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Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:36:38 ESTCanada’s top doctor says COVID-19 will likely become endemic
Dr. Theresa Tam said Omicron is pushing the pandemic towards an endemic state — meaning COVID-19 would keep infecting people without disappearing.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:01:37 ESTCOVID-19 restrictions could be relaxed soon, Doug Ford suggests
Premier Doug Ford is signalling restrictions imposed two weeks ago to slow the spread of COVID-19’s super-contagious Omicron variant will soon be eased.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 11:55:00 ESTToronto police killed Ontario gunsmith in raid over handguns with scrubbed serial numbers, search warrant docs reveal
Police raided Rodger Kotanko’s Simcoe, Ont., workshop over two seized handguns they believed he had transferred after illegally removing their serial numbers. On Tuesday, Kotanko’s family launched a $23 million lawsuit arguing in part that this c...
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:25:00 ESTThis teacher is accused of abusing as many as 200 kids. How could that have happened? Here’s what new court documents allege
Michael Gregory was a John Ware Junior High teacher who taught from 1986 to 2006
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:23:00 ESTJudge awards $150,000 in legal costs to ex-bureaucrat accused in $11M COVID-19 fraud
A provincial bureaucrat fired after the alleged theft of $11 million in COVID-19 relief aid has been awarded $150,000 in legal costs by an Ontario court.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 20:54:09 ESTHe got a ticket, then called the police chief. But the suspension of the first Black justice minister in Canada is drawing criticism from some
‘If you’re a high-ranking Black person, then I feel like you’re kind of expected to use your power to push back against feelings of racism’
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:17:00 ESTTheir trip to Pearson airport was supposed to take half an hour. Instead, they spent 6 hours stuck in the snow on the 401
Hundreds of drivers found themselves stranded for hours on the highways as a winter storm pummeled Toronto and the GTA, dumping about 36 cm Monday.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 05:37:00 ESTToday’s coronavirus news: TDSB says it plans to reopen all schools to in-person learning Wednesday; Ontario reporting 4,183 people hospitalized with COVID-19 and 580 in the ICU
Meanwhile, Poland’s health officials say that the country has entered a new, fifth wave in the pandemic, predicting it will peak in mid-February.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 07:00:00 ESTHow did Monday’s massive snowstorm measure up in the history books? You might be surprised
Many snowstorms over the decades have brought less snow but more carnage.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 17:30:00 ESTThe other betrayal of Anne Frank: The already disputed ‘cold case’ investigation, and what got written out of her story
Sarah Weinman comments on a landmark ‘cold case’ investigation — now already disputed — and what got written out of Anne Frank’s story.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 18:33:00 ESTFailing publicly is Joe Biden’s best plan for his voting rights bill
Starting debate on a bill that his Democrats can’t possibly pass in the Senate is an election strategy rather than an attempt at governing, Edward Keenan writes.
Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:38:28 ESTJagmeet Singh calls Quebec’s COVID-19 tax a threat to public health care
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has condemned Quebec’s plan to slap a charge or tax on unvaccinated persons, calling it a threat to basic principle of universal access to health care in Canada.