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The Ontario government is betting loosening restrictions on small stakes games and progressive jackpot lotteries will help Royal Canadian Legion branches and service clubs fundraise for their communities.
With Caledonia weeks into another blockade, Mayor Ken Hewitt posted a letter from Elected Council of Wet'suwet'en First Nation on social media — and called blockade spokesperson Skyler Williams “the worst of society.”
With the news that Ontario is opening up third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to everyone aged 50 and over, many may be wondering if all Ontarians with two shots will need another jab.
WASHINGTON—Regarding President Joe Biden’s announcement Thursday of new COVID measures in the face of the Omicron variant that has created a tidal wave of global anxiety over the past week, a lot of Toronto Star readers will wonder: what does this mean for Canadians?
The rollout of COVID-19 booster vaccines in Ontario is already underway, with more than 290,000 shots given to those who are eligible as of late November. On Thursday, the province announced the extension of booster shot eligibility for those 50 or older, opening up third vaccine doses to 3.8 million more Ontarians on Dec. 13.
Toronto Public Health has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Toronto East Detention Centre with a single case involving a Durham resident suspected of being infected with the Omicron variant.
Premier Doug Ford fired back at the province’s auditor general a day after she reported his government handed out almost $1 billion in COVID relief to businesses that did not qualify, saying her findings were “not 100 per cent accurate.”