Intended as a shot in the arm for areas hard-hit by COVID-19, Premier Doug Ford’s week-old promise to vaccinate everyone 18 and older in designated hot zones — including essential workers — is turning into cold comfort.

Ottawa is rolling out a special immigration program to grant permanent residence to recent international graduates and temporary workers in an attempt to reach its 2021 immigration target.

“No apology — no matter how sincere — will repair the damage that you have done,” Zahra Mitra wrote in an email this week to Green party officials.

Man pleads guilty to contempt of court. B.C. judge weighs further jail time.

Cool it, yahoos. That’s the message from Alberta Premier Jason Kenney to protesters across the country decrying COVID-19 restrictions and attacking public health officials.

Coun. Michael Colle reported three schools to Toronto public health after receiving complaints from area residents that the independent schools were open despite order to move to online learning.

Scarborough Health Network said at least 10,000 appointments will have to be cancelled between Wednesday and Sunday as a result of two of their clinics closing.

Meanwhile: Canada reported its first case of vaccine-induced blood clots linked to Oxford-AstraZeneca, and the Juno Awards are postponed due to COVID.

Inconsistencies in supply and messaging have created confusion, which we hope to clear up.

Coach Nick Nurse forced to go big, and the bigs are too much for the Spurs too handle.

Amid ongoing discussions about a unanimous House motion on Prince Philip’s death, the Bloc Québécois proposed chopping off most of the royal language, the Star has learned.

Group says one of its members received death threat possibly related to their condemnation of Bill Yee, an adviser to the B.C. premier, for his comments on China’s treatment of Uyghurs.