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Sat, 19 Mar 2022 07:00:00 EDTHow vaccination status might predict views on the Russian invasion of Ukraine
New poll indicates that “vaccine refusers are much more sympathetic to Russia.”
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:00:00 EDTWas it really about vaccine mandates — or something darker? The inside story of the convoy protests
A Canadian protest movement appeared to be fuelled by opposition to COVID-19 restrictions, but conspiracy theories swirled just below the surface.
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 21:22:00 EDTVaccination booking tracker ‘Vaccine Hunters’ announces it will end operations
Without vaccine supply issues Canada no longer needs Vaccine Hunters, founder says
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 06:00:00 EDTThe Ford government is overhauling Ontario’s blue box recycling program — and critics say it will be a disaster
The new rules will off-load the entire cost of the program onto the companies that make packaging and other recycled materials — and put them in charge of running it, too. But the rules are so baffling, even key stakeholders say they don’t unders...
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:12:00 EDTIs this Canadian sniper alive? The truth is caught up in Ukraine’s ‘fog of war’ — and the Russian propaganda machine
He blogged almost every day before going dark. It’s not yet clear if he’s laying low, or if the Russian rumours of his death are true
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 18:45:31 EDTThe digital war against Russia: how ordinary citizens are using technology to thwart Putin
Through the internet, citizens are reporting and accessing uncensored accounts of the war while cryptocurrency lets people put weapons in the hands of Ukrainian resistance fighters.
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 07:00:00 EDTAnother Mammoliti sets his sights on Toronto city hall — this one says he’s a ‘toned-down version’
TDSB vice-chair Chris Mammoliti plans to run in Ward 7 Humber River-Black Creek, where his father Giorgio lost to Anthony Perruzza in 2018.
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 10:00:00 EDTMeet a Canadian scientist who’s trying to create sperm in a lab
UBC lab creating congenial site for cells harvested from men to work.
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:52:26 EDTPeel police arrest man after worshippers attacked at Mississauga mosque
Members of the Dar Al-Tawheed Islamic Centre were able to subdue the attacker before Peel police arrived on scene at approximately 7 a.m.
Sat, 19 Mar 2022 08:18:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 613 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 185 in ICUs; China reports first COVID deaths in more than a year
Meanwhile, Sudbury-area school boards are preparing for a return to a “more normal learning environment” when students go back to class after March Break.