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They’re the early experts in virtual performance: for disabled theatre artists, it’s ‘been there, done that’ as COVID-19 forces work online
When Ophira Calof, a Toronto writer, comedian, singer and producer, found out her show “Literally Titanium” had been accepted into the 2020 Next Stage Theatre Festival, she was in hospital recovering from brain surgery.
‘We have been booted into the 21st century’: What COVID-19 could mean for Ontario’s strained and outdated courts
Way back on March 11, John Struthers had already seen the future: to buffer the approaching coronavirus storm, Ontario courts needed to be closed immediately, full-stop.
'An important year to grow more food': Flamborough farms see influx of customers for local food
As the COVID-19 pandemic has made people leery of visiting the grocery store, Flamborough farms have seen an uptick in their community supported agriculture (CSA) shares.
Grocery shopping isn’t ‘fun’ any more: Why the way Canadians shop has changed for good
Panic buying may have subsided across Canada, but the way Canadians shop for groceries may never be the same again, according to a new study out of Dalhousie University.
COVID-19 era poses extra mental challenge for perfectionists
We imagine most people stuck at home are still putting some pressure on themselves to be productive.
Real estate sales plummet in Hamilton-Burlington area due to COVID-19
The biggest impact overall was felt in the Niagara North region, which saw a 73.5 per cent drop in sales
What will mass COVID-19 testing in long-term care homes reveal?
Little is known about how asymptomatic people spread the COVID-19 virus and, in the meantime, public health must find a ‘sweet spot’ between preventin
Federal government expected to announce financial support for farmers; South Korea reports lowest daily increase since February and restarts professional sports
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.
April 5: I’m boycotting China, please, Mr. Trudeau, keep that border closed and other letters to the editor
Prime Minister Trudeau, if you don’t do anything else, please keep the U.S./Canada border closed, writes Ann Lawton-Barry.
Key moments in Ontario’s slow response to the COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes
Since the SARS outbreak in 2003, a steady drumbeat of official guidelines and recommendations has delivered a consistent message: Seniors are especially susceptible to viral infections. Nursing homes are hotbeds for their spread. Unless protected, these facilities, that are supposed to house and protect our most vulnerable, will be on the frontline of the battle against the next contagion.
They said there was no playbook for dealing with COVID-19 outbreak at nursing homes. There were several
Vicki McKenna came to the Ministry of Health’s offices with a warning.
It took a deadly pandemic to get Toronto to embrace a faster way to build affordable housing
Big number: $190,000 – the per-unit cost of 250 modular units of supportive housing for shelter users, in a plan approved by Toronto council last week
Most Canadians OK with slow reopening: poll
Most Canadians comfortable with pace of easing restrictions: poll
Feds to unveil financial aid for farmers
Feds to unveil emergency aid for agri-food sector hit hard by COVID-19
Stores, airlines beef up COVID-19 measures
Companies beef up COVID-19 measures with masks and temperature checks
COVID-19 outbreaks at Toronto Western Hospital cause disruption, confusion as 65 patients and staff test positive
Investigations into four COVID-19 outbreaks at Toronto Western Hospital have identified 19 patients and 46 staff who tested positive for the coronavirus, triggering an “urgent” directive over the weekend that caused hospital disruptions and confusion for medical residents who failed to report for duty on Monday, the Star has learned.
Frigate crew witnessed helicopter crash
Ceremony planned for service members killed in helicopter crash
Ontario calls for national contact tracing plan
Ontario calls for a national strategy on contact tracing of COVID-19 cases
‘Stay at home’: Day-trippers to Port Dover flout COVID-19 physical-distancing rules
Sunshine and warm temperatures brought visitors to Port Dover on the weekend, much to the dismay of the mayor and health unit
Bruce Arthur: Tommy was a beloved principal. He is now a patient shuffled to a corner of the pandemic, cut off and stranded
Tommy Jutcovich was a teacher, a coach, a school principal, a joy. He was a dynamite public speaker, a striver, a hugger. He was a husband and father of four and grandfather of 17 who learned calligraphy so he could personally write the invitations for his eldest daughter’s bat mitzvah.
These meat plant workers came to Canada for a better life. Their kids worry they’ll be infected with COVID-19 at work
Ahmed remembers when his stepfather, Ashraf, almost lost his finger while working at the JBS meat plant in the small Alberta city of Brooks.
MPs must have more time to debate: Scheer
Parliament must be given more time to study COVID-19 response: Scheer
Martin Regg Cohn: Mike Harris expanded the privatization of long-term care. Doug Ford is discovering that wasn’t a magic cure
A quarter-century ago, the populist premier of the day wanted to fix nursing homes in Ontario.
Nunavut’s first COVID-19 case turns out to be false positive
IQALUIT, NUNAVUT—Canada’s High Arctic may still be free of the novel coronavirus.
Four cases of COVID-19 confirmed at Mondelez Canada’s Hamilton plant
Shutdown puts 350 people off the job, but candymaker says they will continue to pay employees
Hagersville’s Anson Place ‘turning the corner’ in race to control outbreak, health unit says
With no new cases in 10 days, the care centre is having success in controlling a COVID-19 outbreak that has killed 27 residents.
Police arrest three, seize nearly 2,000 kilos of opium
Ontario drug investigation leads to three arrests, nearly 2,000 kilograms of opium
Hamilton’s roadside gardens will bloom this year despite the pandemic pause
The city says tree and flower planting will go ahead with precautions to protect city staff from COVID-19. That means 230,000 municipal flowers are de
April chills brings May shivers to Hamilton area
Think polar vortex: cold weather systems “from the north” expected to plague Ontario for the next two weeks.
Faulty masks a 'contractual' issue, China says
China says faulty masks a 'contractual' matter that has been fixed
Three arrested in death of Toronto teen
Three men arrested in shooting death of 15-year-old Toronto boy last month
Wilkins: Bank's independence key to recovery
Bank of Canada's independence key to aiding post-COVID recovery, Wilkins says
Quebec delays reopening of Montreal stores
Quebec faces calls to delay reopening schools and business in Montreal
Politics, not just science, is driving plans to reopen
As of Monday, you can get a haircut in Manitoba, or even enjoy a beer on a restaurant patio. Next door in Saskatchewan, you can visit the dentist or go fishing.
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Most actively traded companies on the TSX
Trudeau takes part in COVID-19 pledge event
Trudeau takes part in COVID-19 virtual pledging conference led by EU
COVID-19: reopening schools a real puzzle
Many questions about how schools will look as Quebec lifts COVID-19 restrictions
Feds eye tools to aid Access to Info recovery
Feds eye new tools to help Access to Information system recover after COVID-19
Quebec police probing three cellphone tower fires, possible link to conspiracy theory
MONTREAL—Police in Quebec are investigating whether recent fires at three cellphone towers north of Montreal are connected and if they have anything to do with global conspiracy theories linking COVID-19 with 5G technology.
Garden centres irked by partial reopening
Ontario garden centres frustrated by measures that only allow partial reopening
Dundas business exempt from provincial garden centre opening requirements
Police to investigate report of theft from Holland Park Garden Gallery
S&P/TSX composite index edges higher
North American stock markets open lower as trading week begins, loonie down
Iran plane crash chief a rights abuser: Cotler
Iran chief's link to 1988 massacre raises obstacles in crash probe: Cotler
'COVID body:' Woman details father's death from coronavirus at Pickering's Orchard Villa
On the night she was called and told her father died, Linda Cottrell was told she had three hours to give Orchard Villa the name and number of a funeral home so his "COVID body" could be removed.
Ontario close to opening parks, retail: Ford
Some seasonal businesses to reopen in Ontario today as COVID-19 spread slows
Ceremony planned for helicopter crash victims
Ceremony planned for service members killed in helicopter crash
After two months of tracking, 128 deaths and 1,075 cases of COVID-19 in Durham
Numbers released by the Durham Region Health Department on May 4 indicate that new cases – and new deaths – continue to be recorded
Pet Project Part 2: Doggos and kitty cats galore in the age of COVID-19
Hamilton’s furry friends shine during a pandemic
Group wants more done to protect privacy
Group wants CRTC to do more to protect privacy amid contact tracing debate
Garden centres frustrated by partial reopening
Ontario garden centres frustrated by measures that only allow partial reopening
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