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What will Ontario’s long-term care investigation show? Authorities have ignored problems for years
Staffing shortages, a funding model that incentivizes the wrong things and building design that puts workers and residents in danger — these are some of the things an investigation into Ontario’s long-term-care homes will likely reveal, according to experts.
MPs to meet to decide on COVID-19 sittings
MPs to meet today to decide on resuming Parliament during pandemic
BlueDot researchers eye post-pandemic alarms
Minds behind pandemic predicting algorithm already thinking about future beyond COVID-19
Brampton restaurant providing free meals to homeless during coronavirus pandemic
Despite severe restrictions on his business for more than two months and earning significantly less income, a local Brampton restaurateur is doing what he can to help out the city’s homeless and front-line health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 will push employers to redefine working from home, experts say
Professor Markus Biehl has been partially working from home for years.
Big-box stores have to rethink retail to survive COVID-19, experts say
Toronto wardrobe consultant and personal shopper Kara Brownlee has been getting creative these days.
CFIA says brand of vegan bars contains milk
Food inspection agency says variety of vegan chocolate bars contains milk
Premier urges people get tested for COVID-19
Ontario reports 460 new cases of COVID-19, 25 new deaths
Ravenous rats await restaurant-goers after two months of food deprivation, CDC warns
NEW YORK—Beware rogue ravenous rats.
Toronto officials say crowds eased at park
Toronto officials say crowding and public drinking at city park can't be allowed
Bruce Arthur: Trinity Bellwoodstock should enrage us — and remind everyone the pandemic is far from over
Maybe we should be angry at the thousands of peacock people who gathered in Trinity Bellwoods Park Saturday. Many drank openly, then urinated or defecated in people’s driveways or backyards in the absence of open bathrooms. They were jammed together; it was easily double the crowd for a typical sunny May day, according to city councillor Joe Cressy, who went to see. The cameras didn’t lie.
Bruce Arthur: Trinity Bellwoodstock should enrage us — and remind everyone the pandemic is far from over
Maybe we should be angry at the thousands of peacock people who gathered in Trinity Bellwoods Park Saturday. Many drank openly, then urinated or defecated in people’s driveways or backyards in the absence of open bathrooms. They were jammed together; it was easily double the crowd for a typical sunny May day, according to city councillor Joe Cressy, who went to see. The cameras didn’t lie.
Mayor apologizes for breaking COVID-19 rules at Trinity Bellwoods Park
Trinity Bellwoods Park was a lot quieter Sunday a day after thousands of people converged on the downtown green space, ignoring social-distancing guidelines and triggering a wave of criticism and warnings by alarmed officials.
Trinity Bellwoods clears out as police move in
Trinity Bellwoods Park was a lot quieter Sunday a day after thousands of people converged on the downtown green space, ignoring social-distancing guidelines and triggering a wave of criticism and warnings by alarmed officials.
Woman arrested after Hamilton murder
Woman arrested after allegedly killing 79-year-old woman in random act
Shree Paradkar: (Mostly) white covidiots at Trinity Bellwoods think the rules don’t apply to them. They’re right
One look at images of Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday and it was instantly clear that idiocy is not just an affliction of the American middle class.
Shree Paradkar: (Mostly) white covidiots at Trinity Bellwoods think the rules don’t apply to them. They’re right
One look at images of Trinity Bellwoods Park on Saturday and it was instantly clear that idiocy is not just an affliction of the American middle class.
A one-time Blue Jays prospect lost to COVID-19 had one dream season
As the proverbial expressions go, Tim Kuziomko could hit a ball a mile and was strong as an ox.
MPs to resume battle over COVID-19 sittings
Federal parties set to resume battle over future of Parliament during COVID-19
Veggies in demand: Hamilton garden centres bustling with physically distancing shoppers
Customers are “happy they can come and shop,” says Terra Waterdown manager Dani Chevrette
Mosques celebrate socially distant Eid
Mississauga mosque celebrates socially distant Eid with drive-thru gift handouts
Outbreak declared at Hamilton General Hospital after staff members test positive
Four COVID-19 in-patient unit staff members test positive for novel coronavirus
Montreal retailers prepare to reopen
Quebec reports 44 new COVID-19 deaths as Montreal retailers prepare to reopen
Federal parties set to resume battle over future of Parliament during COVID-19
OTTAWA—The battle over the future of Parliament in the age of COVID-19 will resume in earnest Monday when a small group of MPs returns to the floor of the House of Commons to argue about the path forward.
1,000 protest Belarusian president seeking another term
MINSK, BELARUS—About 1,000 protesters denouncing authoritarian Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s seeking of another term in an upcoming election have held the largest opposition demonstration of the year in the capital Minsk.
Funds and food flow at Rock on Locke food drive and fundraiser for vulnerable seniors
A steady stream of cars dropped off goods Saturday
You canna fail with these lilies ... can you?
They say some plants are goof-proof. We’ll see about that, writes Lorraine Sommerfeld.
Rosie DiManno: Seems like we’ve been talking about the need for masks forever. So why are they still in short supply?
Carol Thorman and her circle of friends – actually they’re mostly virtual strangers – have cranked out 33,000 face masks.
AngloGold shutters world’s deepest mine after 164 COVID-19 cases
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd., temporarily halted work at its Mponeng gold mine in South Africa after more than 164 workers tested positive for COVID-19.
Niagara teen dies following ATV crash
18-year-old dies, 17-year-old in critical condition following Saturday collision
Hamilton councillors to decide direction of SoBi bikesharing program
Hamilton residents are urging the city to keep the popular bikeshare program rolling.Over 6,400 people have signed a change.org petition initiated by Cycle Hamilton urging the city to keep the program moving. Uber sent a letter to the city May
Police identify suspect in Gladys Little homicide
Larissa Shingebis, 26, is wanted in connection with the slaying of 79-year-old Little
First Nations need more PPE: health authorities
First Nations health authorities tell Commons committee they need more PPE
Five things to watch for in Canadian business
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
Pandemic’s racist episodes reveal the other curve Canada still has to flatten
We are now more than two months into self-quarantining, and the struggles common across working families in this pandemic have become clear. Our debts are rising as monthly bills eclipse our (CERB) incomes, social isolation is proving harmful to mental health, and home-schooling while home-working is justifying why teachers deserve summers off.
Firefighters save injured man with escarpment rope rescue
Man taken to hospital with injured leg
Powwow circuit disrupted by COVID-19, but organizers optimistic for 2021 season
Romaine Mitchell is confident that a summer without powwows will be “just a small blip” in the cultural history of Indigenous Peoples.
Say goodbye to the traditional buffet, at least for now
My memories as a kid growing up in the ’90s can be summed up by buffets.
Tory promises more enforcement today after huge crowds in Trinity Bellwoods Saturday; Ontario has 26,733 COVID-19 cases
The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Sunday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.
Ag minister Bibeau's hard row to hoe
Liberals' COVID-19 response to agriculture a hard row to hoe for Bibeau
Powwow circuit disrupted by COVID-19
Powwow circuit disrupted by COVID-19, but organizers optimistic for 2021
From following orders to calculating the risks: Why post-lockdown decisions feel overwhelming
Suddenly, in this unfamiliar COVID-19 world, we’ve got some decisions to make.
Customer traffic still lagging at freshly reopened Hamilton businesses
Small businesses who were left reeling in the financial fallout of COVID-19 are slowly beginning to open their doors again, ushering in a new, unfamil
RCMP faces 'sustainability challenges': memo
RCMP facing 'systemic sustainability challenges' due to provincial policing role
How a haven for refugees became home to the worst COVID-19 outbreak in Toronto’s shelter system
In March, staff at Willowdale Welcome Centre, which would become the site of the largest COVID-19 outbreak in the city’s shelter system, grew concerned about infection control at the facility.
A lot of Toronto renters can’t get by even with CERB. They need a top-up from the feds
The Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) is a lifesaver to Canadians who have lost work because of COVID-19. But there is a big problem. It does not recognize that in Toronto and other high-demand places, rents are much higher than in smaller communities.
No winning ticket for Lotto 649 jackpot
No winning ticket for Saturday night's $21 million Lotto 649 jackpot
Toronto officials condemn packed park
Toronto officials condemn 'dangerous' behaviour of people who packed park
Working from home because of COVID-19? Here's what you can claim on your taxes
Ontarians working from home this spring due to COVID-19 could be in for a break next tax season, an Ottawa-based expert in tax accounting says. That is, if they take the time to claim home office expenses.
Woman, 26, wanted in death of 79-year-old stranger
Hamilton police investigate homicide of woman, 79, found dead in apartment
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