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Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:53:00 EDT
Pierre Poilievre did a campaign video about this Vancouver house. Here’s the story of how its price climbed from $265,000 to $4.9 million
The Conservative leadership candidate said the humble dwelling might have once been a ‘piece of heaven’ for a working-class family.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 15:31:00 EDT
Ontario’s top doctor rules out new mask mandates as COVID-19 infections skyrocket
But it makes “tremendous sense” to keep masking on public transit, in hospitals and nursing homes past April 27, Dr. Kieran Moore said.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 17:46:33 EDT
Province needs to give Toronto’s top doctor power to reimpose mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 data, says board of health
Doug Ford government revoked the power of local medical officers of health to impose mask, vaccine mandates.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:07:00 EDT
Ontario’s rapid test distribution slammed by opposition critic as ‘anything but equitable’
The criticism followed a Star probe into the program’s rollout. Ontario was early to adopt rapid testing as a COVID safety tool, a top official said.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:53:11 EDT
NDP’s Black caucus members criticize ouster of incumbent MPP
As members of the Ontario NDP’s Black caucus publicly criticize the party’s failure to protect an incumbent, MPP Kevin Yarde says he is weighing his future political options.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 18:25:00 EDT
Meet the man now running Russia’s war in Ukraine. He’s been called ‘The Butcher of Syria’
Russia is looking to change the tide of the conflict, and is handing the reins to a Russian general with a bloody legacy.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:14:00 EDT
Trustees from different Ontario boards to push for school mask mandates
Trustees from Halton, Hamilton and Ottawa plan to introduce motions to bring back masking following Public Health Ontario report on sixth wave.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:42:28 EDT
Ontario universities plow ahead with in-person exams amid COVID surge
Several post-secondary institutions are proceeding with in-person final exams in April, despite an escalation in COVID-19 cases across the province.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:02:00 EDT
My grandfather got dementia and forgot English. Why I’m learning a new language to get closer to my roots
Losing the ability to speak to him, I felt parts of my identity and culture disappearing as our conversations became lost in translation, Olivia Bowden writes.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 06:03:00 EDT
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario expanding access to COVID-19 PCR testing, Paxlovid
Meanwhile, reinfection of COVID-19 was considered unusual, but then the Omicron variant arrived.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 19:50:28 EDT
In final moments, slain Mountie may have inflicted wound that led fellow officers to N.S. mass shooter
Grim details depict deadly encounter between gunman and RCMP Const. Heidi Stevenson

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:06:00 EDT
Nine-one-one: A series from Torstar
True crime stories in Canada told by top Torstar journalists. Explore Canada's true-crime history.



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