Premier Doug Ford’s crusade against coronavirus price gouging by retailers has led to about 200 law enforcement investigations across Ontario, newly available data shows.
The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Monday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.
Parents are accustomed to putting their children on daycare wait lists long before they’re ready to attend — sometimes even before they’re born. Then, if they’re lucky enough to get a spot, most can look forward to paying the equivalent of a sizable monthly mortgage and years of stressful daycare dashes racing from work to make pick-up time.
Conventional wisdom says we should all have some fixed-income securities in our portfolios. They don’t provide great returns, but they act as a cushion in the event of a stock market collapse.
CALGARY—WestJet says it is extending many flight cancellations into early July as it continues to deal with record-low passenger numbers due to COVID-19.
Ontario’s has seen another 60 deaths from COVID-19 in a 24-hour period that also saw the lowest growth in new cases since early April, according to the Star’s latest count.
Non-profits play a vital role in addressing the needs of the most vulnerable. But since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, almost 20 per cent of Ontario non-profits have already closed.
Joyce Davidson-Susskind, a longtime broadcaster and television personality who worked with the likes of “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace and married television talk-show host and producer David Susskind, has died in Toronto of COVID-related illness.
A Pickering long-term-care home that is one of Ontario’s hardest hit by COVID-19 is investigating the possibility of a privacy breach with the release of resident personal health information, according to a government minister.
LA LOCHE, SASK.—The Saskatchewan government says it has agreed to a request from a northern community to suspend alcohol sales in order to help control the spread of COVID-19.
OTTAWA—The Canadian Armed Forces is postponing the deployment of a warship and surveillance aircraft to help enforce United Nations’ sanctions against North Korea because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
James Li, a public relations account director, would rather spend an hour sitting in Beijing traffic than risk 30 minutes exposed to crowds on a train. “Traffic is as bad as it could be” but the subway is still too dicey, he said.
CHAMBLY, QUE.—A Cargill meat-processing plant south of Montreal is closing temporarily after at least 64 workers tested positive for COVID-19, marking the second time the company has experienced an outbreak at one of its facilities in Canada.
The Snowbirds have resumed their cross-country salute to Canadians helping fight the spread of COVID-19 after wintry weather forced them to hold on Saturday.
With most of the city staying home, Toronto’s arts and culture institutions are using their creativity to resurrect cancelled events and reimagine their roles.
SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF—South Korea on Sunday reported 34 additional cases of the coronavirus amid a spate of infections linked to club goers, as President Moon Jae-in urged calm, saying that “there’s no reason to stand still out of fear.”
The Region of Peel is reporting outbreaks at 20 long-term care and retirement homes across the region with 119 deaths reported to date in seniors congregate living or nursing facilities.