For years, decades in some cases, local charities in the city have opened their doors to provide a free, sit-down Thanksgiving dinner to low-income and homeless people in Toronto.
The York Catholic and Dufferin-Peel Catholic school boards will soon be moving into a blended model of online and in-person learning – news that has sparked a new set of worries for many parents and educators across the regions.
The federal government is investing more than $13 million in four organizations in the Greater Toronto Area to help boost the region’s health technology sector.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Friday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
The record high number of COVID-19 tests reported Thursday masks upheaval in Ontario’s testing system, with assessment centre volumes dropping, positivity rates rising, and other provinces bailing out Ontario’s backlog.
Requests for mental health services in Toronto have increased over the course of the pandemic, reaching their highest peak to date in the last week of September. But some seeking mental health support aren’t being connected to the services they need, new data shows.
Market in the Creek concluded another season of helping Stoney Creekers eat and shop local.The King Street vendor showcase held its final event on Oct. 8.
Who does Doug Ford listen to? It matters because this is a pandemic, and every jurisdiction that hasn’t been hugely aggressive has seen COVID-19 seep up around its ears. People who have dealt with Ford during the pandemic say he knows he isn’t the smartest guy in the room, and wants to know what he needs to know. That is admirable; it is exactly how almost every leader should approach a medical and societal crisis like this.
Who does Doug Ford listen to? It matters because this is a pandemic, and every jurisdiction that hasn’t been hugely aggressive has seen COVID-19 seep up around its ears. People who have dealt with Ford during the pandemic say he knows he isn’t the smartest guy in the room, and wants to know what he needs to know. That is admirable; it is exactly how almost every leader should approach a medical and societal crisis like this.
Toronto’s 10 long-term-care homes are better prepared to make it through a resurgence of COVID-19 than they were during the first wave, when all 10 suffered outbreaks, says the person in charge of the city-run facilities.
Discontent among front-line Starbucks workers who say they are overworked and not adequately protected from the pandemic has led to new efforts to unionize, with one location already taking the leap and others hoping to join it.
Discontent among front-line Starbucks workers who say they are overworked and not adequately protected from the pandemic has led to new efforts to unionize, with one location already taking the leap and others hoping to join it.