special.’ It’s Canada vs. the United States for world junior hockey gold
After steamrolling Russia in Monday night’s semifinal in Edmonton, the Canadians will play the U.S. or Finland for gold on Tuesday night. They have never trailed in this tournament.

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 21:48:00 EST
Jason Kenney blinks as Albertans on left and right unite in fury over travelling politicians
Observers say the balloning scandal could pose real problems for Kenney, despite his move to bring down the hammer Monday.

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 16:22:00 EST
Two more Conservatives caught leaving Canada during the holidays
The Conservative party’s Senate leader and the chair of the House of Commons ethics committee, are the latest federal politicians to be caught leaving Canada during the second wave of COVID-19.

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 05:13:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: TTC confirms first employee death from COVID-19; Ontario reports 3,270 new cases, 29 more deaths while outbreaks at LTC homes hit record
Meanwhile, restaurants and licensed establishments in the Halifax region can reopen for in-person dining beginning today.

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:30:00 EST
Doctors point to staffing issues as second wave of COVID-19 rips through Ontario’s nursing homes
“The big underlying issues are that most of the 100,000 people working (in Ontario) in long-term care are working on a part-time basis,” said Dr. Samir Sinha, director of health policy research at Ryerson University’s National Institute on Agei...

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 20:54:26 EST
To avoid COVID’s third wave, embrace longer lockdowns, gradual relaxing of restrictions, group urges provinces
A newly released strategy paper says the approach will save more lives and cost less economically, in the long run.

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:54:00 EST
The risk of COVID-19 spread outdoors is higher in winter than in summer. An expert explains
We asked Toronto-based epidemiologist Colin Furness for advice on the safest way to take advantage of the outdoors for winter recreation activities.

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 16:06:00 EST
Donald Trump is going down swinging, and Republicans in Georgia are feeling the blows
Control of the Senate hinges on who wins two runoff elections on Tuesday, but the president remains obsessed with his own loss, Edward Keenan writes.

Mon, 4 Jan 2021 19:36:00 EST
Proud Boys leader arrested, accused of burning Black Lives Matter banner from D.C. church
Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, 36, was taken into custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest for destruction of property, police said. He is also facing weapons charges.



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