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Fri, 27 Aug 2021 21:29:06 EDT
Antivaccination, mask protests force Trudeau to cancel Ontario rally
“We’ve never seen anything like this,” Liberal volunteer says as protestors yell expletives, shout about Nazis at Bolton, Ont. event.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:54:02 EDT
Parties offer competing visions for vaccination passports
As the second week of the election campaign begins to wind down, Canadians were offered competing visions of vaccination passports Friday with the Liberals’ Justin Trudeau pledging to help provinces develop their own and the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh b...

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:05:01 EDT
What’s the difference between the parties’ child-care plans? For some Toronto families it could be $10,000 a year
The analysis by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives concludes the $10-a-day child care plans proposed by the Liberals and NDP could save Toronto families with infants in licensed daycare $10,000 per year.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 18:57:00 EDT
A longtime critic of Trans Mountain, Jagmeet Singh won’t rule out keeping the pipeline if elected prime minister
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh — a vocal opponent of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion — said that he would need to assess the government-owned asset before an NDP government would decide what to do with the project.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:00:00 EDT
‘We left part of our soul there’: What soldiers turned political opponents agree on about Canada’s war in Afghanistan
As defence minister in the Liberal government, Harjit Sajjan insists Canada is doing all it can do rescue Afghans who fear for their lives. Conservative MP Alex Ruff insists he’s failed at every turn.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:28:00 EDT
COVID-19 vaccination passports coming to Ontario ‘within weeks’ in attempt to avoid further lockdowns
The plan will go to cabinet next week after more than a month of growing pressure from businesses, health organizations and opposition parties.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 14:43:00 EDT
Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine task force is being disbanded
Ontario is disbanding its COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force as the province struggles to increase vaccination levels with the more highly contagious Delta variant pushing cases higher.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 19:55:02 EDT
Ontario’s new school screening guidelines for COVID exclude runny noses, headaches
Toronto will be consistent with province for now, says public health official.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 16:20:58 EDT
Mohamed Lachemi: Changing name of Ryerson University is a way ‘to help address a national wrong’
The Ryerson University task force report “is far more than about changing the name, it includes a range of ideas and recommendations that must be implemented and will guide our university’s actions going forward.”

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 17:29:00 EDT
Toronto couple fight to keep infant on life support as doctors say she has ‘no chance of recovery’
SickKids doctors have applied for permission to take an infant off life support because the parents are refusing despite 11 physicians saying she has no chance of recovering.

Fri, 27 Aug 2021 05:58:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario is getting a vaccination passport system; Moderna vaccine is approved for kids 12-17; Toronto schools to get home test kits
Meanwhile, Arizona passes 1 million COVID-19 cases Friday, becoming the 13th U.S. state to reach the grim milestone.



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