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At least 860 people have died of COVID-19 in Ontario hospital outbreaks. What we now know about the unmitigated tragedy’

. least 860 people have died of COVID 19 in an Ontario... behind long term care homes and ahead of retirement homes — but with little of the public reckoning seen... infectious diseases...
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This advocate couldn’t get a meeting with Bill Blair over his COVID-19 border policies — so he’s running against him

As a leader of an advocacy group for... or email with federal Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair... was called in August, the Toronto family doctor thought his... have...
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‘Disappointing’: At universities and colleges across Canada, online classes and COVID protocols are making for a messy return to school

... this term. Like a lot of post secondary students across the country, his entire slate of Civil Engineering Technician courses.. “It is disappointing, ” said Lai of his fully virtual course....
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What will the upcoming flu season in Canada look like?

TORONTO Last... another relatively mild flu season. University of Toronto infectious disease expert Dr... doesn t expect the number of cases to jump to... regular influenza...
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Would O Toole s health transfers without conditions conflict with universal health care?

TORONTO Conservative... care has been a point of debate throughout this election... like the private MRI clinics offered in Saskatchewan. He has... Transfer amount a key...
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Shot dead in the community he championed, mentor Sam Boakye’s killing leaves Jane-Finch reeling

Living in a Toronto Community Housing apartment near... Grandravine Drive, a low income pocket of the city, Kwadwo Sam ... and employment hinder the course of a life. Through quiet... created...
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Liberal candidate apologizes after requesting $300 fee to appear on election-related community panel

.. Ali Sagor, editor and publisher of Weekly Notundesh , a... out to federal election candidates of Bangladeshi origin to appear... out his chequebook. “My campaign office requires $300 plus...
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‘9/11 has made me who I am’: How the 2001 terror attacks changed these Muslim Canadians’ relationship with their faith

... when Mariam Khalil Abougouche thinks of Sept. 11, 2001, is not plumes of black smoke or the... flames, but the confused eyes of a nine year old boy in... after the...
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Health-care workers face moral injury from work stress, protests, says expert

... Gallaher recalls the emotional toll of a verbal attack she... in tears, put my carton of milk down and left... allocations. On that specific day, of all days, we...
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‘It has a big impact’: Toronto students upset as extracurriculars suspended, while Peel, Durham, York go ahead

Toronto students were left reeling... out to college coaches.” The Toronto public and Catholic boards... resumed — in announcing that Toronto Public Health had nixed... suit — citing the...
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Convalescent plasma treatments don t improve severe COVID-19 patient outcomes: study

TORONTO Convalescent plasma treatments that offered some hope early in... and deaths. However, the results of the study suggest that... thought that the blood plasma of...
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Pebble throwing. Vitriol. Protests at hospitals. Is it just ‘anti-vaxxer mobs’ or a new brand of Canadian political violence?

... “cool” left for the crowd of angry protesters in London, ... the time at least one of them launched tiny rocks... around him. The clarion call of the hundred or...
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COVID-19 booster shots likely not needed for most Canadians, experts say

TORONTO While... evidence. In Canada, Quebec is offering booster shots for the... for sure yet, ” Rodney Russell, professor of immunology and virology at Memorial University of...
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‘We need to draw the line somewhere’: Anti-lockdown protests raise questions of safety, police handling

It came at the end of the campaign stop in... bus. From within a group of protesters came a fistful of small rocks, . The... workers. Amid a fourth...
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Last year she hid under the table during online class. Now she’s excited to start Grade 1 in person

The last year of the pandemic robbed Ontarians across the province of countless special moments. When... adjust to a new way of life. Their expectations for pivotal events were...
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Study finds cannabis use associated with higher risk of heart attack in young adults

A study led by Toronto researchers suggests recent cannabis.. associated with a higher risk of heart attack in younger... , said that while risk of heart attack among young......
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Ford government says it will develop vaccine passport app in-house in six weeks. It took Quebec four months

... the program in house instead of contracting it out to... code system instead. The development of the “made in Ontario”... how far along the development of the Ontario app...
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Ontario universities are bolstering mental health resources for the fall, but students say barriers to access persist

For university and college students, exercising... financial stress and the fear of COVID 19 itself have all... “I have seen a lot of students taking leaves and... to cope with...
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Rabbi Aaron Levy started Makom to merge progressive and traditional values. But, holding services hasn’t been easy

... founding rabbi and executive director of Makom, a downtown Jewish... rabbi at Hillel at the University of Toronto, an organization for Jewish... a one or two year exploration of a...
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No vaccine passports for salons? Not a great idea, says one expert, but at least one salon owner says it ‘makes sense’

... unexpected absences from the list of businesses where customers would... have been subject to some of the longest closures of any businesses during the... to Susan Bondy, an assistant...