Toronto Star
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 18:50:00 EDT‘What are equity-seeking groups?’ Confidential report reveals Greens’ problems supporting diverse candidates in 2019
Embattled leader Annamie Paul has vowed to make the Greens the “most diverse party in federal politics.” But she is facing threats to her leadership from top officials in her own party.
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 15:50:56 EDTJustin Trudeau says border talks will re-examine restrictions for fully vaccinated travellers
When fully-vaccinated international tourists will be allowed into Canada is the next step in discussions on current travel restrictions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. But when might unvaccinated travellers be allowed?
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 13:23:00 EDTOntario shifting focus to better target those not vaccinated against COVID-19
Ontario is reaching out to people not yet vaccinated against COVID-19 with more targeted walk-in, pop-up and mobile clinics as the province prepares to phase out mass vaccination centres at hospitals, arenas and convention centres.
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 19:47:00 EDTMost students no longer eligible for free, asymptomatic COVID testing
Parents, experts, dismayed at Ontario government decision to quietly end coverage for free asymptomatic COVID testing for kids as summer begins.
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 20:40:00 EDTBarely out of a pandemic, here’s why Jason Kenney’s government is picking a fight with Alberta nurses
The premier said nurse compensation is, on average, 5.6 per cent higher than the rest of Canada and that “we have a $16-$17 billion deficit.” The head of the nurses union called the wage rollback plan “incredibly insulting” to an “exhausted...
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 05:59:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: More than half Ontario’s adults fully vaccinated; Canada’s border to remain closed to unvaccinated foreign travellers
Meanwhile, Pfizer will seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its vaccine, on the grounds that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest, worrisome coronavirus variant, The Associated Pres...
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 21:46:02 EDTFather who died with daughter after they fell off a cliff in Milton exhibited dangerous, harmful behaviour beforehand, claim in $17-million lawsuit alleges
Four days before four-year-old Keira Kagan and her father Robin Brown died after falling from a cliff at Rattlesnake Point, a child welfare worker knew Brown was showing “dangerous behaviour consistent with a parent that would kill or harm a child,...
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 15:05:54 EDTTeacher’s conduct in Toronto teen’s drowning was ‘nowhere near’ criminal, defence says at close of trial
Nicholas Mills’ management of the Algonquin trip offered more protection for student safety than the majority of canoe trips taking young people into the wilderness, his defence argued Thursday.
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 22:13:03 EDTWhatever Canada does next, Haiti must be involved in the decision, says ex-governor general Michaëlle Jean
The people of Haiti, Jean said, often feel as though they are not able to discuss their country’s future with the foreign decision-makers embedded in their country.
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 10:13:00 EDTJody Wilson-Raybould says she won’t run in the next federal election, citing ‘toxic’ political culture
“Federal politics is, in my view, increasingly a disgraceful triumph of harmful partisanship over substantive action,” she wrote in a letter released Thursday.
Thu, 8 Jul 2021 21:22:02 EDTEuro 2020 has been anything but a flop, with the exception of one Raheem Sterling moment
We were starved of the joys of international soccer, and so much more, for too long, Brendan Dunlop writes, and we have been rewarded with fascinating stories.