The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Friday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.
New guidelines for COVID-19 testing in Durham mean anyone with symptoms will receive a swab, say officials from Lakeridge Health, and that will lead to a better understanding of what hospitals can expect as they resume more services.
Doug Ford’s real strength as a politician is the big-guy bluster, the I’m-fed-up. The premier has employed it during the coronavirus pandemic more than once. No price gouging! Ease up, landlords! More testing! That last one has been a recurring feature in the last couple months.
Two Toronto city councillors are hoping to get a bike lane running down University Avenue established as part of the city’s response to COVID-19, while a third warns now is not the time to be implementing potentially costly and disruptive new projects.
Anti-racism should be part of Canada’s response to COVID-19 in light of the surge of hate crimes across the country during the pandemic, says an opposition MP.
Brothers Nigel, right, and Philip Luke play a collection of jazz pieces on the front steps of their family home on Undermount Avenue as part of Kirkendall Sound & Music.
While some Torontonians yearn for life outside their homes during the COVID-19 lockdown, Mark Slapinski and his neighbours at a St. James Town highrise are finally able to once again relish the comfort of their apartments almost two years after being displaced by a fire.
Adrian Cheung talks to Toronto Star’s Queen’s Park reporter Kristin Rushowy on the cancellation of the remainder of in-person classes in Ontario’s schools and what comes next. Everything from students’ mental health, how classes might look in the fall based on other jurisdictions, and labour relations is discussed.