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As pandemic rages, virtual health services are booming in a ‘policy vacuum’
When over-the-counter medication failed to quell a sudden and intense allergic reaction, the Toronto senior turned to her computer in search of a remedy.
Today’s coronavirus news: Care home staff across Canada struggle to isolate dementia patients during outbreaks
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Saturday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Single-occupant rooms, no COVID-19 cases and 20-year plans. Here’s what long-term care looks like outside of Canada
In Denmark, elderly residents are cared for in their homes for as long as possible before moving to a nursing home, where they live in their own units, complete with kitchenette, washroom, living room and bedroom.
A paid sick-leave plan workers can rely on
As of Jan. 13, at least 8,883 people in Ontario — who could have protected themselves by collecting a paycheque at home — have caught the virus at work. And yet we still don’t have a robust sick-leave program.
The Ford government is placing workers in the line of fire at its own peril
The Ford government is placing workers in the line of fire at its own peril
Ex-FBI official tells of angst over Canadian spy
Canada's spy-catching system caused delay, angst in Delisle case: former FBI official
No winning ticket for Lotto 649 jackpot
No winning ticket for $5 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw
Organizers arrested following large anti-lockdown protests in downtown Toronto
Toronto police have arrested three participants in two separate anti-lockdown protests downtown Saturday afternoon, the same day the province saw 3,056 new COVID-19 cases and a record number of 420 patients in intensive care units.
Tentative GM deal brings hope to Ont. auto sector
Auto sector sees hope in tentative GM deal to spend $1B on electric vehicle plant
Staff member at a west Mountain high school tests positive for COVID-19
A staff member at Sir Allan MacNab on the west Mountain has tested positive for COVID-19.
One adult, three teens face charges for holiday shooting spree in Hamilton
Five shootings took place between Dec. 21 and Dec. 25
New outbreak in Juravinksi surgical unit brings Hamilton’s active hospital outbreaks to nine
Active cases in the city dropped to 882 Saturday
St. Catharines man identified as driver killed in Dunnville crash
30-year-old driver died at the scene, OPP say
Hamilton councillors prepared to seek lower tax increase of 2 per cent
A preliminary tax increase of 2.5 per cent is before councillors, as they seek further savings to help residents.
COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario: Who gets it next and when is it my turn?
Ontario is one month into the COVID-19 vaccination rollout and releasing plans for who will get vaccinated next, based on specific criteria.
Six employees at Stoney Creek Fortinos test positive. COVID also found at Franco’s No Frills, Hamilton police station
The Hamilton police officer was last on shift on Jan. 12. All “close contacts” have been notified.
What about us? Community health workers say they’ve been forgotten in Ontario’s vaccine strategy
Health professionals who work in community settings say they have been forgotten in Ontario’s vaccine strategy when it comes to both giving and getting inoculations against COVID-19.
'HIGH RISK': Farm Boy product sold in Ontario grocery stores recalled over allergy fears, triggering warning from Health Canada
Health Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) are warning shoppers about a Farm Boy product that has been recalled over serious allergy concerns.
A bird B&B on Hamilton’s beach strip
Nine years ago, Rob built an arbour at the side of his Beach Boulevard home, specifically to put birdhouses on it.
‘They just scare the crap out of you.’ Violent metal shredder explosions spur probe in Hamilton’s east end
Parkview neighbourhood residents say metal recycling explosions are keeping them awake and cracking their walls. The booming blasts have spurred an en
Today’s coronavirus news: India starts world’s largest vaccination drive; Biden unveils coronavirus relief plan; Mexico posts record spike in cases
8 a.m.: Mexico posted a record spike in coronavirus cases on Friday, with 21,366 newly confirmed infections, about double the daily rate of increase just a week ago. The country also recorded 1,106 more deaths.
Former Hamilton Catholic school employee under investigation following discovery of hateful, conspiratorial comments online
Timothy Juhlke denies posting the messages and says he was hacked
Hospital patients from GTA being transferred to Kitchener, Peterborough and even Kingston to free up space for COVID crush
Hospitals in Greater Toronto are transferring critically ill patients further and further away and in ever greater numbers to cope with the ongoing crush of COVID-19 patients needing intensive care.
Uptake for the COVID-19 vaccine has been high among Toronto’s long-term-care home residents. For staff, not so much
They’re on the front-line of the COVID-19 pandemic, among the most at risk, and one of the first priorities for the rollout of the vaccine.
Shawn Micallef: If ‘stay at home’ is so simple, why aren’t we? Well, it’s complicated...
It’s the simplest, most complicated thing, isn’t it?
Stuck in her Shalom Village apartment, this Hamilton artist is ‘trying to survive by painting’
Regina Haggo: Unable to leave her apartment, Anita Weitzman is channeling her energy into a Pandemic Survival series
New Hamilton business losing ‘tens of thousands of dollars per month’ is struggling to stay afloat
Businesses that opened shortly after the first lockdown measures are largely ineligible for government relief programs
Union representing educational assistants at Hamilton school say they have been ‘forgotten’
Forty-four public schools and 45 Catholic schools remain open for students with special needs — and their teachers — amid a provincewide stay-at-home
A shot of euphoria, a dose of regret: Some health-care professionals who got vaccinated before front-line workers have second thoughts
Since the beginning of the pandemic, Dr. Samir Sinha dreamed of the day a safe vaccine would be available.
GM Canada says tentative electric vehicle deal
GM Canada announces tentative deal for $1 billion electric vehicle plant in Ontario
Athletes’ lives aren’t any more valuable, experts say, and they can wait for the vaccine like the rest of us
Charles Barkley may be the latest sports figure to argue professional athletes deserve early access to the COVID-19 vaccine, but he wasn’t the first.
Hundreds of Ontario personal support workers have yet to receive the $3/hour wage increase promised in October
Hundreds of personal support workers on the front lines of COVID-19 outbreaks in Ontario have yet to receive the $3-an-hour temporary wage increase the provincial government promised in October, the Star has learned.
Hamilton councillors aim to shave projected 2.5 per cent tax hike for 2021
Council's ability to cut budget increase to two per cent would mean a dip in service levels, says city's general manager of finance Mike Zegarac
Pfizer delaying vaccine deliveries to Canada
NewsAlert: Pfizer cutting back vaccine deliveries to Canada due to production issues
Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford’s COVID-19 dissenters don’t get how politics — or science — works
Three lifelong Tories are in a fight to the political death with Doug Ford over COVID-19.
Province warns talking about vaccine supply a ‘security risk’
One ethics expert calls the province’s messaging a ‘red herring’ perhaps meant to distract the public from vaccine rollout failures.
Vaccinations continue in Haldimand-Norfolk long-term care homes
New COVID-19 death reported as vaccine rollout reaches Dunnville, Port Dover
Bruce Arthur: Doug Ford deserves credit for expelling MPP, but Roman Baber’s cherry-picked data and unscientific opinions have support
Good for Doug Ford. Faced with someone from his own party spreading pandemic misinformation like a dog with a bowel issue across a carpet, Ford did not hesitate: Roman Baber, MPP for York Centre, was not only expelled from caucus, but forbidden from running for the Progressive Conservative party again. In pandemic parlance, they washed their hands. It was the right thing to do.
Six Nations to raise COVID-19 alert level
New cases reported while vaccination of elders begins
Pfizer cuts promised vaccine supply as COVID-19 modelling shows case count is growing
OTTAWA—Canada’s bumpy COVID-19 vaccine rollout hit a pothole at a critical time after Pfizer revealed it would cut promised vaccine supplies by half during the next four weeks as it expands its Belgium production facility.
Heather Scoffield: Here’s a trend that should worry Chrystia Freeland as she prepares her first budget
With a raft of fresh economic forecasts and a promised $100 billion in stimulus spending tucked under her arm, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has embarked on a final round of consultations before launching her recovery budget in a few weeks’ time.
Paramedic ‘shocked’ teen gunshot victim died
Steve Snively, on trial for failing to provide the necessaries of life, said he thought Yosif Al-Hasnawi’s problem was behavioural, writes Susan Clair
Limit travel, Tam says as B.C. seeks legal advice
Canada's top doctor says to avoid non-essential travel as B.C. explores legal options
Macassa Lodge residents get their COVID-19 vaccinations
The long-term-care residents held up signs stating their reasons for getting the COVID vaccine
Can kids stop and chat on a Toronto skating rink? City staff on what is — and isn’t — allowed under Ontario’s new stay-at-home order
As Torontonians parse Ontario’s new stay-at-home order and other lockdown measures, police and city staff are getting ready to enforce them.
Letter sent to Black groups 'unacceptable': Hussen
Rejection letter ESDC sent to Black organizations 'completely unacceptable': Hussen
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Most actively traded companies on the Toronto Stock Exchange
Toronto market down as oil and gold fall
S&P/TSX composite edges lower in early trading, U.S. stock markets mixed
PM to Freeland: Spend as needed until crisis ends
In mandate letter, PM tells Freeland to spend on temporary measures until crisis ends
BlackBerry, Facebook resolve patent fight
BlackBerry, Facebook resolve patent fight in private deal
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