Toronto Star
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 19:40:23 EDTWho would protect medicare — and who would trash it? Federal parties are fighting it out with competing visions of Canadian health care
Health care is a provincial responsibility, but COVID-19 may have turned it into a top voter concern in the federal election, Tonda MacCharles writes.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 11:15:00 EDTI fact-checked everything Green leader Annamie Paul said for a week. Here’s what I found
How factual is the Green Party leader? The Star is documenting false claims and stretched truths.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 12:20:14 EDTLiberals defend editing Erin O’Toole video that ran afoul of Twitter
On Monday, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau told reporters in Halifax that comments Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole made about privatized health care in the video stand for themselves, and Canadians should judge him by his words.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:28:00 EDTSusan Delacourt: Chrystia Freeland just had a Donald Trump moment. She should have known better
It must be particularly galling to Chrystia Freeland that a Twitter warning attached to a video linked to her is the same kind that started to be attached to Donald Trump’s tweets before he was kicked off the medium altogether, Susan Delacourt writ...
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:08:00 EDTB.C. joins Quebec, Manitoba in announcing vaccine card for indoor gatherings and events
The cards announced Monday come with a spate of new public health orders that will combine for one of the most stringent local vaccine passport systems in Canada.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 16:20:00 EDTToronto officer pleads guilty to misconduct for shooting at unarmed man who had back turned
Const. Anita Watton admitted she failed to comply with the Toronto police force policies and training on use of force and firearms when she chased the man with her gun drawn and fired at him.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 09:37:00 EDTDr. David Fisman resigns from Ontario’s COVID-19 advisory panel
An outspoken epidemiologist on the COVID-19 science and modelling tables advising the Ontario government says the province “needs a public health system that is arm’s length from politics.”
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:24:00 EDT‘They scream at me, the staff and our diners for hours’; Owner Jen Agg calls out the city, province for not halting anti-vaccine protests at her restaurants
Jen Agg said she’s been targeted by the anti-vaxxers because she has spoken out in favour of vaccine passports.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 15:31:00 EDTDemand for a government-backed Ontario workplace vaccine policy grows as employers feel increasingly exposed
In the past few weeks, a slew of businesses and organizations have announced mandatory vaccine policies but legal experts say they could face a wave of lawsuits and challenges.
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 18:58:00 EDTToronto cop who released Bruce McArthur years before serial killer’s final capture is cleared of misconduct
McArthur had already killed six men at the time Sgt. Paul Gauthier interviewed and swiftly released him in June 2016, and would go on to kill two more: Selim Esen and Andrew Kinsman. In his defence, Gauthier argued he had been “scapegoated.”
Mon, 23 Aug 2021 06:11:00 EDTToday’s coronavirus news: Alberta logs almost 2,000 COVID-19 cases over three days; Ontario reporting 639 new cases of COVID-19; B.C. introducing vaccine cards
Meanwhile, an outspoken epidemiologist on the COVID-19 science and modelling tables advising the Ontario government has resigned.