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Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:39:10 EDT
Struggling to get voters’ attention, leaders clash over pandemic response and reproductive rights
After five days where campaigns jostled and struggled to put forward a compelling message to engage Canadians, Liberals and NDP zeroed in on health care and staffing shortages that failed health workers, seniors and Canadian families while trying to ...

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:20:07 EDT
Greens elect new members to party council that tried to depose Annamie Paul
Thirteen new members have been elected to the Green Party of Canada’s top governing body in what could mark a new chapter for Annamie Paul’s troubled leadership.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:43:10 EDT
Scripted, sterile or sunny? So far, this election campaign has a leader for every mood
The leaders of the three main parties are still sorting out how to connect with voters, Tonda MacCharles writes.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:37:10 EDT
The Liberals are attacking Erin O’Toole as a social conservative. But where does he really stand?
Peter MacKay famously called socially conservative values a “stinking albatross” around the party’s neck that helped defeat it the 2019 federal election. This time, things are a bit different.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 15:15:03 EDT
‘We need immediate action’: Death of 18-year-old Toronto cyclist sparks outcry over infrastructure, risk of heavy trucks
Dump or cement trucks were involved in a quarter of all cyclist deaths in Toronto between 2006 and 2020.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 20:06:10 EDT
Afghans say asylum bids met with ‘silence’ and delays from Canada. Trudeau admits many on rescue list won’t be quickly reached
Canada won’t be able to get the majority of the 6,000 Afghans on its rescue list out of Afghanistan as the safe passage out of Kabul airport remains uncertain, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:18:00 EDT
Ford removes one MPP from Tory caucus for not getting vaccinated, but allows another to stay because she has a ‘medical exemption’
Premier Doug Ford has dismissed a Progressive Conservative MPP from his caucus after he refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Another MPP, who did not get her shot, has been allowed to remain unvaccinated after she obtained a “medical exempti...

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 18:35:08 EDT
Ontario’s civil servants will have to be fully vaccinated or face regular testing
Members of Ontario’s civil service and political staff will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face regular testing under a new policy for returning to their offices this fall with the Delta variant expected to take deeper hold.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 17:45:08 EDT
More companies are demanding employees get vaccinated before returning to the office – and experts say they have the right to do so
Ottawa ‘expects’ employers such as banks, insurance companies and telecos to require vaccination policies for their employees, but policies not yet mandated.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:03:05 EDT
Doug Ford’s Tories apologize for sending fake ‘invoices’ to supporters
Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have apologized for mailing out fake “invoices” soliciting cash from past donors after a firestorm of controversy.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 06:00:00 EDT
Nearly 100K Canadian health care workers have been infected with COVID, report says. 43 have died since the start of the pandemic
As of June 15, COVID-19 cases in Canadian health-care workers stood at 94,873, up from 65,920 on Jan. 15, the Canadian Institute for Health Information says.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 12:44:05 EDT
He spent nearly 40 years in prison for killing a toddler — a crime he denies committing. Now, Phillip Tallio is going back to prison
Tallio pleaded guilty and was convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his cousin, Delavina Mack, in 1983. He was released on bail in January 2020 in anticipation of a long-awaited appeal.

Thu, 19 Aug 2021 05:58:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Premier Ford dismisses MPP from caucus after he refused to get vaccinated; Ontario to require civil servants, political staff to be fully vaccinated or face regular testing
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden defended his push to give booster shots to all Americans, countering criticism that the move is unfair to other nations that are still struggling to procure a first dose.



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