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Fri, 5 Feb 2021 20:20:00 EST
Ontario school boards have hired 3,435 teachers since September, survey shows
Education unions have unsuccessfully sought regional breakdowns.

Fri, 5 Feb 2021 17:37:00 EST
Travellers fined for refusing COVID-19 tests at Pearson
Mandatory COVID-19 tests at Pearson airport have found at least 32 cases of the virus, and Peel region police have handed out $750 tickets to three international travellers who refused them as the federal government continues efforts to put hotel qua...

Fri, 5 Feb 2021 15:29:00 EST
Toronto just approved a wild plan to build a public internet network priced lower than Bell or Rogers — will it work?
The proposal calls for pilot projects in Jane-Finch in North York and Malvern and the Golden Mile in Scarborough. Residents in those areas could see service by the end of this year.

Fri, 5 Feb 2021 19:00:00 EST
Ontario to begin phased reopening of economy next week: government source

Fri, 5 Feb 2021 18:04:00 EST
Toronto’s patio dining program renewed for 2021 should be ‘permanent,’ mayor says
As well as renewing CafeTO, city council on Friday approved a plan for the creation of a broadband network using existing city fibre-optic cable.

Fri, 5 Feb 2021 21:38:56 EST
Rosie DiManno: Eighty-one deaths later, the rampaging outbreak at Tendercare Living Centre has been declared over. Finally
For reasons unfathomable, Premier Doug Ford is disinclined to accept the help that’s available, perhaps because he wants to avoid another scathing report detailing the horrific conditions and lapses in care, as occurred in May, writes Rosie DiManno...

Fri, 5 Feb 2021 05:08:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: Health Canada expected to approve AstraZeneca vaccine next week; Ford to announce details next week on reopening economy
Meanwhile, restrictions on social gatherings and events to contain the spread of COVID-19 are supposed to lift in British Columbia today, but the provincial health officer has indicated that may not happen.

Fri, 5 Feb 2021 11:41:22 EST
New allegations against Saudi crown prince raise spectre of Khashoggi killing, assassins arriving in Canada
The newly filed court record is the latest development in an escalating and bitter tit-for-tat feud

Fri, 5 Feb 2021 21:00:00 EST
OPP to investigate violent arrest in downtown Barrie
Public condemnation was plentiful and swift as videos of the violent arrest by a Barrie police officer quickly circulated on social media Feb. 4.



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