OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole appeared to be sending a message to his fractious party caucus Tuesday — that he wants to mend fences, but there are some lines he’s not prepared to cross.
Ontario will “stay the course” with its less restrictive COVID-19 measures despite a 41 per cent increase in infections over the last 10 days, and leave local health units to deal with flare-ups for now, says Health Minister Christine Elliott.
WASHINGTON—I had dinner in Washington this week with a fellow Canadian, who was recalling her education at Humberside Collegiate in Toronto. She recalled the memorial in the hallway there listing the many names of the students who had lost their lives in the two World Wars.
Hamilton public school board education director Manny Figueiredo is stepping down to become president and chief executive officer for the YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford in March.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Nobody wants to say here we go again, but here we are. Ontario has lived a relatively charmed pandemic life since the summer, and it appears to be over. The province’s seven-day case average has risen approximately 30 per cent in a week; vaccination efforts are stalling as we go. One rule of the virus is that unchecked, it will spread exponentially. We’re back there.
To the chagrin of its chair, the Hamilton Conservation Authority won’t allow protected wetlands and other natural features to be bulldozed unless forced to do so by higher levels of government.
Hamilton’s public school board and its elementary teachers’ union are at odds over a decision to let Education Centre employees work from home for half their week if they have their supervisor’s OK.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning shoppers about an expanded mushroom recall impacting several big-name grocery stores across Ontario.