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80 Canada Post employees sent home from Mississauga facility due to COVID-19 outbreak
About 80 employees at a Canada Post facility in Mississauga have been ordered into isolation after a COVID-19 outbreak.
Rosie DiManno: A country accustomed to tragedy and pain confronts a new level of suffering in pandemic-ravaged India
Money is always good but a breath of life is priceless.
Heather Scoffield: Why does Doug Ford want to piggyback on Ottawa’s broken sick pay program?
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.
‘What is the alternative?’ Torontonians take to outdoor facilities despite lockdown rules
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.
Torstar CEO Boynton appointed NordStar vice-chair
Torstar CEO John Boynton appointed NordStar vice-chairman in executive shuffle
Netflix to open corporate office in Toronto
Netflix chooses Toronto as location for its corporate office in Canada
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Joe Biden has a plan to remake America. Can he really make it happen?
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.
TSX gets lift as copper prices hit 10-year high
S&P/TSX composite down in early trading, U.S. stock markets mixed
How politics put an end to Ontario’s paid sick days
For a brief time, the Ontario government mandated two paid, job-protected sick days for all workers.
Ontario sick leave should go through employers: PM
Ontario asks federal government for enhanced measures for interprovincial travellers
SIU looks for witnesses after police shoot at car
Police watchdog looks for witnesses after police shoot at vehicle in Oshawa, Ont.
‘Meditate, caffeinate and educate,’ and yes, make your bed
A few things to help you get your mindset right, Ernie Schramayr writes.
Local labour leaders voice support for paid sick leave
Anthony Marco, president of the Hamilton and District Labour Council, said having allies in four Hamilton-area NDP MPPs has helped local advocacy effo
Toronto announces workplace closures due to COVID
Toronto announces first workplace closures due to COVID-19 outbreaks of five or more
Rogers warns of outage-related rebate scam
Scam artists use Rogers wireless outage as a lure by offering fake compensation
City-run clinics drop COVID-19 vaccine booking age to 45-plus for residents in Toronto hot spots
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.
Canada’s ‘wildly unpredictable’ COVID situation has NHL preparing to adjust Stanley Cup playoff plans
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.
Migrant farm workers at higher COVID-19 risk
Migrant farm workers at higher COVID-19 risk, need protection: Ontario coroner report
East coast health-care workers to tend Toronto COVID-19 patients
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.
No drinking in Toronto’s public parks this summer: city committee kills proposal
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.
Two new deaths, 119 new COVID cases in Hamilton
The new outbreaks include Kushies Baby, a retail store in Stoney Creek, and the YWCA Downtown Hamilton Childcare Centre
Three migrant workers died of COVID-19. Now, a coroners’ review is recommending an inquest — long after advocates demanded it
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.
Hamiltonians 40+ in hot spot postal codes can now book COVID vaccines
Public health announced mobile clinics for this age group in hot spot postal codes
Scam artists use Rogers outage as a lure
Scam artists use Rogers wireless outage as a lure by offering fake compensation
Ten seniors still homeless after Stoney Creek blaze
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.
Stoney Creek entreprenuer Ned Kuruc challenges Liberal MP Bob Bratina in next federal election
Kuruc, who previously ran in the 2018 municipal election for Ward 3, is the Conservative candidate.
‘This makes a big difference’: Province expands vaccine eligibility to child-care workers
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.
Couple dead, son facing second-degree murder charges in downtown stabbing
The 61-year-old woman and 67-year-old man died after stabbing in George Street apartment building.
Energy sector helps lift Toronto market, oil up
S&P/TSX composite down in early trading, U.S. stock markets mixed
Man in white pants shoots at Simcoe pickup truck
Police say no one was injured
Ontario asks feds to administer topped-up sick pay
Ontario asks federal government for enhanced measures for interprovincial travellers
‘Going back home’ to the Philippines right here in Hamilton
Diane Galambos: A family explores its Filipino heritage
'We are so thankful'; Waterdown family thanks community for support after fire
A Waterdown family is thanking the community for an outpouring of support after their Harnesworth Crescent home was damaged by a fire April 7.
Durham Police monitoring anti-lockdown event aimed at kids scheduled for Tuesday in Whitby
Twitter post – which has not been verified – advertises a “kids play date” titled Rocketship Park
Kids in Crisis: It’s been a year of loss and resilience for Hamilton’s youth
Young people in Hamilton have had their lives upended by the pandemic. Everything from friendship to education to their physical and mental health has
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Waterloo police
Waterloo police declare COVID-19 outbreak after five test positive
Student loan interest rates present opportunities
Low student loan interest rates could be an opportunity for head start on investing
S&P/TSX composite down, U.S. markets mixed
S&P/TSX composite down in early trading, U.S. stock markets mixed
Premier Doug Ford pledges to top up paid sick leave to $1,000 a week — if Ottawa agrees to run the program
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.
Six Nations elected chief endorses building moratorium, calls for unity with Confederacy ahead of hearing on land claims
‘Not responsible’ to allow development with ‘potentially trillions of dollars’ on the line, Chief Mark Hill says
Ontario expands vax eligibility in at-risk areas
Ontario asks federal government for enhanced measures for interprovincial travellers
Falling sign on QEW near Burlington Skyway leaves man dead
OPP say an excavator in a construction zone hit structuring, causing collapse
Man killed by falling sign on QEW at Nikola Tesla Boulevard
OPP say an excavator in a construction zone hit structuring, causing collapse
No consent, no city land sales in Hamilton, Haudenosaunee say
Stand springs from Roxborough Park dispute but dovetails with Indigenous efforts to assert long-standing treaty rights
Hamilton’s next police chief must focus on combating hate: Mayor
New chief expected to be announced by early May, says Mayor Fred Eisenberger, who chairs the police board, Susan Clairmont writes.
McMaster is refusing to release the full report looking at sexual violence in one of its departments
University rejects freedom-of-information request for complete document looking at Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour — they also wo
Hamilton tattoo shop Kryptonian Ink facing bylaw investigation after defying shutdown orders
The Concession Street tattoo shop has racked up at least $2,760 in COVID-related fines
Holly Ellsworth-Clark’s autopsy results point to accidental death
‘We believe, now, that her death was most likely an accident brought on by part of an effort to heal herself,’ said her dad
Hamilton worker died on the job hours before COVID shuttered National Steel Car
Collin Grayley was found by co-workers slumped over on Friday. It’s the second death probed at the workplace since last September
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