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Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:32:30 ESTFirst Nations feeling strain of Omicron-fuelled staff shortages
As Omicron-driven staff shortages block access to health-care services, some First Nations and the federal government are butting heads over offsetting the strain.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:00:00 ESTFord dropped rent control on new units in 2018. Since then thousands have come online, and tenants facing double-digit increases ask: was it worth it?
Three years in, experts debate whether the policy has helped enough with Toronto’s rental supply to justify the instability for tenants.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 07:00:00 ESTSo you finally got Omicron. Are you now immune from getting it again?
Experts say you should have some protection after an infection, but your best bet is to get a booster.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 07:00:00 ESTHow Omicron changed our pandemic — and ended the ‘new normal’ of 2020
Governments and policymakers are struggling to adapt to a version of COVID-19 that is both more transmissible and less deadly.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 11:11:00 EST‘I want the pandemic to end’: Kids weigh in on going back to the classroom
Elementary, middle and high school students around the province share their thoughts on their return to the classroom on Monday.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:00:00 ESTPolice must continue ‘uncomfortable’ transformations, Peel Chief Nishan Duraiappah says
“The vision is to be the most progressive and inclusive police service serving a community,” Duraiappah told the Star in a wide-ranging year-end interview.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 08:04:00 ESTToday’s coronavirus news: Ontario reporting 3,957 people hospitalized with COVID-19, 558 in ICUs andat least 10,732 new cases
Meanwhile, China said Omicron was confirmed in infections in Shanghai and Guangdong province.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 07:00:00 ESTOverwhelmed by Omicron: Five Ontarians tell their stories
How the highly infectious COVID-19 variant entered homes and upended lives.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 10:00:00 ESTAmid a booze-soaked culture, the ‘sober curious’ movement is gaining ground in Canada. Here’s why
Dry January is a popular time to cut back on alcohol, but more people are rethinking their drinking year round. The non-alcoholic spirit industry is booming.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 10:00:00 ESTDoctors are noticing patients are drinking more, fuelling more hospitalizations
Statistics are latest evidence of how COVID has changed Canadians’ drinking habits.
Sat, 15 Jan 2022 09:57:00 ESTCan Tony Khan’s AEW beat Vince McMahon and WWE at its own game?
Three years in, All Elite Wrestling has established itself as being the first viable alternative to WWE since the ‘Monday Night Wars’ of the mid-90s.