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Matt Elliott: Free rides on the TTC. Food fairs on the Ex grounds. A car-free Yonge and Bloor. It’s time for the city to get creative about fun this summer
There’s an energy in the air in Toronto. You can feel it in the parks and on the streets. After more than a year of lockdowns, this is a city on the verge of something new.
Grim discovery in B.C. a stark reminder for residential school survivors in Brantford, Hamilton
Residential school survivors say remains of 215 children found at Kamloops site spur memories of anger, sadness
Vigil in Stoney Creek honours 215 Indigenous kids found buried near residential school
Shoes placed at monument memorialize victims, after bodies were located in Kamloops, B.C.
Martin Regg Cohn: Whether it’s public or private, we’re all paying for long-term care. It should be better
We’ve long known that long-term care is ailing because politicians prefer short-term shortcuts.
Martin Regg Cohn: Whether it’s public or private, we’re all paying for long-term care. It should be better
We’ve long known that long-term care is ailing because politicians prefer short-term shortcuts.
Hamilton’s public schools will all raise Pride flags in June; Catholic board schools will not
Hamilton Centre for Civic Inclusion director urged Catholic board to reconsider decision.
Insiders say Doug Ford is looking to dump lockdown critics as he shuffles cabinet that’s ‘too white and too male’
Premier Doug Ford is considering a major revamp of his cabinet as the one-year countdown begins to the June 2, 2022 election, the Star has learned.
'Stop using': Major recalls of skirts at Dollarama, tires at Canadian Tire and Trek bike pedals trigger Health Canada warnings
Health Canada has issued warnings to shoppers after more than 44,000 units of products are being pulled from shelves at popular stores across the country over safety hazards.
Ottawa should help international effort to determine COVID-19’s origin, says former Canadian envoy
The federal government can help find the source of the COVID-19 outbreak in China by reviewing its intelligence data and joining nations already putting pressure on Beijing to reveal the cause of the pandemic, says Canada’s former ambassador to Beijing.
Some Toronto age groups approach 80 per cent vaccination rate as vaccine supplies set to jump
Toronto’s rising wave of vaccinations has some age groups nearing 80 per cent with at least one dose, as COVID-19 vaccine shipments are set to jump again.
Police hope video leads to arrest in Hamilton man’s shooting death
Coby Carter, 22, was found dead in Brantford in July 2019
TekSavvy asks cabinet to overturn CRTC decision
TekSavvy says government should overturn CRTC ruling, call in Competition Bureau
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Staff at Ontario long-term-care homes will need to get the COVID vaccine, or get educated about it, barring a medical exemption
Staff at long-term-care homes across Ontario will have to either prove they’ve had a COVID vaccine, or attend an educational session about the risks of opting out, if they don’t have a medically documented reason for declining the shot, the province announced Monday.
S&P/TSX composite drops but closes May higher
Energy sector helps S&P/TSX composite as price of oil climbs higher
Ontario's next top doc a straight talker
'He'll give you a straight answer,' colleagues say of Ontario's next top doctor
Hamilton Mountain Coun. Tom Jackson adds another 15 speed cushions for six roads in Ward 6
Jackson says the traffic calming measures are "proving popular" among residents to slow down speeding vehicles.
Doug Ford urged to let people go to more businesses, not just hockey games
With Ontario’s stay-at-home order expiring Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford’s move to allow 550 fully vaccinated health care workers into Monday’s Leafs-Canadiens NHL playoff showdown is fuelling demands for more businesses to be opened sooner.
What were the results of automated speed enforcement in Greensville?
Temporary automated speed enforcement (ASE) cameras were installed in Greensville for the first two months of May, but data will not be available for some time.
As cases drop, COVID continues to claim lives in Haldimand-Norfolk
Migrant farm worker among recent deaths linked to virus
Ontarians 80+ booking second vax appointments
Ontario to move to replace chief medical officer of health today
Norfolk OPP member charged in string of change room thefts
Five-year auxiliary constable suspended from duty in connection with the thefts, which date back years
Dundas Blackadar property owner consults city on proposed 9-storey development
Retirement home licence surrendered in March, long term care status unknown
Hamilton has one of the highest COVID test positivity rates in Ontario
The high per cent positivity is in contrast to other key metrics, which are at their lowest since March 11
Mac, Redeemer say vaccination encouraged, not required for students; Mohawk undecided
Hamilton post-secondary institutions say they will not require students to have a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine before returning to campus in the fall.
Hamilton East-Stoney Creek federal race sees opportunities for both NDP and Conservative candidates
NDP candidate Nick Milanovic applauds LRT investment, while Conservative's Ned Kuruc questions LRT benefits.
FAO predicts $12.3B education spending gap by 2030
Ontario's fiscal watchdog predicts $12.3B spending gap in education sector by 2029-30
Stoney Creek neighbours have high hopes for Hyslop’s future
It’s closing for good at the end of June, but Bev Buchser says R.L. Hyslop Elementary School is too important to her lower Stoney Creek neighbourhood to be lost to another housing development.
Meet the Mac Procrastiknitters: A McMaster University knitting club creating community amid isolating year for students
The club has also donated some of its creations to local organizations, including Interval House Hamilton.
Memorial for 215 children found at former residential school appears in Stoney Creek
Dozens of moccasins, shoes, sandals and other footwear are being left at the Eagles Among Us Aboriginal artwork at Battlefield Park in Stoney Creek in memory of the 215 children whose remains were found recently at the former residential school in Kamloops, B.C.
Wellness product company co-founded by Ancaster woman
A 26-year-old from Ancaster is the co-founder of a new company that makes several scented “mists.”
Dundas Delsey Pond dredging impacts on endangered species investigated by province
Action taken under Endangered Species Act after meeting with city
Dye & Durham up after privatization interest
Dye & Durham shares up after management group indicates interest to take firm private
S&P/TSX composite down in late-morning trading
Energy sector helps S&P/TSX composite as price of oil climbs higher
Ontario reports reports fewer than 1,000 cases Monday for first time since mid-February
Ontario is reporting another 916 COVID-19 cases and 13 more deaths, according to its latest report released Monday morning.
Court to wait to 2022 to sentence Alek Minassian
Court to wait until 2022 to sentence Toronto's van attack killer
Ancaster's Redeemer University cutting French, theatre arts programs
Faced with declining enrolment and annual costs of more than $300,000, Ancaster’s Redeemer University says it had little choice but to discontinue its French and theatre arts programs.
Ontario reports 916 cases of COVID-19
Ontario to move to replace chief medical officer of health today
Energy sector helps S&P/TSX composite rise
Energy sector helps S&P/TSX composite as price of oil climbs higher
Hamilton-raised Kobo founder is new Perimeter chair
Mike Serbinis, 47, grew up on the east Mountain and has gone on to build numerous tech companies
Hamilton finance staff commit to reviewing area-rating fire service policy after high rural tax impacts in 2021
Rural property owners saw an average tax bill of 4 per cent to 6.8 per cent in 2021 because of changes to the fire service levy.
Hamilton finance staff commit to reviewing area-rating fire service policy after high rural tax inpacts in 2021
Rural property owners saw an average tax bill of 4 per cent to 6.8 per cent in 2021 because of changes to the fire service levy.
NorthWest Healthcare bids on Australian trust
NorthWest Healthcare Properties REIT makes offer for Australian trust
Remembering the infamous Teenage Head riot at Ontario Place
Flashbacks: 41 years ago, the ‘Toronto Punk Rock Riot’ ignited at a Hamilton band’s concert
Hamilton’s Rebel’s Rock pub closing after 20 years
‘We did it big,’ said co-owner Kate Chapman.
Canadians cheer as vaccination rates climb, but global health advocates ask: At what cost?
As wealthier countries like Canada begin to vaccinate kids and low-risk populations, health workers and other vulnerable groups in poorer countries remain unprotected, suffering disproportionately from a pandemic with no end in sight.
Emma Teitel: Cannabis or Closed: What COVID-19 has done to Toronto’s neighbourhood shopping areas
My 15-year-old self would kill me for saying this — or more likely just roll her eyes — but there are way too many pot shops in my neighbourhood.
Second vaccine doses are great - but too many still don’t have even one
Enough Ontarians have received their first COVID shots that the province is accelerating second doses, and that brings us all closer to that happy day when life gets back to normal.
Obituary: Morgan Kenney was a ‘tremendous’ teacher of languages and other things
Former board supervisor's programs to teach French were used across country
After months of separation, families reunite in Hamilton long-term care homes
Hit the hardest by COVID-19 in the first two waves, long-term-care homes are cautiously reopening to family visits and group activities
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