The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Friday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.6
Deadlines have passed for thousands of GTA hospital workers to prove they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with some now being placed on unpaid leave or facing termination.
It may be the last remaining tenant, but the Beer Store outlet in the County Fair Plaza has no immediate plans to close or relocate, the company said Oct. 19.
Toronto illustrator, dancer and muralist Vivian Rosas has been selected to create a public mural at upper Stoney Creek’s new Valley Park Library branch.
A hastily planned emergency training day intended to give York Region District School Board teachers additional support to cope with the challenges of hybrid teaching was bogged down by technical difficulties and network delays, leaving some educators troubleshooting for hours or booted out of sessions altogether.
OTTAWA—Fully-vaccinated Canadians travelling abroad or boarding planes and interprovincial trains will be able to flash a provincially-issued vaccine passport that sports a machine-readable black-and-white QR code and the familiar Canada wordmark and maple leaf flag over the final “a” —and starting Nov. 30, you won’t be able to fly without it.