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Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:05:00 ESTThe Good, The Bad, and the Ugly of the latest COVID-19 numbers: ‘We’re going to be in a bad situation’
COVID-19 variants spreading as schools, businesses continue to reopen
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:58:00 EST
What will it take to trigger Ontario’s COVID-19 ‘emergency brake’? Health official says the province is still trying to figure that out
Ontario is holding back a full plan showing where all residents of the province fall on the COVID-19 vaccination priority list until it has more details on shipments from the federal government, Health Minister Christine Elliott says.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 05:00:00 EST
Honey Sherman would have controlled the ‘net income’ of husband Barry’s multibillion-dollar fortune had she lived, sources reveal
The last will of billionaire philanthropist Barry Sherman decreed that all “net income” from his estate would go to wife Honey for her “comfort and maintenance,” according to new information obtained by the Star.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 21:47:00 EST
Ontario College of Teachers names 28 teachers whose licences have been revoked for sexual misconduct
Names were released following a new Ontario law which mandates that any educator disciplined for sexually abusive conduct or child pornography receive a lifetime ban from teaching
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 16:30:00 EST
Flight risk: Canada’s new travel rules, explained
Are your travel plans up in the air? Do you want to make a run for the border? Canadians have been warned about non-essential travel, but for those who still cross borders the federal government has enacted tougher measures and now requires COVID tes...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:48:00 EST
The employer with Toronto’s largest COVID-19 outbreak doesn’t have paid sick days. What does new data tell us about which workplaces are hardest hit?
Toronto Public Health began publishing a list of all active workplace outbreaks last week. The four largest outbreaks are at food manufacturers or distributors: Belmont Meats, Dimpflmeier Bakery, Johnvince Foods and Maple Leaf Foods.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:31:00 EST
Canada’s public health authorities on edge as COVID-19 variants circulate and vaccines arrive slowly
Canada’s top public health authorities are warning that it is not time to “take the brakes off” collective and individual public health restrictions now that contagious new COVID-19 variants have been found in all 10 provinces.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 18:15:09 EST
Unconventional awareness campaign aims to build trust for COVID-19 vaccine among Indigenous people
Maad’ooking Mskiki, or ‘Sharing Medicine,’ is a virtual hub of culturally specific information about COVID-19 vaccines for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 05:51:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: Trudeau reassured by head of European Commission that vaccine shipments won’t be affected; Ford defends Ontario’s reopening plan; Province reports 904 more cases, 13 deaths
Meanwhile, Australia’s regulator on Tuesday approved the AstraZeneca vaccine as its second for use against COVID-19.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 17:46:00 EST
IN PHOTOS: Remembering beloved Toronto Star photographer Vince Talotta
After a lengthy battle with cancer, beloved Toronto Star photographer Vince Talotta has passed away at age 53. He is being remembered for his boisterous charm that won over even the crustiest of colleagues, competitors and subjects.
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 19:37:00 EST
Star photographer and ex-‘copy boy’ Vince Talotta, who charmed children, outlaws and fashion icons alike, dies at 53
“Vince Talotta can catch lightning.” That’s how one Star columnist described a photographer loved for a boisterous charm that, again and again, won over even the crustiest of colleagues, competitors and subjects.