Toronto Star
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 19:48:00 EDT‘I’m feeling very fortunate’: Downsview Arena vaccine clinic speeds up rollout to high-risk neighbourhoods
Hundreds of people filed through Downsview Arena on the weekend to get the COVID-19 vaccine, after the age threshold was lowered to 50 for a swath of northwest Toronto with high infection rates.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 16:12:00 EDTDr. Homer Tien, president of Ornge, to lead Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine task force
Doctors welcomed the appointment of Tien, a trauma surgeon and head of Ontario’s air ambulance agency, to replace retired general Rick Hillier at the head of the province’s vaccine distribution task force.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 05:00:00 EDT‘Please don’t let your guard down.’ Inside the third wave and why variants have changed everything, in the words of 7 front-line health workers
“We’ve seen entire families get COVID. There are husbands and wives in the ICUs, in rooms across from each other. It’s just so devastating,” says critical care paramedic Naomi Williams, one of seven front-line health workers who share their s...
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 07:00:00 EDTBike thefts at Toronto apartments and condos have tripled since 2014, new interactive data shows
Having taken all the necessary precautions and still having it stolen from within your home is particularly concerning,” says two-time condo bike theft victim Jesse Friedland.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 16:28:00 EDTSmall business owner’s video of busy Yorkdale mall sparks outrage on social media
According to a spokesperson for Yorkdale mall, the capacity was “below guidelines at all times” Saturday.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 08:37:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: Dr. Homer Tien, Ornge air ambulance CEO, to lead Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force; Canada tops 1 million cases since pandemic began
Meanwhile, Christians around the globe mark another pandemic Easter.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 05:00:00 EDT‘I was 46. She was 25. How could we possibly have anything in common?’ How two sisters, once near strangers, became family
In honour of National Siblings Day, writer Melanie Chambers shares her journey to finding a “real family” with her stepsister, Victoria.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 05:00:00 EDT‘Breaking bread with people you love fills up your soul’: Meet Toronto’s new foodie star
Bianca Osbourne is a chef, podcaster and host of the new TV show “CombiNation Plates.” She invites us into her kitchen and shares a recipe for her favourite Sunday meal: easy, delicious roast chicken.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 05:00:00 EDTHow the ‘meanest cat in Halifax’ taught me how to trust again
Audra Williams got fired, separated from her husband, and then met Zoe, a, ahem, curmudgeonly calico who would go on to become her best friend.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 14:31:00 EDTDid Canadian butter get harder or not? Here’s where we’re at with #Buttergate
Research looking into whether there’s a link between the supposed increased hardness of butter and palm fat in animal feed is ongoing, but here’s a look into how experts are trying to make sense of #Buttergate.
Sun, 4 Apr 2021 12:17:02 EDTMolson reaches deal with locked-out workers at Toronto brewery
Members of the Canadian Union of Brewery and General Workers Local 325 were voting on the tentative agreement Saturday and Sunday.