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Sun, 22 Aug 2021 21:24:22 EDT
Twitter marks Justin Trudeau’s retweet of video attacking Erin O’Toole as ‘Manipulated media’
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau retweeted an edited video of Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole’s answer in a 2020 interview on the subject of privatized health care.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 15:54:16 EDT
‘It’s back to zero’ for an Afghan women’s advocate quarantining in a Toronto hotel
Her entire life Nargiss Jamal fought for the rights of women and children. Now, she sits with her family in a Toronto quarantine hotel, watching the Taliban take over her ‘beautiful Afghanistan’

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 17:54:18 EDT
‘We are afraid Canada won’t be able to save us.’ At chaotic Kabul airport, desperate Afghan interpreter fears the worst
As the last of the American troops withdraw from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, interpreters and civilians who worked for Canada scramble outside airport to get a flight to safety

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 07:00:00 EDT
A 4 a.m. taxi, a KFC and a three-day drive: How one worker escaped an Alberta farm after claims of ‘abusive’ conditions
Worker who fled Alberta farm has made a new start in Ontario, securing an open work permit under a new federal program designed to offer a safety net to vulnerable workers. But the process has been criticized for having ‘significant flaws.’

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 12:48:00 EDT
Some kids had a tough adjustment to camp. What that can teach us as Ontario’s school year is set to begin
Camps noticed more children than usual were anxious and struggled to make friends. But most were able to quickly adjust once they got used to it.

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 10:40:00 EDT
Toronto woman cleared in hit-and-run case won’t shy away from being a Good Samaritan again. ‘I don’t really see how I could have done it differently’
Michelle Shemilt is a textbook example of the saying no good deed goes unpunished. On Friday, almost three years after the incident, the prosecution withdrew the remaining charge of failing to stay at the scene of a fatal accident

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Lights! Camera! Movie posters! Mike Orlando’s memorabilia shop has kept old Hollywood alive since 1984.
“If you want to learn about special effects in movies, we have books on that. And if you want to learn about the use of religion in cinema, we have books on that, too.”

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Catching up with Nil Köksal
The celebrated CBC host gives the full report on early alarms, international stories — and the history of tulips

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Toronto’s top shops for scoops, from the man behind Rex’s Premium Ice Cream
Abdul Ali wanted to raise money for his grassroots program, RexReads, which provides free books to hundreds of BIPOC youths from underserved communities. So, he bought an ice cream maker, and Rex’s Premium Ice Cream was born

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:42:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario announces 722 new cases of COVID-19, 564 of which are in people not fully vaccinated or with unknown vaccination status
Meanwhile, the delta variant has forced Australia and New Zealand to review their strategies of eliminating coronavirus infections

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 08:00:00 EDT
Many incoming Ontario post-secondary students would rather defer than learn online
A Star survey of the province’s universities and colleges found the number of deferral requests they received this year remained high as a result of the pandemic.



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