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Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:19:56 EDT
‘It’s wrong on all possible levels’: Critics slam development group buying $1-billion in single-family houses for rentals
Toronto-based condo developer Core Development Group’s plan to buy $1 billion worth of single-family homes to rent them out has sparked outrage from critics who say it’s an example of corporations profiting from the country’s housing crisis.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:17:00 EDT
Former vaccine boss sues to get job back, blames Justin Trudeau and top ministers for ‘improper’ removal’
Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin is challenging his removal as head of Canada’s vaccine rollout in an explosive judicial application, saying there was “improper political interference” by two ministers, the prime minister and the country’s top civil ser...

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:14:57 EDT
Doug Ford’s Tories use their majority to pass a law targeting campaign spending
Unions and other third-party political action committees will be limited to spending $600,000 on election advertising after Premier Doug Ford rams through revived legislation Monday afternoon.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 10:31:47 EDT
Terrorism charges laid in London Muslim family killing. Decision called ‘hugely important’ symbolic move
Canada’s attorney general has initiated terrorism proceedings against the man accused of deliberately running down and killing four members of a Muslim family in what police have called a hate-motivated attack.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:58:57 EDT
Is Canada really donating 100M doses of COVID-19 vaccines to poor countries? Justin Trudeau’s critics say no
A pledge to donate 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries amounts to a lot less than meets the eye, opposition critics charged Monday.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 13:09:38 EDT
Linda O’Leary trial opens with graphic description of deadly Muskoka boat crash
O’Leary is charged with careless operation of a vessel that was involved in a fatal crash on Lake Joseph in Muskoka. Her defence argues the other boat involved in the crash had its navigation lights off.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 21:10:00 EDT
Awash in vaccine, now Canada plans to share with other countries. Is it too little, too late?
International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada will take no more doses from the COVAX initiative for its own use.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:39:00 EDT
You’ve got your second COVID vaccine. Now what?
“People just want to know, what should I do and when should I do it?” says expert Maria Sundaram, noting that changing and complex advice throughout the pandemic has been difficult for the public to follow.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 06:08:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: COVID-19 rules ease in B.C.; U.K. study shows vaccines 90 per cent effective against Delta; Ontario is reporting 447 COVID-19 cases, 4 deaths
Meanwhile, Yukon’s acting chief medical officer has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 in Whitehorse.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:08:56 EDT
Boost vaccine supplies — not just appointments — for people in COVID-19 hot spots, Toronto tells Doug Ford government
The province aiming extra vaccine supply at hot spots worked with first doses and should be done with second doses, says Coun. Joe Cressy.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:27:56 EDT
How the City of Toronto is using swimming robots to keep our pipes flowing smoothly
When a 100-year-old sewer pipe was due for inspection, it was time to send in the 60-pound Deep Trekker Revolution to look for flaws.

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 18:49:56 EDT
Canada is holding a national summit on Islamophobia. Will it kick-start real change?
Ahead of an impending summit to fight Islamophobia, the head of the National Council for Canadian Muslims wants one thing to be clear: politicians in attendance must go beyond rehashing the messages of hope and sorrow the Muslim community has heard b...

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 15:45:00 EDT
N.S. mass shooter intended to kill ‘at least five others.’ Court documents lay out massacre from RCMP’s perspective
The police force makes the claim in its response to a class-action lawsuit



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