‘Our government takes seriously our obligation to hold ourselves to a higher standard,’ says Premier Doug Ford

We are demanding an end to the inhumane treatment and needless death of our vulnerable elders, and trust you will join us in this effort, write Torstar co-proprietors Paul Rivett and Jordan Bitove.

‘What’s very clear is that the measures that were taken in the first wave and, so far, in the second wave are insufficient. What we’re seeing is worse than anything I have ever seen in the homes,’ says Ontario Health Coalition executive direc...

All Ontario students will be learning online for the first week of classes to help contain COVID-19 in communities. Elementary students return to school, in person, Jan 11.

Meanwhile, a Wisconsin health system said that 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine that had to be discarded after they were left unrefrigerated now appear to have been deliberately spoiled by an employee.

Performers like Divine Brown, Jully Black, Measha Brueggergosman and Barenaked Ladies, plus hosts Andrew Phung and Arisa Cox, will combine with stories of front-line workers for ‘From Ontario With Love; A Celebration of Hope.’

We’ve compiled personal wins and joys of 2020 from Star readers across Canada. In just two sentences each, they tell us about their #365joys2020.

2020 began with the eagerness of a new year, ran straight into the fear, anxiety and isolation of a pandemic, then ended with the optimism of vaccinations. All through that journey, Star photographers captured the incomparable visual moments that wer...