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Tue, 9 Mar 2021 19:16:00 EST
Why won’t Toronto vaccinate residents around the clock starting next week? We ask the man with the plan
Toronto is going to open the first three of its nine vaccination clinics — at Scarborough Town Centre, the Convention Centre and the Toronto Congress Centre — starting March 17.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 16:01:06 EST
Doug Ford says he’s ‘proud’ of controversial MZOs to fast-track development
After his government rammed through another six ministerial zoning orders (MZO) to fast-track local development, Premier Doug Ford said he’s “proud to announce that we have MZOs, because it’s about the economy.”

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 17:38:00 EST
Moving for work? No thanks. Foreign talent increasingly chooses remote work over relocating amid COVID-19
With the newfound opportunity for remote work in their home countries during uncertain times, fewer people are willing to move abroad for work, according to a new global survey.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 16:16:00 EST
Psychiatrists are divided on assisted death for people with mental disorders
The federal government has agreed that medical assistance in dying should be possible in two years solely on the basis of a mental disorder.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 13:24:00 EST
HuffPost shuts down Canadian operations
The closure comes just two weeks after staff in the Canadian offices unionized.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 15:57:06 EST
‘People are scared of coming to work’: CIBC employees say they want to work remotely following COVID-19 outbreak at Yonge Street call centre
Lack of private home workspace to ensure client privacy cited as a reason bank’s call centres are open despite province’s stay-at-home order.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 05:00:00 EST
How fast is fast enough? Star tracker reveals the stark gap between government’s COVID-19 vaccination goals and reality
The Toronto Star’s vaccine gap tracker shows the number of vaccines Ontario is administering everyday and what it needs to be administering to meet the COVID-19 task force’s June 20 target.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 18:37:00 EST
Ontario about to reveal which pharmacies will get vaccines for seniors aged 60 to 64
On Wednesday, Ontario will reveal an initial list of 380 pharmacies getting AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines, setting the stage for a flurry of bookings with shots to begin this week in the Toronto, Windsor and Kingston areas for adults aged 60 to 64.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 16:00:00 EST
Podcast | This Matters: Vaccines, variants and the grey zone: Where Ontario is at now
Ontario is now fully in reopening mode after Toronto and Peel Region moved into the grey zone on Monday. Yet despite this sign of progress, case counts are inching upward and hit 1,600 earlier this week. With concerning COVID variants circulating and...

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 21:50:00 EST
The Maple Leafs’ grip atop the North Division is starting to slip after third straight loss
Auston Matthews returns to the scoresheet, but the Leafs drop the opener of three consecutive home dates with the Winnipeg Jets.

Tue, 9 Mar 2021 05:57:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 1,185 more cases, with six deaths; Sunnybrook to set up field hospital
Meanwhile, Estonia’s government has decided on further coronavirus restrictions due to a rapid rise in cases, especially the variant first detected in Britain, and the Baltic country will effectively enter lockdown as of Thursday.



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