Small business owners say Toronto’s lockdown restrictions are continuing to unfairly restrict small businesses while allowing big-box stores to remain open.
At least six businesses across York Region were charged and fined on Friday after a special Black Friday “blitz” by the region’s COVID-19 enforcement task force.
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.
Few industries have suffered as much under COVID-19 as restaurants. The summer resurgence of business gave eateries hope, only to see it dashed by the pandemic’s powerful second wave. Frank Hennessey, CEO of Recipe Unlimited (formerly Cara Operations), has been watching the developments with deep frustration. His company (Torstar chair Paul Rivett is also chair of the Recipe Unlimited board) runs 1,300 restaurants coast to coast under such familiar banners as Swiss Chalet, The Keg and Harvey’s. We caught up with him on the eve of the second lockdown in Toronto.
Stephanie Walker returned to work in early childhood education in March, not long before the COVID-19 pandemic forced her child-care centre to temporarily close.
Despite nearly a year since the coronavirus began its global spread and the months of research and data that followed, there are still many unknowns: What is the best treatment for COVID-19? Why do healthy people still get severely sick? When can I finally ditch my mask?
Toronto’s Catholic board has named three schools — all with recent COVID-19 cases — to be first in line for the province’s new asymptomatic testing program.
The Canadian government has received its first batch of 200,000 BD Veritor rapid tests for COVID-19, and is getting ready to send them to the provinces.
The bridge and section of roadway connecting Clappison Avenue from Boston Pizza to the new Stryker building is complete — but has not yet been opened to traffic.