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Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:00:00 EDT
Ontario to mandate vaccines for hospital workers, give booster shots to the vulnerable, and halt further reopening
Ontario will mandate vaccines for hospital and long-term care workers and begin targeted COVID-19 booster shots while keeping current pandemic restrictions indefinitely, the Star has learned.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:42:00 EDT
Canada to make COVID vaccines mandatory for all federal employees, airline, rail and cruise ship passengers
The federal government said Friday this extends to all crown corporations and includes employees in the air, rail and marine transportation sectors. The announcement also included mandatory vaccinations for all airline, rail, and cruise ship passenge...

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 14:56:00 EDT
Toronto school board trustees push for mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for staff
With children under 12 not yet eligible for jabs, staff should be vaccinated prior to school reopening on Sept. 9, the motion by two TDSB trustees says.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:46:00 EDT
Vaccine mandates will help slow COVID-19 spread, says Toronto Public Health, but only the province has the power to implement them
A key indicator of virus spread is at its highest level for Toronto since the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:55:39 EDT
Canada vows to resettle 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan, as Taliban sweep country
Program will focus on Afghans at the highest risk of persecution by the Taliban, run parallel to program to resettle Afghans who worked for Canadian Forces.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 21:46:45 EDT
Sherway Gardens mall sent into lockdown after a shooting Friday: ‘It was chaos’
There were no reported injuries as of Friday evening.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:54:00 EDT
Justin Trudeau’s flurry of political moves says a lot about the election to come
Child care, Afghan refugees, a marine reserve, a road to a Quebec port, another First Nation helped and more: On Friday the Liberal government dispatched one file after another, some momentous, some mundane but all of them pointing to one thing.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 19:24:00 EDT
Greens might delay their convention until after the election. That would be good news for Annamie Paul’s leadership
The Green party might postpone its upcoming national convention until after the federal election, a move that would ensure Leader Annamie Paul can’t be deposed through a membership vote before the end of the campaign.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:57:00 EDT
‘We don’t really have a choice’: Parents making tough decisions on registering for school amid fourth wave
School boards in the GTA have asked parents to make decisions this month on whether to send their children to in-person classes or to opt for remote learning.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 18:01:00 EDT
What’s Alabama rush? Sororities have taken over TikTok (and we can’t look away)
We are invested: Sorority hopefuls from the University of Alabama are tracking the pledge process (and their #OOTD) on TikTok.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:45:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Canada requiring vaccinations for federal employees, passengers on planes, ships; Ontario’s big city mayors call for proof of vaccination system in the province
Meanwhile, twenty-seven people aboard a Carnival cruise tested positive for COVID-19 just before the ship made a stop in Belize City this week, according to the Belize Tourism Board.



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