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Mon, 6 Dec 2021 19:15:00 EST
This surgeon put a noose on the door where his Black colleague was working. Five years later, he got his punishment: a four-month suspension
Dr. Oduche Onwuanyi was working in the room with five other people when the noose was hung, according to the summary of testimony.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 18:42:00 EST
How Toronto went from a ‘war on drugs’ to pushing for their decriminalization
Monday’s board of health vote on decriminalization is only the latest step in the city’s attempt at treating addiction as a health care issue.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 13:13:00 EST
Superspreader event at restaurant leads to 42 positive COVID tests, warnings about new restrictions
The county is asking everyone who was at Elite Restaurant in Kingsville from Nov. 18 to Dec. 2. to get tested.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 18:13:32 EST
Parliament is checking exemptions from COVID-19 vaccination. A Conservative MP says that’s not fair
A Conservative MP says asking her to resubmit proof of her medical exemption from receiving a COVID-19 vaccination was a case of political overreach by the Liberal government.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 06:00:00 EST
‘The mission is done’: With the two Michaels released, Canada’s ambassador to China is ready to move on
Dominic Barton is leaving the diplomatic post just three months after securing the release of two Canadians from Chinese prisons, the Star has learned.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 17:17:00 EST
Canada considers joining U.S. diplomatic boycott of Olympics even as China warns of ‘countermeasures’
The international politics encircling the Beijing Olympics intensified Monday when the United States announced it would stage a “diplomatic boycott” of the Games to protest China’s human rights abuse.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 05:00:00 EST
In a small Ontario town caught in COVID’s rural-urban divide, ‘people don’t even talk to each other’
Unlike the first waves, the trouble is increasingly found in wide-open spaces, as more rural communities see high case counts. The Star visited Dunville in southwestern Ontario.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 14:12:00 EST
Omicron means Ontario’s vaccine passport will be around ‘for at least another several months,’ Christine Elliott says
Ontario’s vaccine passport will be around much longer than next month, Health Minister Christine Elliott concedes.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 14:00:00 EST
Female hockey players rally against misogyny after being subject to gender-based abuse at Toronto rink
'What happened took away our joy. It also took away our safety. We want to play like everyone else.'

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 22:04:10 EST
First school case of Omicron variant under investigation at east Toronto school
Toronto Public Health has identified and has followed up with close contacts and asked them to self-isolate, check for symptoms and get tested.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 19:09:33 EST
More than 120 off work at GTA jail after health unit bars unvaccinated staff
There are 80 COVID cases linked to a current outbreak at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton, according to Halton Public Health.

Mon, 6 Dec 2021 06:12:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: Toronto Public Health says it’s investigating first school case of Omicron; Ontario is reporting 887 new cases, 3 more deaths; Alberta reports 8 new Omicron variant cases
Meanwhile, a court in Myanmar on Monday sentenced Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s ousted civilian leader, to four years on charges of inciting public unrest and breaching COVID-19 protocols.



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