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Pandemic proves value of guaranteed incomes
Most major crises deliver changes that forever transform society. After the Second World War it was the build out of the social safety net, a process that continued for another 30 years in most of the developed economies.
Math students at Wilfrid Laurier furious after department orders them to buy external webcams for exams
Students at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo are furious after they’ve been asked to purchase an external webcam so instructors can look over their shoulder remotely during exams, despite the fact that webcams are in short supply on online stores.
Save those hugs you’d give Mom on Mother’s Day, B.C. health minister, top doctor urge
VICTORIA—British Columbia’s health minister and provincial health officer are urging people to save their Mother’s Day hugs for Mom until later, unless she lives in the same household.
Staggering job losses as COVID deaths climb
Adequacy of federal emergency aid measures to be tested by jobless numbers
Businessman defiant after Alberta accuses him of selling hand sanitizer at 200 per cent markup
For the first time since the COVID-19 outbreak, consumer investigators in Alberta have charged a Calgary company with price gouging, alleging it was marking up prices on masks and other protective gear by up to 400 per cent.
Rosie DiManno: As Mother’s Day nears, a daughter is beset by anxiety for her mom in a long-term-care home where 50 residents have died
On Mother’s Day, if she had her wish, there would be flowers and cookies and country and western music playing and grandchildren hugs.
Employment law: Race discrimination can be a challenge to prove
Just because you felt it was discrimination doesn’t mean that it was, writes Ed Canning.
This end to COVID-19 lockdowns could only have been made in America
WASHINGTON—Jeffrey Shaman was exasperated. “It’s frustrating. It’s very, very frustrating,” he said on the phone this week. The Columbia University infectious disease expert had been saying the same things about how to stop the spread of the coronavirus for weeks, and the message hasn’t sunk in.
Want to understand Justin Trudeau's post-pandemic challenge? Just look at April’s bleak job numbers
OTTAWA— Words and deeds.
Feds reject eight million masks from supplier
Feds reject eight million N95 masks from a single distributor
Ten false positive COVID-19 tests at Hamilton’s Macassa Lodge
Public health had already started informing 10 people from the east Mountain long-term care centre that they had COVID-19 when the regional laboratory
Heather Scoffield: COVID-19 slammed hourly workers but left salaried ones untouched. Justin Trudeau needs to do something about that
The job market was such a disaster in April that the normally by-the-book analysts at Statistics Canada had to surface an obscure indicator just to capture it.
MLSE is offering to help with COVID-19 testing if Toronto becomes a hub for NHL games
Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment is willing to pay for all the testing of its players, and help others in the city with testing, if Toronto becomes a hub city in the NHL’s plan to resume the 2019-20 season.
No sales and frequent cleaning: Toronto businesses opening Monday for curbside pick-ups face restrictions
Toronto Mayor John Tory warned Friday that businesses opening for curbside pick-up on Monday will need to do so in a way that continues to prevent the transmission of COVID-19, or risk facing closure again.
Indigenous leaders concerned about rise in FN COVID-19 cases
First Nation, Metis, Inuit leaders concerned about Indigenous COVID-19 outbreaks
Martin Regg Cohn: Privacy activists poisoned the soil for Sidewalk Labs, and Toronto let it happen
The rolling up of Sidewalk Labs is a sign of our times — so many problems rolled into one:
More than 70 per cent of Mohawk College fall courses to be delivered virtually amid COVID-19
The college’s coronavirus contingency plan includes lecture-based programs shifting to online platforms.
For-profit nursing homes have four times as many COVID-19 deaths as city-run homes, Star analysis finds
Residents of for-profit nursing homes in Ontario are far more likely to be infected with COVID-19 and die than those who live in non-profit and municipally-run homes, the Star has found.
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Markets get lift despite bad jobs reports
North American stock markets open higher following record job losses in April
Thalidomide settlement gets court's OK
Federal settlement for thalidomide survivors gets court's approval
Long-term safety measures a challenge:experts
Peer pressure, public messaging will affect behaviour when rules loosen: experts
Postmedia seeks millions in wage subsidies
Postmedia seeks at least $20.3 million in COVID-related emergency wage subsidies
Shree Paradkar: Pandemic exposes how social inequities not only wound the marginalized but hurt us all
A week after rejecting calls to collect race-based data on COVID-19, Ontario made a U-turn Wednesday and put the collection of disaggregated data into action.
Quebec fails to meet COVID-19 testing target
Quebec launches 'massive' testing operation in Montreal but misses target
Susan Delacourt: Ottawa has been backing away from business for years. What a difference a pandemic makes
Government may never be the same in Canada after the pandemic, but neither will its relations with business, from Bay Street to Main Street.
Leafs assistant takes Kingston head coach job
Leafs assistant coach Paul McFarland returning to head coaching job in Kingston
Canada pushes African debt relief over COVID-19
Canada pushes African debt relief to ward off COVID-19 economic crisis: minister
Coronavirus outbreak over at Hillsdale Terraces in Oshawa
The COVID-19 outbreak at Hillsdale Terraces long-term care home is over, according to the Region of Durham which operates the Oshawa long-term care home.
Ontario wants to change PPE directive: union
Ontario reports 477 new COVID-19 cases, 63 more deaths
Stoney Creekers find ways to keep active during pandemic
Patti Moffatt says she likes working out in the company of others, so she worried when her nearby Winona gym could no longer host classes at its Lewis Road storefront after closing due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Murder hornet hunters: How one beekeeping couple tracked and terminated a nest in BC
Murder hornets. Murder. Hornets.
Norfolk County man charged with drug trafficking in woman’s death
The woman was found unresponsive inside a downtown Simcoe residence Monday.
Manitoba government ends 30-day limit on prescription drug supplies
WINNIPEG—The Manitoba government says it is lifting its one-month limit on prescription drug supplies.
Ottawa police seek exam answers
Ottawa police seek exam answers following alleged paper pilfering
SIU clears Brantford police in shooting at Polish Hall in July
A 48-year-old man survived the shooting
Recipe Unlimited suspends dividends for 2020
Recipe Unlimited temporarily suspends dividend payments for 2020 amid COVID-19
Ontario records another 459 COVID-19 cases, 44 deaths
The COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario has now claimed almost 1,600 lives, a number eight times higher than it was a month ago.
COVID-19 wage-subsidy program to be extended
NewsAlert: Statistics Canada says nearly two million jobs lost in April
Port Perry Tim Hortons employee tests positive for coronavirus
An employee at a Port Perry Tim Hortons franchise has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the restaurant to quarantine a number of workers and close for cleaning.
Silent salute on the 75th anniversary of VE-Day in Hamilton
The 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe is being commemorated in silent retrospect due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It hasn’t a
'A true blessing': Flamborough landscapers, lawn services back in business
The province announced a reopening of landscaping and lawn care businesses this week.
Five things to know about the jobs report
Five things to know about Statistics Canada's jobs report for April
Back in business: Flamborough hardware stores to reopen fully May 9
The province has announced a full reopening of hardware stores on May 9, along with a list of recommended controls retailers can put into place to prevent the transmission of COVID-19.
Montreal transit asking users to wear masks
Montreal transit authority "strongly recommends" that passengers wear masks
Have you seen Tracey Crevar? Hamilton woman missing after leaving to go grocery shopping
The 58-year-old left her Glengrove Avenue home around 3:30 p.m. May 7 in her 2019 grey Dodge Caravan.
Hydro One reports $225M first-quarter profit
Hydro One reports $225M first-quarter profit, up from $171 million a year ago
'SNL' writer's memoir co-stars Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner
'SNL' writer's memoir co-stars Billy Crystal, Gilda Radner
Six major Hamilton trails set to reopen Saturday
Once again open to the public are the Hamilton-Brantford, Chippewa, Dofasco 2000, Lafarge 2000, Canal Park and Confederation Beach Park waterfront trails.
Brookfield Property Partners swings to loss
Brookfield Property Partners swings to loss on property value adjustments
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