Toronto Star
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 16:43:00 ESTTwo people dead, including one shot by police, in York Region; 3 hurt including infant, young child
York Regional police have confirmed an adult male and a female are dead in the incident at around 2 p.m. at a home on Ridge Gate Crescent and Vivian Creek Road.
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 22:19:00 ESTAuston Matthews, Wayne Simmonds lead another outburst as Leafs rout Canucks
Matthews has scored in the last seven games he has played.
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 05:00:00 ESTDoes Simone Sandler’s downtown Toronto murder point to the work of a serial strangler?
Three other Toronto women were found strangled in similar circumstances — but unlike them, no one was ever charged in Sandler’s case.
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 20:31:02 ESTThis little Montreal bakery has a big Super Bowl connection: an NFL champ turned front-line pandemic hero
Lou Marsh Trophy winner Laurent Duvernay-Tardif will be watching the Super Bowl from Montreal, where his family’s bakery is serving his favourite dish to football fans.
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 18:02:00 ESTSend a Valentine’s Day card to front-line workers
The Star is inviting parents to send pictures of Valentines Day cards created by kids for doctors, nurses, paramedics, care workers and health-care staff, in order to thank them for everything they’ve done during COVID-19.
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 12:00:00 ESTNetflix ‘Pandemic’ Dr. Syra Madad explains how to protect yourself from faster, stronger COVID-19 variants
Dr. Syra Madad, from the Netflix documentary Pandemic, sat down with the Toronto Star to talk COVID-19, variants and you.
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 21:46:00 EST‘They abused their authority.’ Nurse says COVID-19 vaccines given to friends of nursing home management
Villa Leonardo Gambin facing questions over Moderna vaccine doses, which are only usable for six hours after vial is opened.
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 08:00:00 ESTToday’s coronavirus news: Canada records more than 800,000 cases of COVID-19; Ontario reports 1,388 new cases, 45 deaths; Quebec on cusp of 10,000 deaths
Meanwhile, a coronavirus-fighting robot that disinfects Key West International Airport’s interior spaces has a new name.
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 19:45:01 ESTLarge-scale reopening of Toronto won’t be anytime soon, Tory says
Meanwhile, Peel’s medical officer of health said he would like to first see the impact of the return to in-person learning at school in Peel on Feb. 16 — over a period of two to four weeks — before the region gradually reopens.
Sat, 6 Feb 2021 07:00:00 EST14 of the week’s best long reads from the Star, Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2021
From the risk of school reopenings to peeved snowbirds, we’ve selected some of the best long reads of the week from the Star.
Thu, 4 Feb 2021 19:39:00 ESTPeeved Canadian snowbirds devising plans to avoid hotel-quarantine ‘jail’
For a population whose raison d’être is stress-free winters, the latest COVID-19 rules have brought a mix of frustration and confusion.
Wed, 3 Feb 2021 18:27:00 ESTJordan Peterson media interviews are pulled after a piece he calls ‘cruel’ was published in the Sunday Times
Interviews had been set up in anticipation of the launch of his upcoming book, ‘Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life,’ which is set to release on March 2.