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Sat, 18 Dec 2021 19:53:00 ESTRapid tests selling online for inflated prices highlights COVID-19 testing inequity in GTA
Posters on Craigslist and TikTok were asking anywhere between $80 and $100 per box of five tests.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 07:00:00 ESTCanada is still considering a ban on non-essential travellers, sources say
Behind the scenes of the evolving federal response to Omicron: how the prime minister was talked out of foreign nationals ban, for now
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 07:00:00 ESTSusan Delacourt: At 50, Justin Trudeau is no longer working in his father’s shadow — and sees no ‘finish line’ in politics
Justin Trudeau spent an hour talking to the Star’s Susan Delacourt about what he wants to do as prime minister in the months — and years — ahead.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 19:20:07 ESTRaptors place Pascal Siakam and Dalano Banton on COVID-19 list
Siakam and Banton could miss 10 days, which would take them out of the lineup through the next three games.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 12:53:00 ESTToday’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 3,301 cases on Saturday; Capacity limits in effect today in Ontario’s large venues
Meanwhile, Egypt announced its first cases of the Omicron variant.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 08:00:00 ESTStop criticizing Quebec’s ban on religious symbols, Erin O’Toole warns Conservative MPs in tense meeting
The Conservative leader has told his caucus to stop speaking out publicly against Bill 21.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 07:00:00 ESTHe was the Canadian head of the world’s largest pot company. His next big bet? A rare fungus worth thousands a kilogram
Bruce Linton, the former CEO of cannabis giant Canopy Growth, is betting that the field of fungi — from functional mushrooms to psychedelics — will be his next massive money-maker.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 12:56:53 ESTNo Steph Curry, no Andrew Wiggins for Warriors vs. Raptors
Curry is out for rest and will join Wiggins and several other Golden State rotation regulars in missing the team’s only game in Toronto this season.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 16:07:00 ESTToronto’s theatres and venues scrambling as Ontario announces new COVID-19 capacity limits for indoor public spaces
Starting Sunday, most indoor settings, including theatres and concert halls, will be limited to 50 per cent capacity.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 08:00:00 ESTPour one out for Thirsty and Miserable, Kensington Market’s beloved dive bar
After a decade of slinging craft beers for locals and tourists, the Kensington watering hole is closing its doors for good.
Sat, 18 Dec 2021 07:00:00 EST‘We’re spending more for less’: Canadian food bills are surging. These three families told us how they cope
Food costs have seen the highest annual increase since 2015, fuelled by a combination of pandemic-era restrictions, supply chain problems, worker shortages and climate change.