Nicole O’Reilly reports on never-before heard details of the homicides, the complex police investigation into the killers and the sophisticated inner workings of the Mafia
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a scene from the first “Austin Powers” movie. Maybe you remember it. Mike Myers’ character has just fought his way into a secret facility. He’s commandeered a steamroller and is rolling toward Dr. Evil’s lair. Suddenly we see a wide-eyed security guard scream in horror as the steamroller approaches.
As Canada's federal government works on a vaccine passport for international travel, many provinces are looking into their own means to document vaccinations.
TOKYO—One Olympic tradition is to make the call early on whether they’re the worst Games ever. In Vancouver, the world record was believed to be set by The Guardian newspaper on Day 3, based on some rain that washed away ski events at Cypress Mountain, the cauldron didn’t work, and an athlete dying a preventable death. The last one, for the record, remains a national shame.
Toronto’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is starting to pay off, with the overall rate of eligible fully vaccinated residents approaching 70 per cent. But several hard-hit neighbourhoods continue to lag, which could jeopardize the city’s chances of meeting thresholds to move past Step 3 of the province’s reopening road map.
The Government of Ontario has inked deals with two manufacturers to supply 500 million level-one and level-two surgical masks over the next five years.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Monday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Monday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
We learned last week, thanks to reporting by the Star’s Richard Warnica, that Ontario taxpayers are almost certainly out close to $10 million because of a failed attempt to develop a provincially made COVID testing kit.
A few months before the birth of her fourth baby, Tara Hills, then a 29-year-old mom living in suburban Ottawa, made a decision she would come to regret. She chose to stop vaccinating her children. Hills can’t point to any one event or encounter that swayed her. “It was more like a trickle,” she said. A collection of uncertainties that grew from things she read on the internet or conversations on park benches with other moms, and left her with a vague but growing sense of alarm. “The doubts just kind of settled there and piled up.”