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Fri, 9 Apr 2021 18:33:00 EDT‘It’s a punch in the gut’: Lack of priority in the vaccine rollout frustrates people with developmental disabilities and their families
People with intellectual or developmental disabilities are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Phase Two of Ontario’s three-phased rollout, but whether they can actually book a shot depends on where they live.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 17:56:53 EDT
Peel police had more than enough time to de-escalate before Ejaz Choudry, 62, was shot and killed, experts say
“If they’re trained that way still that’s a real serious flaw in police training,” said former SIU director Howard Morton.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 21:18:00 EDT
Mark Carney commits to support the Liberals but doesn’t say if he’ll run
The former central bank governor, former head of the Bank of England, now UN envoy on climate action and finance, took to a partisan stage Friday and declared his political loyalty to the governing Liberals, but was coy about any political ambitions.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 18:48:00 EDT
IPO shares in aerospace technology company MDA take off while digital ad technology company Acuity’s sink — here are this weeks winners and losers
Stock surges and setbacks for the week ending April 9, 2021
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 13:25:00 EDT
These charts show how badly Ontario hospitals are being hit with COVID-19
Hospitals are scaling down non-urgent procedures and Sick Kids hospital has opened an eight-bed intensive care unit for adult patients as the province’s health care system struggles under the weight of COVID-19.
Wed, 7 Apr 2021 20:11:00 EDT
Is your postal code in this database? If so, a COVID-19 vaccine is headed your way really soon
The Ontario government has announced that all residents 18 and older in “hot spot” postal codes across the province will soon be able to get vaccinated.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 18:06:52 EDT
We’re tracking Ontario’s progress to vaccinating 40% of adults. Click here for the latest numbers
The Ontario government has pledged to vaccinate 40 per cent of adults by May 5. Here’s how that’s going so far.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 05:52:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Toronto records highest one-day increase in COVID-19 cases; Ontario reports 4,227 cases; migrant farm worker vaccine pilot to run at Toronto airport
Also, Japan imposes new virus measures in Tokyo ahead of Olympics.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 17:37:52 EDT
Prince Philip took a keen interest in Canada, but stayed above politics, former GGs and PM say
Prince Philip showed leadership by “not taking centre stage, but by ensuring that the Queen and the monarchy were front row and centre,” said former Gov. General David Johnston.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 09:47:45 EDT
‘A man with a twinkle in his eye’: Do you have special memories of Prince Philip? The Star wants to hear from you
Do you have special memories of the many times Prince Philip visited Canada? Or special moments that stand out during his life here and abroad?
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 07:29:00 EDT
‘Dynamic, irascible, exasperating, intriguing.’ Prince Philip dead at 99
At the royal couple’s 50th-anniversary lunch in 1997, Queen Elizabeth said “he has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I, and his whole family, owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim or wish to know.”
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 14:50:00 EDT
Rosie DiManno: ‘She never looked at anyone else’: The lifelong love match of Prince Philip and ‘Lilibet’
Theirs was a love match. He never stopped making Elizabeth laugh, surely the secret to any enduring marriage. And she beamed for Philip as she did for no other.
Fri, 9 Apr 2021 12:28:00 EDT
Rapper-actor DMX, known for iconic hip-hop songs, dead at 50
The Grammy-nominated performer died after suffering “catastrophic cardiac arrest,” according to the hospital in White Plains, New York, where he died.