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Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:25:00 EST
Ontario pushes back start of school to Jan. 5, cuts COVID isolation period to five days, limits PCR testing
The province says they have delayed the start of school in order to start distributing the masks to school and child care staff as well as an extra 3,000 HEPA air filters to classrooms across Ontario

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 16:58:00 EST
Struggling to book a PCR test? Not if you have $350
Private testing clinics are popping up across the GTA. Is it another example of ‘people being priced out in a pandemic?’

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:16:00 EST
What’s open and closed in Toronto on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day
A list of what’s open and closed on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in Toronto.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 17:49:00 EST
Mental health, gun violence factors in Toronto’s third-deadliest year in almost two decades
Shooting continues to be the major factor in Toronto’s homicide cases. This year 46 people have died as a result of gun violence.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:39:00 EST
This Swiss research adds to the reasons you should be leery of negative rapid test results
The new data suggests the sensitivity of rapid antigen tests drops to about 50 per cent on average when it comes to detecting early onset cases of Omicron when carriers are most infectious.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 06:31:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: Quebec imposing nighttime curfew; Ontario pushes start of school to Jan. 5; Raptors, Leafs have capacity cut
Meanwhile, Las Vegas isn’t cancelling or scaling back plans for New Year’s Eve gatherings.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 16:22:27 EST
Leafs and Raptors capacity cut to 1,000, some subscriber tickets cancelled
Raptors subscribers have had their tickets cancelled for the next three weeks, while the only people allowed at Scotiabank Arena for Leafs games are those permitted under the NHL collective agreement.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:43:00 EST
As a boy, he was engulfed in flames at a Barrie gas station. Seven decades later, he has finally been awarded compensation
Dennis Madigan was just 15 in 1949 when he suffered horrific burns in a workplace accident.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 18:00:00 EST
Thursday’s back-to-school announcement in Ontario sparks online reactions
The first day of in-person classes for elementary students has been pushed back to January 5th.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 17:44:13 EST
‘I feel bad for the kids.’ The Greigs speak for many families with world juniors cancelled
Canadian forward Ridly Greig joined dad Mark — a scout for the Philadelphia Flyers and one-time Maple Leaf — for some bacon, eggs and oatmeal at the Delta hotel, and went over what transpired.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 06:00:00 EST
How a misspelled name threw this couple down the rabbit hole of Canada’s immigration bureaucracy
A British man sponsored for permanent residence by his Canadian wife had his name spelled wrong by immigration officials. They’re still waiting for them to fix it.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:47:00 EST
Ontario will refund you up to $200 to travel the province. Can it help rebuild a battered tourism industry?
The new tax credit kicks in Jan. 1, with a maximum credit of $200 to individuals and $400 to families in an effort to stimulate the province’s devastated tourism sector. And while proponents say it’s a step in the right direction, critics say it ...



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