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Mon, 16 Aug 2021 19:30:00 EDTWe broke down the hospitalization risk of going unvaccinated in Ontario. Here’s what the numbers say
Unvaccinated Ontarians are ending up in hospital with COVID-19 at a rate nearly 20 times that of fully vaccinated individuals and in the last week have been about 70 times more likely to end up in intensive care, a Star analysis of provincial data ha...
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:07:00 EDTDoug Ford was Justin Trudeau’s punching bag in 2019. For this campaign, insiders say, the leaders will keep the peace
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals and Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have agreed to a non-aggression pact for the Sept. 20 election, the Star has learned.
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:49:56 EDTGreen Leader Annamie Paul calls for ‘emergency recall’ of Parliament, which experts say is not possible
“Parliament ceases to exist until it is reconstituted by the election,” said Emmett Macfarlane, professor of political science at the University of Waterloo. “There is, in fact, no way to recall Parliament once dissolution occurs.”
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:43:56 EDTAs Taliban take over Afghanistan, many women ‘have real reason to be terrified’
Questions are raised over what, exactly, two decades of gender-focused Canadian intervention accomplished.
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 17:16:00 EDTJustin Trudeau and Erin O’Toole clash over child care as the federal election campaign gets underway
Battle lines and sharp contrasts for voters were quickly drawn on day two of the federal election campaign as the major parties hit the airwaves and the highways, and the Conservatives unveiled a platform book with a punch.
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:01:45 EDTConservatives pledge to replace the Liberals’ child-care program with cash for parents
A Conservative government would cancel the Liberal government’s $30-billion national child-care program and instead cut bigger cheques for parents as part of a plan the party says will get Canada’s economy growing after the COVID-19 pandemic and ...
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 18:19:52 EDTGreen leader will skip the campaign trail to focus on winning her own seat in Toronto
Annamie Paul says she needs to focus on Toronto Centre, where she is trying for a third time to win a seat, and that she can still highlight national issues as she campaigns in the downtown riding.
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 12:43:47 EDTGet to know the party leaders
Read profiles of the four major party leaders campaigning for your vote: Justin Trudeau, Erin O’Toole, Jagmeet Singh and Annamie Paul.
Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:19:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: Ontario to require COVID vaccination or regular tests in health-care, education; Province reporting 526 COVID-19 cases, 0 deaths
Meanwhile, the skyrocketing COVID-19 surge in Florida is shattering records and ravaging the state's younger population.