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Thu, 16 Dec 2021 00:00:00 EST
Its critics call it ‘birth tourism.’ But is the practice real? COVID-19 is providing clues
The pandemic has provided what one researcher calls a ‘natural experiment’

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:47:00 EST
Ontario will offer COVID-19 booster shots to everyone 18 and older starting Monday
Ontarians 18 and older can start getting COVID-19 booster shots Monday as the province scrambles to blunt the rapid advance of the Omicron variant.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:59:00 EST
Free rapid COVID tests already popping up around Toronto, part of a holiday testing blitz
Before Ontario rolls out free tests at LCBOs in its just-announced plan, some Torontonians are finding rapid antigen tests handed out in some spots.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:47:00 EST
Raptors, Maple Leafs home games to be limited to half capacity as Ontario tightens COVID restrictions
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday that any venue in the province with a capacity of 1,000 people or more will be capped at 50 per cent starting Saturday at 12:01 a.m.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 06:11:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: Canadians advised against non-essential international travel; Ontario to open boosters to those 18 and over on Monday
Meanwhile, some school boards in Ontario are asking students to take home their personal belongings and devices from classrooms.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 17:55:00 EST
Americans are finished with COVID-19 but Omicron is just getting started with them
Many Americans were never big on COVID precautions but now it seems a lot of other people have just decided, after all this time, that they’re done with them, Edward Keenan writes.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 20:36:17 EST
How do I get a COVID-19 booster shot in Ontario? What you need to know as boosters expand next week
What you need to know as province opens vaccine doses to all adults. Plus: free rapid COVID-19 tests, soon at LCBOs.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 19:38:00 EST
Trudeau government committing $1 billion to help provinces — and maybe cities — get rid of handguns
The Liberal government will move early in the new year to set up a $1 billion fund to help provinces ban handguns, the Star has learned.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 23:59:21 EST
Toronto’s Erika Casupanan becomes first Canadian to win ‘Survivor’
The 32-year-old took the $1-million prize in the reality show’s 41st season finale on Wednesday.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:33:00 EST
Ontario universities moving classes online in January amid surging COVID cases
York University and McMaster University to shift classes online for start of winter term as COVID cases rise in province.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 23:03:00 EST
Food and drink ban at Scotiabank Arena might be best for public health, but not so much for MLSE’s pockets
Sports business experts say it would be a significant economic hit, in the hundreds of thousands of dollars a game, to MLSE if concession stands were closed to fans.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 12:47:00 EST
Omicron is on the rise. But Jason Kenney wants a ‘balance’ on COVID restrictions. Critics say it’s pandering, pure and simple
Kenney said some 500,000 rapid antigen test kits will be free to pick up from sites across the province starting Friday.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 08:00:00 EST
Secret money. Elite Canadian families. And a corporate landlord accused of pandemic evictions
Progress Residential denies any illegal evictions. The offshore trust behind the families' investment “acted properly,” its lawyer said.



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