New figures show a sharp increase in violence and threats in Toronto’s shelter system in the past several years, including the brutal beating of one city worker and the stabbing of another.

Ontario administered 11,161 doses of the vaccine since its last daily update, for a total of 276,146 as of 8 p.m. the previous night. The province says 57,907 people now have two shots, which means they are fully vaccinated.

Threshold will be reached if new form of virus becomes established in the population and the Province sticks to its plan to reopen all schools on Feb. 10, forecasting shows.

This week turned out to be a big continental detox, Edward Keenan writes.

Groups gathered Saturday at Nathan Phillips Square, Yonge-Dundas Square and Queen’s Park, police said. Ten people were arrested and seven were charged.

Toronto is home to the largest population of Indigenous people in the province — an estimated 70,000 people. But doctors who work with them fear they’ve been largely left out in vaccine rollout plans.

There’s a method to the many choices at Great Fountain Fast Food inside Dynasty Centre in Scarborough, and it exemplifies the endless combos Hong Kong-style diner food has to offer.

Meanwhile: Fear that Quebecers will catch a new variant of COVID-19 on vacation is what’s driving demands by the Quebec premier for Ottawa to ban non-essential flights to the country.

Canadians have four times the usual amount in their savings and are feeling deprived. Economists predict we will start spending again as soon as the vaccine kicks in and employment prospects look more secure.

Investors hammered the stock of Alimentation Couche-Tard on news of its $25.5-billion offer to acquire the much larger yet ailing Carrefour.