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.
Local, independent businesses are the heartbeat of every community. And right now, in many parts of the country, they’ve never had to struggle so hard just to survive.
A new program of voluntary COVID-19 testing for asymptomatic staff and students uncovered 19 additional cases at Toronto’s Thorncliffe Park Public School.
Peel Police and bylaw officers broke up a gathering of about 60 people inside a Mississauga Airbnb early Sunday morning, issuing $45,000 in fines to the hosts and party-goers.
A man arrested after allegedly spitting at police during a fracas outside Adamson Barbecue must undergo a COVID-19 test and disclose the results as a condition of his bail — a requirement several lawyers said is “unreasonable” and “likely unlawful.”
Hamilton Police are asking area residents in the area of Rymal Road east and Sulmona Drive (near of Upper Gage) to check their surveillance cameras for any suspicious activity following reporters of gunshots around 10 p.m. on Nov. 28.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Sunday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
KENORA, ONT.—Maryann Swain waves smoke from burning sage throughout the gym at the Gaagagekiizhik school, just as her grandmother taught her when they were being exposed to pathogens on their reserve. Today, in Ontario’s first Anishinaabe immersion school, the need to clear the room of negative energy is more urgent with the onset of COVID-19.
Maple Leaf Foods recently announced it’ll be adding a jazzy new label to its packaging: a seal that declares its products carbon zero. It’s PR to be sure, part of an announcement proclaiming them the first major food producer to be carbon neutral, but it’s also in line with a sustainability effort that seems both durable and heartfelt. And as the world snaps to climate attention, it’s better to be ahead of the climate-disclosure curve than behind it. Other producers would do well to get in line.
Throughout the pandemic, after Doug Ford cajoles or assures the public at his daily news conference, he inevitably gestures to the man standing to his right and cedes the podium to Dr. David Williams.