Toronto Star
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:00:00 EDTOntario’s Science Table recommends immediately shifting half of province’s vaccines to the hardest hit neighbourhoods
Reallocating some three million doses through April, May and early June, researchers say, would prevent tens of thousands of infections, along with hospitalizations, ICU visits and deaths across the province.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:49:00 EDTA risk-averse premier, an epic cabinet meeting, a wave of anger: The inside story of Doug Ford’s disastrous announcement
Insiders paint a picture of Doug Ford’s cabinet as being aware serious measures had to be taken to counter COVID-19, but ministers are unwilling, or unable, to make difficult choices.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:02:00 EDT‘Why isn’t there one site to book vaccines?’ ‘Do we have a supply issue?’ An in-depth conversation with Dr. Homer Tien, head of Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine task force
Tien, president and CEO of Ornge Air Ambulance, is confident about the target to have 40 per cent of adults in Ontario have their first vaccine shot by May 6.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:46:46 EDTA London-area golf course is fully booked for Saturday in defiance of Ontario lockdown: ‘We’re just doing what we think is right’
The owners of The Bridges at Tillsonburg — an 18-hole facility about two hours from Toronto, just south of London — have decided to defy the current stay-at-home order in the province, which includes the shuttering of golf courses and most other ...
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 11:41:00 EDTSome health restrictions could be lifted ‘this summer’ if 75 per cent of Canadians get vaccinated, top doctor says
The modelling projects that measures like business and public facility closures could be lifted in July or August if vaccine supplies continue as scheduled and enough Canadians get their shots.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:52:00 EDTAir Canada is increasing flights in May. With a surging third wave and variants — is this the right time?
Health experts question why the volume of air travel needs to increase at this time. “I don’t think we’re at a place where we should be considering travel,” said one expert.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 21:28:00 EDTAstraZeneca now recommended for millennials across Canada — but Ontario says it needs more vaccine first
Guidelines from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization open the door to vaccines being offered to millennials. But Ontario says it’s not planning to act on them just yet as it lacks vaccine to do so.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 05:38:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: 36 cases of COVID variant first identified in India detected in Ontario; vaccine advisory recommends AstraZeneca for 30 and up, Ontario says it lacks supply for this
Meanwhile, Peel, Toronto could begin workplace closures Friday to control outbreaks.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:02:00 EDTThese doctors — and nearly 2,000 of their peers — are demanding urgent action to get the third wave under control. Listen to what they have to say
Six physicians held a press conference Friday urging the provincial government take the action needed immediately to put an end to the third wave and pleading with Ontarians to get vaccinated as soon as they can.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:19:13 EDTOxford malaria vaccine trial points to disease ‘game-changer’
Finding more effective inoculations against the mosquito-borne disease has been a critical goal in fighting an infection that kills about 400,000 people a year, largely in sub-Saharan Africa, with most being children under the age of five.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 19:09:47 EDTWhy choosing the wrong ‘door’ may have cost this man his chance to claim asylum in Canada and rejoin his wife
The 39-year-old sits in a holding cell in New York, awaiting deportation next Thursday to Nicaragua, a country Amnesty International says is in a “human rights crisis” under President Daniel Ortega’s dictatorial regime.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:30:00 EDTHere’s how B.C. plans to keep people from travelling outside their health regions
Some regions will be combined, and those who break rules on non-essential travel face $575 fines.
Fri, 23 Apr 2021 17:03:00 EDTUnclaimed bodies in Ontario are reaching record numbers. Why is it so hard for some people to find out when their loved ones die?
A quick scroll through the Toronto Homeless Memorial website shows scores of Torontonians die listed, at least for a time, as John or Jane Does on any given year. These are the Torontonians who die unidentified or unclaimed, and often alone — but n...