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Thu, 4 Feb 2021 18:45:11 EST
There’s a microchip, it will make me infertile, alter my DNA: The roots and truth about COVID-19 vaccine myths
We asked the chair of the Black Scientists’ Task Force on Vaccine Equity, an infectious disease expert and an immunologist to help debunk some of the biggest myths about COVID-19 vaccines.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 21:30:14 EST
‘A tone-deaf hire?’ Appointment of new education director for York Catholic school board sparks controversy
New education director’s limited teaching experience doesn’t sit well with parents’ group.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 19:39:00 EST
Peeved 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.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 12:53:00 EST
TTC recommends seven years of shuttle buses in place of Scarborough RT ahead of 2030 subway opening
Scarborough residents will be on buses starting in 2023, according to a new TTC for how to deal with the aging Scarborough rapid-transit line.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:57:34 EST
‘People feel like they’ve got no other choice’: Protest group says hundreds of small businesses will defy rules and reopen next week
A protest group claims 400 businesses across the country are ready to open up Feb. 11 to fight the lockdown. Those urging them not to point to everything from health risks to fines of up to $10 million.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 16:17:00 EST
100 cases of worrisome COVID-19 variants found in scan of a single day’s worth of testing
Only three of the 100 cases of the COVID-19 variant were from people with recent international travel, according to a Public Health Ontario study released Thursday.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 15:16:32 EST
Small businesses were forced online because of the pandemic — now a quarter say they’ve experienced a cyber attack
Businesses that pivoted to remote working, made changes to online presence, or those in construction or manufacturing were twice as likely to fall prey to a successful attack, the survey found.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 05:51:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: March Break under review; Ontario allows pet-grooming services to reopen; Canada reports 30-per-cent drop in active cases in last two weeks
Meanwhile, India’s third nationwide study of prevailing coronavirus infections found that 21.4 per cent of adults had already been infected before vaccinations started in January.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 21:32:15 EST
Peel District School Board struggles with fallout from malware attack, leaving parents, teachers in the dark
Board still unable to say when several of its key online resources will be back on track as attack continues to paralyze databases.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 05:00:00 EST
What would life be like without Google’s search engine? Australia might be about to give Canada a preview
It’s hard to imagine life without Google’s search engine, but with Ottawa’s plans to make tech giants pay for news they use on their platforms, it could become a reality.

Thu, 4 Feb 2021 05:00:00 EST
‘You’re going to be left with the junk’: What happens when Google hides the news?
Experiments taking place in Australia indicate how Google can control the availability of reliable information on the internet.



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