Emergency room nurse Jaime Gallaher recalls the emotional toll of a verbal attack she recently faced from a woman at a grocery store after another gruelling workday.
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Students in Toronto, Peel, York and Durham head back to class today
Students in some of Ontario’s largest school boards head back to class Thursday amid a fourth wave of COVID-19.
TDSB, TCDSB pause extra-curriculars activities on TPH recommendation
The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) have paused extra-curricular activities after a recommendation from Toronto Public Health.
Tory, de Villa to update Toronto’s COVID-19 response
Toronto’s mayor and its top doctor will provide an update today on the city’s ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Third pandemic-altered school year gets underway in many Ontario boards
It’s the first day back to school after the summer break for many Ontario students.
Mandatory training on identifying human trafficking on horizon for truckers
It is one of the fastest growing crimes in Canada, and one of the most heinous. In 2019 there were more than 500 police-reported incidents of human trafficking, most of which originated in Ontario. But police numbers don’t tell the whole story.
Poll: majority of Canadians favour vaccine passport for non-essential places
A new poll suggests eight out of 10 Canadians backed the notion of a COVID-19 vaccine passport in the days leading up to this week’s rollout of a certificate system in Quebec and news that Ontario would soon follow suit.
Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine certificate plan will bar unvaccinated from many businesses, services
Saying it’s something he “didn’t want to do” Premier Doug Ford unveiled a COVID-19 vaccine “certificate” plan on Wednesday that will mandate Ontarians show proof of being fully vaccinated before they can access a slew of non-essential businesses and services. The first step of the plan goes into effect on September 22. That’s when Ontarians…
Vaccinations need to increase, contacts to decrease to avoid ‘substantial’ 4th wave: Modelling
New modelling from the Ontario COVID-19 science advisory table shows vaccinations will need to increase and contacts need to decrease to 70 per cent of pre-pandemic levels to avoid a “substantial” fourth wave in the province that could see new cases surge to 9,000 a day.
Announcement on Ontario vaccine certificate program for Tuesday on hold
A planned announcement on a provincial vaccine certificate program which was scheduled for Tuesday is on hold.