TORONTO – The plan to reopen schools in Ontario for in-person learning is based on the expectation that most of the students and staff will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by September. But the province, school boards and five unions representing teachers and education workers say they don’t know what […]
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TORONTO – Ontario post-secondary institutions are being asked to prepare for a fall semester with no capacity limits on in-person classes and activities. The Ministry of Colleges and Universities is also directing schools to finalize and publicly post their back-up instruction plans in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak. A […]
OTTAWA – Canada joined the United States and other allies on Monday in blaming China for a massive cyberattack that compromised tens of thousands of computers around the world earlier this year. The attack saw hackers exploit weaknesses in Microsoft Exchange email servers, with the federal government estimating 400,000 servers […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 130 new cases of COVID-19 today and no new deaths. Eighteen of the new cases are in Toronto, 17 in Peel Region, 16 in the Region of Waterloo, 14 in Hamilton and 10 each in Grey Bruce and Middlesex-London. There were 11,567 tests completed in […]
By Julia Peterson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
DELMAS, SASKATCHEWAN – For elder Jenny Spyglass, returning to the site of a former residential school in Saskatchewan where a search for unmarked graves is underway brought back memories of what she lost. Spyglass, now in her 70s, was taken to the Delmas/Thunderchild Indian Residential School, located 160 kilometres northwest […]
By Christopher Reynolds
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Annamie Paul is no longer staring down the barrel of a booting from her perch atop the Green party. Party executives have called off a non-confidence vote that was slated for Tuesday and could have led to the leader’s ouster, according to two party sources who were granted […]
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TORONTO – Family and friends of former federal NDP leader Jack Layton will host a virtual event next month to mark the 10th anniversary of his death. The lineup — announced Sunday, on what would have been his 71st birthday — includes Steven Page, William Prince, Donovan Woods, Raffi, Rupi […]
By Mia Rabson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Harvard University microbiology student Indumathi Prakash was just seven years old when a tick bite near her home in Massachusetts gave her Lyme disease and left her to spend most of her childhood battling rheumatoid arthritis. Now Prakash, 21, is working with a Queen’s University professor, although virtually, […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario is lifting mandatory COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated visitors, caregivers and staff at long-term care homes even as some facilities continue to battle outbreaks of the virus. The new policy will take effect on Friday, the same day the province will lift public heath restrictions on other sectors as […]
By Liam Casey
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Family, friends and several thousand members of police forces from across the country gathered in Toronto on Monday to say goodbye to an officer who died in the line of duty. They remembered Const. Jeffrey Northrup as an energetic man who was excited about getting back in the […]
By Denise Paglinawan
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Members of a second First Nation in northern Ontario were being evacuated to Thunder Bay on Monday due to the threat posed by wildfires in the region. The City of Thunder Bay said it would host 101 evacuees from Deer Lake First Nation. Over the weekend, the city began taking […]
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Ontario is reporting 146 new cases of COVID-19 today and seven more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 43 new cases in Toronto, 36 in the Region of Waterloo, and 13 in Peel Region. She says there are also 11 in Hamilton and 10 […]
