Toronto Star
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 23:04:00 EDTLightning strike twice: Tampa wins back-to-back Stanley Cups
The Tampa Bay Lightning end the Montreal Canadiens’ magical playoff run in Game 5 at Amalie Arena, with a single goal by an unheralded rookie.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:13:00 EDTReady to return to the office? City releases 'playbooks' for workplaces in new reopening strategy
Local business leaders, politicians look for clarity from province, Ottawa on return to work rules.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 05:00:00 EDTIt’s so hot that Canada’s sea creatures are cooking to death in their shells
Extreme heat caused the death of what one marine biologist estimates to be roughly one billion animals in the Salish Sea.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 21:29:35 EDTGreen party cuts two staffers from leader Annamie Paul’s office amid layoffs
The party’s diversity co-ordinator, Zahra Mitra, was also laid off, sources tell the Star, amid party feuds.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 16:51:00 EDTAs Joe Biden’s America returns to normal life, Donald Trump’s remains mired in the pandemic
As July 4 celebrations played out across America, the long months of social distancing and isolation seemed to fade into memory for Americans. But the only problem might be that in many places a no-dose crowd is participating, Edward Keenan writes.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:36:00 EDTChristine Elliott wants Ontario to take a ‘very cautious approach to opening up further’ because of the Delta variant
Amid encouraging vaccination rates, low case counts, and the first day without a COVID-19 death in Ontario since October, Health Minister Christine Elliott wants the province to be cautious about loosening pandemic restrictions.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 17:56:00 EDTRhoderie Estrada was home in East York when she was sexually assaulted and murdered by ‘complete strangers,’ Crown says
Estrada was a long-time nurse in the dialysis unit at the St. Joseph’s hospital. Her husband described his wife in emotional testimony on the first day of trial Wednesday.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 06:02:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting no new COVID deaths; Niagara’s top doctor says reopening border is too risky
Meanwhile, a new Public Health Ontario report shows 0.02 per cent, or 1,635 people, became infected with COVID-19 after they were fully vaccinated.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 21:54:35 EDTFuneral, public visitation details announced for slain Toronto Const. Jeffrey Northrup
On Sunday, there will be a public visitation in Thornhill, and the funeral will be Monday at BMO Field for officer killed in underground garage near city hall.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 20:16:35 EDTWhat lies ahead for Haiti after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse?
A breakdown of what’s happening in the country, and where Canada fits in.
Wed, 7 Jul 2021 14:57:27 EDTA wave of terrifying racist attacks in Alberta sheds light on Canada’s Islamophobia problem
A wave of terrifying racist attacks in Alberta has the province on edge. The targets have been Muslim women, most of them Black and wearing a hijab. The Muslim community says Islamophobia and anti-Black racism have always been a problem in the provin...