The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.
Even though it was designed to be a hub for technology innovators, the Whitby 1855 Accelerator has managed to weather the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic remarkably well.
In early May, Gideon Lichfield, the editor-in-chief for the MIT Technology Review, announced online that he was going to break his isolation for the first time in two months.
Like all large cities in Canada, Brampton’s once-bustling downtown core has slowed to more of a trickle of people, as residents have hunkered down and businesses of all types have either had to shut down completely or make big changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Premier Doug Ford said Monday that he wouldn’t punish all of Ontario for last weekend’s mass gathering with little to no social distancing in Trinity Bellwoods Park.
People who crowded Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday should go for testing as quickly as possible if they develop symptoms of COVID-19, but they don’t have to do it right away, Toronto’s top doctor said Monday.
People who crowded Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday should go for testing as quickly as possible if they develop symptoms of COVID-19, but they don’t have to do it right away, Toronto’s top doctor said Monday.
What are we doing in this province? Honestly, what is happening here? Well, COVID-19 case numbers are up and staying up. And, testing crashed in the last week. On Monday, the premier promised a robust new testing plan, a week or two after he lurched us forward into the first phase of reopening, despite having not hit the provincial public health benchmarks to do so. OK, fine. It may be cart, then horse, but it’s nice to see a horse around here.
What are we doing in this province? Honestly, what is happening here? Well, COVID-19 case numbers are up and staying up. And, testing crashed in the last week. On Monday, the premier promised a robust new testing plan, a week or two after he lurched us forward into the first phase of reopening, despite having not hit the provincial public health benchmarks to do so. OK, fine. It may be cart, then horse, but it’s nice to see a horse around here.
Toronto should not reopen without a “more consistent testing strategy and a very robust surveillance system,” to expose COVID-19 levels throughout Ontario, the city’s public health department says.
When he first saw the now-notorious photos of Trinity Bellwoods — the popular downtown park that drew hordes of sun worshippers over the weekend — Dr. Andrew Petrosoniak had the same gut reaction as many others who vented on social media: Anger. Disappointment. Frustration.
A city park packed with fearless youth is a problem, but it’s not our biggest challenge. In our zeal to point fingers, we are missing the point of the pandemic as we now know it.
Morning traffic is once again backed up, stores are taking customers anew, golf courses are open, construction work has reignited. It’s clear that a full-fledged relaunch of our economy is underway.
Toronto’s Trinity Bellwoods park was filled with non-distancing lovers of the outdoors this past weekend, a scene that was profoundly disappointing to political leaders.
WASHINGTON—Monday was the Memorial Day holiday in the U.S., when Americans remember their war dead. At Fort McHenry in Baltimore, the site of the War of 1812 battle that inspired the U.S. national anthem, President Donald Trump drew a direct comparison between the sacrifices of war and the ongoing toll of the coronavirus.
Universal child care. Living wages, not minimum wages. Paid sick days for all workers. A plan for the future that supports the climate and the country’s most vulnerable.