When former Ontario finance minister Rod Phillips took his fateful career-ending trip to the luxury Caribbean island of St. Bart’s last December, he unwittingly exposed some deep faults in our collective defence against COVID-19.
Despite warning signs — and even padlocks — Toronto residents appear to be defying provincial COVID-19 regulations, playing basketball, tennis, volleyball and exercising in outdoor facilities that are closed under the latest stay-at-home order.
WASHINGTON—The last time Joe Biden delivered a speech at the Capitol building, the day he was sworn in as the 46th U.S. president, the wounds his country was suffering were all too visible.
Residents aged 45 and older that live in a provincial hot spot can now get their COVID-19 vaccine at a city-run mega clinic by booking online or by phone.
The NHL is preparing to adjust playoff contingency plans if virus restrictions in Canada prevent travel between provinces or back and forth to the U.S.
Six ICU nurses and three doctors from Newfoundland and Labrador could be taking care of some of Toronto’s most severely ill COVID-19 patients by Thursday, the Star has learned.
Saying “we are not the city of ‘no,’” but the city of “not right now,” a Toronto committee led by Coun. Michael Thompson has killed the idea of a pilot project that would have allowed legal drinking in parks this summer.
The provincial coroners’ office should “consider” calling inquests into the deaths of three migrant workers who contracted COVID-19 last year, a review led by the office’s own deputy chief coroner has recommended.
Efforts are underway to find long-term temporary housing for seniors left homeless by the April 14 fire that damaged much of a three-storey apartment building at 110 Stoney Brook Dr. in lower Stoney Creek.
Child-care workers in licensed child-care settings across the province will be eligible to book a COVID-19 vaccine appointment starting Thursday, Ontario’s ministries of health and education announced Tuesday morning.
Ontario workers would be eligible for up to $1,000 a week in COVID-19 sick pay if Premier Doug Ford can convince Ottawa to let Queen’s Park bolster the existing federal program.