Toronto Star
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 13:17:00 ESTOntario aims for COVID-19 vaccinations by June 20 for ‘every eligible person who wants it’
Ontario’s updated COVID-19 vaccination plan will target older citizens first and focus on “hot spots” in the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area and elsewhere to prevent an estimated 3,700 new cases and almost 200 deaths a each day by the end of May.
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 13:13:00 ESTToronto will move into the ‘grey’ zone on Monday. Here’s what that means
The province’s move follows a recommendation by the city’s medical officer of health.
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 20:01:00 ESTTech companies committed to fight child pornography online. A year later, survivors say they aren’t seeing results
An international agreement to address the issue of child pornography online is under fire by a group of survivors over what they say is a lack of transparency around how it is working.
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 18:07:00 ESTDespite local anger, new Stockyards slaughterhouse is likely here to stay, city tells residents
A newly-opened slaughterhouse has community members and city planners questioning whether it’s time to end the west-end neighbourhood’s industrial legacy.
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 16:50:48 ESTOne step forward, one step back — COVID vaccine news for Friday, March 5
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 06:39:00 ESTToday’s coronavirus news: Ontario aims to offer shots to everyone over 60 by end of May; Toronto, Peel Region to move into ‘grey’ lockdown starting Monday
Meanwhile, urgent calls for COVID-19 vaccine fairness rang through African countries on Friday as more welcomed or rolled out doses from the global COVAX initiative, with officials acutely aware their continent needs much more.
Thu, 4 Mar 2021 23:43:00 ESTWalter Gretzky, father of ‘The Great One,’ dead at 82
He rose from humble beginnings to become the patriarch of this country’s most legendary hockey family.
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 00:17:00 ESTTales of Walter Gretzky: the iconic backyard rink, Russian party time and homespun lessons learned
The father of Wayne Gretzky was so much to so many, all the while embodying the absolute best of what it means to be Canadian, even if we attribute more to him than he would to himself.
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 06:06:00 EST‘He lived a remarkable life’:What the hockey world is saying about the passing of Walter Gretzky
Hockey fans at home and abroad commemorate the legacy of a loving father
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 00:58:00 ESTShare your condolences and memories of Walter Gretzky
Walter Gretzky, the father of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, has died. He was 82.
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 17:41:50 ESTToronto’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts get a shot in the arm from federal and provincial supply news
Toronto’s nine mass vaccination clinics are poised to deliver 120,00 doses a week, more if they run around the clock, said Toronto Public Health chair Coun. Joe Cressy.
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 14:30:00 ESTCould Ontario’s Health Care Consent Act be suspended?
There’s a reason why some people refer to COVID-19 variants as “scariants.” If widespread, some of the modelling numbers are quite scary and eventual cases could overwhelm our health care system. If that happens some are worried the Health Care...
Fri, 5 Mar 2021 11:00:42 ESTOntario reports highest COVID-19 case count in a week as variant numbers continue to surge
The province administered 35,886 vaccine doses as of 8 p.m. Thursday, the highest number of doses administered in a single day yet.