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Alberta premier stands by pick of 'contrarian' chair to lead COVID-19 data review

Alberta

Alberta premier stands by pick of 'contrarian' chair to lead COVID-19 data review

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it’s a good idea to have a physician who accused the province of exaggerating COVID-19's impact…

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Asia

Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic

Apr 22, 2024
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Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Asia

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Apr 22, 2024
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Business

'A missed opportunity.' Small business advocate says carbon tax rebate in budget still a 'net drain' for companies

Apr 18, 2024
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Crime

Dispute over COVID-19 social distancing led to murder at Toronto LCBO

Apr 12, 2024
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British Columbia

B.C. launches spring COVID-19 booster program, targeting vulnerable and unvaccinated

Apr 8, 2024
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Business

Opinion

Employees all over the world are disengaged from their work. Here's how managers can fix it

Mar 31, 2024
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Small Business

Bouncing back from COVID: Majority of Canadian small businesses say they are optimistic about the future

Mar 29, 2024
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Gta

This secret Toronto lab was one of the first to isolate COVID-19. Why they'll soon be able to research agents used in biowarfare

Mar 26, 2024
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Elon Musk's X to pay legal bills for Canadian doctor chastised over COVID-19 tweets

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Elon Musk's X to pay legal bills for Canadian doctor chastised over COVID-19 tweets

Mar 25, 2024
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COVID Vaccine Updates

Canadian scientists helped run the world's largest COVID-19 vaccine safety study. Here's what they found

Canada

Canadian scientists helped run the world's largest COVID-19 vaccine safety study. Here's what they found

Feb 23, 2024
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Older, immunocompromised people may get COVID-19 vaccine dose in spring, NACI says

Canada

Older, immunocompromised people may get COVID-19 vaccine dose in spring, NACI says

Jan 12, 2024
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Don't let COVID, flu and other illnesses ruin your holidays. Here's how to minimize the risk

Canada

Don't let COVID, flu and other illnesses ruin your holidays. Here's how to minimize the risk

Dec 20, 2023
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Long COVID

I'm back, long COVID never went away, and the world is still a mess

Star Columnists

Opinion

Heather Mallick: I'm back, long COVID never went away, and the world is still a mess

Mar 7, 2024
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Long COVID: My life under house arrest

Star Columnists

Opinion

Heather Mallick: Long COVID: My life under house arrest

Jan 12, 2024
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Many Canadians have had long COVID for almost 4 years. Researchers say there's hope

Health

Many Canadians have had long COVID for almost 4 years. Researchers say there's hope

Dec 15, 2023
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COVID Origins

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Asia

Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

Apr 22, 2024
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Raccoon dog? Bamboo rat? Lab leak? Four years after first COVID case in China, science is providing new clues to the virus’s origins

Canada

Raccoon dog? Bamboo rat? Lab leak? Four years after first COVID case in China, science is providing new clues to the virus’s origins

Dec 3, 2023
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He nearly died pursuing HIV’s origins. Then this Canadian scientist set his sights on the COVID lab leak theory. Here’s what he found

Canada

He nearly died pursuing HIV’s origins. Then this Canadian scientist set his sights on the COVID lab leak theory. Here’s what he found

Jul 19, 2023
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Long–Term Care Homes

Ford government facing lawsuit over expansion of Pickering care home where dozens died during height of COVID

Canada

Ford government facing lawsuit over expansion of Pickering care home where dozens died during height of COVID

Feb 14, 2024
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‘I want people to see that this terrible thing happened in Canada’: Toronto exhibit honours COVID dead

Canada

‘I want people to see that this terrible thing happened in Canada’: Toronto exhibit honours COVID dead

Oct 7, 2023
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Ontario ombudsman urges stronger enforcement of LTC rules

Canada

Ontario ombudsman urges stronger enforcement of LTC rules

Oct 17, 2023
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The Data

How deadly has COVID been in 2023? Here’s what the Ontario numbers are telling us

Canada

How deadly has COVID been in 2023? Here’s what the Ontario numbers are telling us

Dec 16, 2023
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COVID-19 is killing one person every four minutes as vaccine rates fall

World

COVID-19 is killing one person every four minutes as vaccine rates fall

Jul 19, 2023
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Why in Ontario and in Canada, this became COVID’s deadliest year

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Analysis

Why in Ontario and in Canada, this became COVID’s deadliest year

Jul 19, 2023

Frequently Asked Questions

What is brain fog — and how can we fight it? Experts share simple ways to regain focus

Life

Explainer

What is brain fog — and how can we fight it? Experts share simple ways to regain focus

Mar 9, 2024
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Measles cases are skyrocketing globally, as experts warn Canada is approaching a 'tipping point.' How did we get here?

Canada

Explainer

Measles cases are skyrocketing globally, as experts warn Canada is approaching a 'tipping point.' How did we get here?

Feb 29, 2024
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Are you exhausted or is it burnout? Here’s how to spot the signs and what to do

Life

Are you exhausted or is it burnout? Here’s how to spot the signs and what to do

Nov 14, 2023
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More COVID

Canadian Covid Society launches to address long-term effects, prevent further illness

Canada

Canadian Covid Society launches to address long-term effects, prevent further illness

Mar 7, 2024
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Here's how one Toronto hospital is battling the ER crisis in Ontario — and winning

Canada

Here's how one Toronto hospital is battling the ER crisis in Ontario — and winning

Mar 4, 2024
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Construction firms that built critical Ontario infrastructure projects during COVID say the province stiffed them

Star Investigation

Construction firms that built critical Ontario infrastructure projects during COVID say the province stiffed them

Mar 2, 2024
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United States

The CDC has relaxed COVID guidelines. Will schools and day cares follow suit?

Mar 1, 2024
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United States

COVID-19 no longer means five days in isolation, CDC says

Mar 1, 2024
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Canada

Explainer

Measles cases are skyrocketing globally, as experts warn Canada is approaching a 'tipping point.' How did we get here?

Feb 29, 2024
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Federal Politics

Documents reveal security concerns led to firings of two Winnipeg lab scientists

Feb 28, 2024
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United States

Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend

Feb 28, 2024
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Canada

Canadian scientists helped run the world's largest COVID-19 vaccine safety study. Here's what they found

Feb 23, 2024
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Canada

'It's a game-changer for cats': Cure for fatal disease reaches Canada

Feb 22, 2024
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Gta

Kids can stay in school during pandemic with vaccines, masks and rapid tests, finds study

Feb 16, 2024
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Gta

Police funding increase, big tax hike finalized in Mayor Chow's first budget

Feb 14, 2024
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Gta

A modest proposal: Millennials say 'I do' to micro weddings to beat the high cost of loving

Feb 14, 2024
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Rosie DiManno: Financial fiasco? There's an app for that

Feb 13, 2024
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Canada

Ford government facing lawsuit over expansion of Pickering care home where dozens died during height of COVID

Feb 14, 2024
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Federal Politics

Trudeau government 'repeatedly failed' to manage ArriveCan app: auditor general report

Feb 12, 2024
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Canada

Judge overturns convictions of B.C. woman, accused of coughing on grocery worker

Feb 9, 2024
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United States

New York woman sentenced to probation and fines in COVID aid fraud schemes

Feb 8, 2024
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COVID–19 Novel Coronavirus

China reports 1st death from new type of coronavirus

Asia

China reports 1st death from new type of coronavirus

Jan 11, 2020
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Japan confirms first case of new Chinese coronavirus

Asia

Japan confirms first case of new Chinese coronavirus

Jan 16, 2020
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Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus

Asia

Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirus

Jan 20, 2020
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Asia

China’s coronavirus outbreak tests the Communist Party’s transparency

Jan 21, 2020
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United States

First Wuhan coronavirus patient identified in U.S.

Jan 21, 2020
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Canada

‘Lightning rod’ cities Vancouver and Toronto could see coronavirus cases — but Canada has tools to contain: expert

Jan 21, 2020
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Asia

As deadly coronavirus spreads, China controls the narrative

Jan 22, 2020
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Provincial Politics

Ontario doctors ordered to report suspected cases of coronavirus

Jan 22, 2020
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Canada

‘People are scared’: Workers who faced off with SARS hope ‘harsh’ lessons of 2003 outbreak help Canada withstand coronavirus

Jan 22, 2020

Canada

Canada ramps up preparations as WHO decides whether to declare global coronavirus emergency

Jan 23, 2020
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Canada

Feds roll out education, call for self-reporting to prevent coronavirus outbreak

Jan 23, 2020
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Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: We must be sure hospitals can face coronavirus threat

Jan 23, 2020

Gta

Canadians worry about relatives in China as coronavirus cases spike

Jan 23, 2020
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Business

Drugmakers rush to develop vaccines against coronavirus

Jan 23, 2020

Canada

He said he had a cold. Chinese social media quickly turned it into coronavirus

Jan 23, 2020
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Business

Cirque du Soleil cancels all performances in Chinese city over coronavirus

Jan 24, 2020
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Middle East

Airports taking precautions after coronavirus outbreak

Jan 24, 2020
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News

From Trudeau’s doughnut controversy to coronavirus — Star News quiz: Jan. 24, 2020

Jan 24, 2020

Canada

Saskatchewan lab joins global effort to develop coronavirus vaccine

Jan 24, 2020
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Canada

Mass quarantines over coronavirus like in China won’t happen in Canada, say authorities

Jan 24, 2020
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World

Many in China wear them, but do masks block coronavirus?

Jan 24, 2020
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United States

Chicago woman who travelled to China diagnosed with coronavirus, health officials say

Jan 24, 2020
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Health

How Canadian researchers are using data to track the spread of the coronavirus

Jan 24, 2020
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Gta

Can washing your hands save Toronto from a coronavirus outbreak?

Jan 24, 2020
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First Cases in Canada

First case of coronavirus in Canada identified at Toronto’s Sunnybrook hospital, province says

Gta

First case of coronavirus in Canada identified at Toronto’s Sunnybrook hospital, province says

Jan 25, 2020
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Risk of coronavirus low in B.C. as first case emerges in Toronto, officials say

Vancouver

Risk of coronavirus low in B.C. as first case emerges in Toronto, officials say

Jan 25, 2020

Coronavirus outbreak underscores potential health risks in China’s wild-animal trade

World

Coronavirus outbreak underscores potential health risks in China’s wild-animal trade

Jan 25, 2020
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Gta

Explainer

What you need to know about the new coronavirus

Jan 26, 2020
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Canada

Health officials seeking 30 passengers on Toronto-bound flight who may have been in contact with man who had coronavirus symptoms

Jan 26, 2020
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Canada

Canadians celebrate Lunar New Year despite coronavirus concerns

Jan 26, 2020
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Gta

Mother and baby from Canada caught in China lockdown amid coronavirus outbreak

Jan 26, 2020
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Canada

Husband and pregnant wife from B.C. stuck in Wuhan, ask Ottawa to evacuate Canadians ‘as soon as possible’

Jan 27, 2020
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Gta

Second presumptive case of coronavirus confirmed in Toronto is wife of first patient

Jan 27, 2020
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Gta

More Toronto residents are wearing face masks. But will they help protect you from getting the coronavirus?

Jan 27, 2020
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Business

Canadian stocks feel coronavirus fallout after second case confirmed in Toronto

Jan 27, 2020
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Canada

Coronavirus Q and A: We asked experts to answer some of your most pressing questions. Here’s what they had to say

Jan 27, 2020
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Gta

What York Region hospitals are doing to prevent coronavirus outbreak here

Jan 27, 2020
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Business

Coronavirus impact on Canadian companies intensifies

Jan 27, 2020
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Business

TSX has worst day in nearly four months on concerns about coronavirus impact

Jan 27, 2020
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Canada

University of Regina cancels travel to China due to coronavirus

Jan 27, 2020
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Federal Politics

Canada is exploring whether to evacuate citizens from coronavirus quarantine in China

Jan 27, 2020
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Gta

Ontario school boards try to reassure families as fears of coronavirus spread

Jan 27, 2020
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World

Chinese officials race to contain anger over coronavirus

Jan 27, 2020
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Canada

How Vancouver may have stopped SARS, why Toronto didn’t and what it means for the coronavirus

Jan 28, 2020
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Business

China’s coronavirus has revived global economic fears

Jan 28, 2020
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Business

Coronavirus outbreak rams global tourism, costing billions

Jan 28, 2020
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Gta

Durham parents are worried about coronavirus but school boards say it’s business as usual

Jan 28, 2020
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Canada

Niagara Health patient negative for coronavirus infection

Jan 28, 2020
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Canada

B.C., Ontario on ‘high alert,’ as first Vancouver-area case of coronavirus confirmed

Jan 28, 2020
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Business

Alberta cuts funding as coronavirus slams oil prices

Jan 28, 2020
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Gta

Ontario school board warns that coronavirus concerns veer into anti-Chinese racism

Jan 28, 2020
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Business

Coronavirus fears push cruise lines to suspend China voyages

Jan 28, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Don’t scapegoat any community over coronavirus

Jan 28, 2020

Canada

Six questions scientists are scrambling to answer about the coronavirus

Jan 28, 2020
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Federal Politics

Canada still figuring out what to do as the number of Canadians wanting out of China surges

Jan 28, 2020
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Life

Opinion

Evelyn Kwong: I experienced anti-Chinese racism during SARS. But with coronavirus scare, social media makes it so much worse

Jan 28, 2020
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Gta

Coronavirus fears are sparking an outbreak of xenophobia and hoaxes, GTA Chinese communities warn

Jan 28, 2020

Provincial Politics

Toronto Public Health sets up hotline to answer questions about coronavirus exposure

Jan 28, 2020
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Gta

Air Canada offers booking changes on select flights to China amid coronavirus outbreak

Jan 28, 2020
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World

Researchers are racing to make a coronavirus vaccine. Will it help?

Jan 28, 2020
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Sports

International sporting events, Olympic qualifiers postponed in China with more than 130 reported dead in coronavirus outbreak

Jan 29, 2020
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Canada

Canada preparing plane to fly Canadians from Wuhan, once China gives OK

Jan 29, 2020
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Business

Coronavirus blow to China’s economy to be worse than SARS, Nomura says

Jan 29, 2020
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Global Emergency Declared

Worried Ontario father wants young daughter out of virus zone

Canada

Worried Ontario father wants young daughter out of virus zone

Jan 30, 2020
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First case of person-to-person spread of coronavirus reported in U.S.

United States

First case of person-to-person spread of coronavirus reported in U.S.

Jan 30, 2020
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Coronavirus declared a global emergency as more Canadians seek help to get out of China

Federal Politics

Coronavirus declared a global emergency as more Canadians seek help to get out of China

Jan 30, 2020
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Gta

Why was coronavirus declared a global health emergency? Has the World Health Organization taken that step before?

Jan 30, 2020
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Gta

Transit, other public sector unions grapple with coronavirus protocols

Jan 30, 2020

Canada

Canadian-based UN agency under fire after Twitter spat about coronavirus

Jan 30, 2020
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World

Why China can’t recover quickly from coronavirus outbreak like it did with SARS

Jan 30, 2020
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Canada

Canada has fourth case of new coronavirus, but officials say it is a mild one

Jan 31, 2020
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Canada

Canadian companies monitoring cancellations to tourism hotspots due to coronavirus

Jan 31, 2020
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Canada

Canadian bats unlikely to be source of coronavirus, expert says

Jan 31, 2020
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Gta

Third case of coronavirus identified in Ontario, a London woman in her 20s

Jan 31, 2020
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News

Fact or myth: How much do you really know about the coronavirus? Take our quiz

Jan 31, 2020

Contributors

Opinion

Shawn Micallef: Why Sheela Basrur, the doctor who guided us through the SARS crisis, is a Toronto hero

Jan 31, 2020
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Gta

Business down at Wuhan Noodle restaurant in Markham amid racism, coronavirus fear

Jan 31, 2020
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Canada

Coronavirus outbreak coverage demonstrates difficulties of naming new diseases

Jan 31, 2020
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Gta

Amid worry about coronavirus, masks are in short supply at Toronto retailers

Jan 31, 2020
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Free Digital Access

Explainer

How ‘negative-pressure rooms’ can help hospitals fight the coronavirus

Jan 31, 2020
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Gta

Teachers stay home as Toronto school struggles to quell coronavirus fears

Jan 31, 2020
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World

Beijing’s old habits kept world in dark as an epidemic grew

Feb 1, 2020
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United States

New York City eyes first suspected case of coronavirus, officials say

Feb 1, 2020
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Gta

Coronavirus outbreak shows the risk in ignoring human activity’s impact on nature

Feb 2, 2020
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Gta

Toronto flower shop owner left ‘shaken’ after experiencing coronavirus racism

Feb 2, 2020
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Canada

More Canadians request flight out of Wuhan as coronavirus kills outside China

Feb 2, 2020
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Asia

Quieter response to coronavirus in countries where China holds sway

Feb 2, 2020
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World

Wuhan coronavirus looks increasingly like a pandemic, experts say

Feb 2, 2020
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Canada

Is there another weapon in the coronavirus fight? A Toronto researcher wants to ‘shout it from the rooftops’

Feb 3, 2020
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Provincial Politics

Ontarians told to be ready for months of precautions related to the coronavirus

Feb 3, 2020
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Federal Politics

Canada defends pace of coronavirus evacuation as Ottawa seeks final go-ahead from China

Feb 3, 2020
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Canada

His wife and daughter are stuck in Wuhan — amid confusion over Canada’s evacuation flight

Feb 3, 2020
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Gta

Canada set to deport ailing man to China amid coronavirus outbreak

Feb 3, 2020
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Quarantine

Life for Americans under coronavirus quarantine: Zumba classes, mah-jong lessons and regular temperature checks

Canada

Life for Americans under coronavirus quarantine: Zumba classes, mah-jong lessons and regular temperature checks

Feb 4, 2020
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What you need to know about the Quarantine Act

Free digital access

Explainer

What you need to know about the Quarantine Act

Feb 4, 2020

Ottawa was caught off guard by coronavirus. Here’s how it scrambled to get Canadians out of China

Federal Politics

Ottawa was caught off guard by coronavirus. Here’s how it scrambled to get Canadians out of China

Feb 4, 2020
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Canada

‘Scary for everyone’: Canadians wait out cruise-ship coronavirus quarantine, as fellow Canucks test positive

Feb 5, 2020
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Life

Opinion

Evelyn Kwong: 6ixbuzz coronavirus coverage is doing harm, but so is the lack of diversity in traditional media

Feb 5, 2020
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Gta

Do quarantines work? Lessons from SARS challenge Canada’s coronavirus response

Feb 5, 2020
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Analysis

China relations remain chilly as Canadians trapped by coronavirus outbreak

Feb 5, 2020
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Canada

Corpses and mob violence: How China’s social media echo chamber fuels coronavirus fears

Feb 5, 2020
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Canada

Almost 200 people on flight to Canada from Wuhan set to arrive Friday

Feb 6, 2020
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Asia

Japan finds 41 more coronavirus cases on ship as virus alarm doctor dies

Feb 6, 2020
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Canada

Top Ontario health official says coronavirus surveillance is widening

Feb 6, 2020
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Canada

‘This is not a zoo’: How CFB Trenton is getting ready to welcome the Canadians evacuated from China

Feb 6, 2020
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Canada

In life, he was China’s coronavirus hero. In death, he’s a symbol of outrage

Feb 6, 2020
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Canada

Canadian-American couple going 'stir-crazy' on quarantined cruise ship off Japan

Feb 7, 2020
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Canada

‘I missed snow so much’: Inside the Canadian Forces base where coronavirus-quarantined Canadians are staying

Feb 10, 2020
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Canada

Quarantine of any coronavirus infected cruise ship possible in Canadian waters, officials say

Feb 10, 2020
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Canada

Second plane carrying evacuees from Wuhan arrives at military base in Ontario

Feb 11, 2020
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Canada

The secret ingredient in this face mask that could prevent the next coronavirus? A dash of salt

Feb 11, 2020
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World

China’s Hubei province reports 242 new deaths from coronavirus

Feb 12, 2020
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Amateur Sports

Amid coronavirus outbreak, Tokyo and IOC officials reiterate that the Olympics are on

Feb 13, 2020
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Canada

Canadian research officials return from Geneva with plan to tackle coronavirus

Feb 13, 2020
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Provincial Politics

Ontario couple have recovered but are still testing positive for coronavirus

Feb 13, 2020
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Canada

Japan confirms 12 Canadians on cruise ship infected with novel coronavirus

Feb 13, 2020
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Canada

Travel restrictions during outbreak needless and illegal, global law experts say

Feb 13, 2020
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Free Digital Access

Explainer

Behind the scenes, health officials are scrambling to prepare for coronavirus outbreak. Here’s how

Feb 14, 2020

Canada

Canada’s foreign minister hopeful Iran will provide black boxes from downed airliner

Feb 14, 2020

Canada

Canada helping in Japan after 12 Canadians contract virus on cruise ship

Feb 14, 2020
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Crisis Escalates

Doug Ford declared a state of emergency. Should Justin Trudeau do the same?

Federal Politics

Doug Ford declared a state of emergency. Should Justin Trudeau do the same?

Mar 17, 2020
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COVID-19 pandemic brings out the best in many Canadian communities

Canada

COVID-19 pandemic brings out the best in many Canadian communities

Mar 17, 2020
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Justin Trudeau to unveil emergency compensation plan Wednesday as COVID-19 fears deepen

Federal Politics

Justin Trudeau to unveil emergency compensation plan Wednesday as COVID-19 fears deepen

Mar 17, 2020
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Free Digital Access

‘This is changing hour by hour, day by day’: Premier Doug Ford declares state of emergency in Ontario

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

WestJet and Sunwing announce ‘repatriation’ flights, suspend international routes over COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020
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Soccer

Euro 2020 becomes Euro 2021 amid the ‘biggest crisis’ football has faced

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

Canada’s Atlantic provinces tighten measures aimed at preventing COVID-19 spread

Mar 17, 2020
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Free Digital Access

Ontario battles testing backlog and has its first death with a connection to COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020
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Tennis

Coronavirus forces French Open to September, juggling tennis year

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

Canadians split over closing border, signs of xenophobia evident, pollster says

Mar 17, 2020

City Hall

Toronto city hall, civic centres to close; non-essential services reduced

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

The face of Alberta’s coronavirus fight tests negative — and the response is immediate

Mar 17, 2020
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Business

Companies closing, reducing hours due to COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020
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Free Digital Access

Scammers are phoning people up and telling them they have the coronavirus

Mar 17, 2020

Canada

Casinos in Alberta to close after province declares state of emergency

Mar 17, 2020
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Business

‘This is pretty perilous’: Small businesses hit hard by COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020
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Federal Politics

Be confident, quell the fear. Here’s how politicians should talk to you about COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020
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Business

Providers can handle Canada’s jump in daily internet usage

Mar 17, 2020
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Free Digital Access

How to help your elderly parent or grandparent navigate the COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 17, 2020

Basketball

Kevin Durant among four Brooklyn Nets to test positive for COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020
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Baseball

MLB teams pledge $30 million to support ballpark employees

Mar 17, 2020
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Provincial Politics

LCBO cuts store hours in response to COVID-19 outbreak

Mar 17, 2020
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City Hall

Toronto city councillor’s advice on self isolation: ‘Don’t just stay in your pyjamas’

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

Saskatchewan changes rules around sick leave as it reports another COVID-19 case

Mar 17, 2020
Comments

Joanna Chiu: Trump tweeted about the ‘Chinese Virus,’ but Asians like us were already facing abuse. Let’s talk about why

Mar 17, 2020

Gta

The TTC should let people ride free and halt enforcement amid COVID-19 crisis, advocates say

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

Asylum seekers crossing on foot at U.S. border self-isolating, public safety minister says

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

Quebec school board spends $280,000 to bring home students stranded in Guatemala

Mar 17, 2020
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Free Digital Access

Three more coronavirus deaths and a spike in cases as B.C. declares public health emergency

Mar 17, 2020
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Free Digital Access

COVID-19 is crushing the economy. Here’s how Ottawa might help you

Mar 17, 2020

City Hall

Toronto adds spaces to protect homeless from COVID-19

Mar 17, 2020
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Gta

How people passed the quietest St. Patrick’s Day — bar none

Mar 17, 2020
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Gta

Students being urged to move out of residences due to COVID-19 fears

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

Manitoba Southern Chiefs’ Organization declares state of COVID-19 emergency

Mar 17, 2020
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Gta

Stark OpenTable data shows moment when COVID-19 drove diners away

Mar 17, 2020
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Free Digital Access

Doctors brace for next front in Ontario’s coronavirus battle: intensive care units

Mar 17, 2020
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Gta

Who can watch essential workers’ children?

Mar 17, 2020
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Gta

Thousands of nurses answer the call for more help in crisis

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

Inside the Lynn Valley Care Centre where six have died, they’re watching over their dad

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

‘Please take care of your people’: Canadians stuck in Morocco amid coronavirus shutdown ask for Ottawa’s help

Mar 17, 2020
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Sports

Canadian open water swimming championships cancelled

Mar 17, 2020
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Canada

Canadians stuck on cruise ships looking for any port in the coronavirus storm

Mar 17, 2020
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Global Borders Close

‘We’d rather be home’: Some snowbirds return as others stay put in Florida amid COVID-19 fears

Canada

‘We’d rather be home’: Some snowbirds return as others stay put in Florida amid COVID-19 fears

Mar 16, 2020
Comments

Exempting Americans from coronavirus travel ban makes little sense

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Exempting Americans from coronavirus travel ban makes little sense

Mar 16, 2020

Justin Trudeau bars entry to many foreign citizens as virus kills three more Canadians and sparks warnings of worse to come

Free Digital Access

Justin Trudeau bars entry to many foreign citizens as virus kills three more Canadians and sparks warnings of worse to come

Mar 16, 2020

Canada

Trudeau tells Canadians to come home. Canadians abroad ask ‘How?’

Mar 16, 2020
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: We need to get where this virus is going, and that means closing the holes in our borders

Mar 16, 2020

Canada

The border is closing to ‘non-essential’ travel. These Americans made it over just in time

Mar 17, 2020
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Federal Politics

Canada and the U.S. to close border to non-essential travel

Mar 18, 2020
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Federal Politics

Ottawa expects ‘more than one wave’ of COVID-19 as it unleashes billions to fight the virus

Mar 18, 2020
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Federal Politics

Two phone calls, one presidential tweet: How Canada and U.S. decided to close their border

Mar 18, 2020
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Canada

She went with her employer to Mexico. Now this Filipina nanny can’t get back into Canada because of the pandemic

Mar 19, 2020
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Canada

Can a Canadian still get home? What closing the U.S. border over COVID-19 means for you and your family

Mar 19, 2020
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Contributors

Opinion

Border closures may not be legal and won’t stop spread of COVID-19

Mar 19, 2020

Contributors

Opinion

We’re Canadians stuck in Peru amid coronavirus. Why won’t our embassy help us?

Mar 19, 2020

Canada

Canadian Embassy worker ‘hung up on us’ says family stranded in Peru

Mar 19, 2020

Canada

Farmers say time is running out for foreign workers as confusion reigns over travel during coronavirus pandemic

Mar 19, 2020
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Canada

Anxiety high as Canada, U.S. prepare to turn away casual travellers at midnight

Mar 20, 2020
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Canada

She kept her distance, washed her hands, ‘and I still got sick,’ says lawyer with presumptive case of coronavirus

Mar 20, 2020
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Gta

How to get home? Canadian snowbirds face difficult questions amid COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 22, 2020
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Life Under Lockdown

During the coronavirus crisis, can my teen hang out with friends at a mostly empty mall?

Canada

During the coronavirus crisis, can my teen hang out with friends at a mostly empty mall?

Mar 23, 2020
Comments

Why the COVID-19 pandemic has pots and pans clanging with the sounds of defiance

Star Columnists

Opinion

Shree Paradkar: Why the COVID-19 pandemic has pots and pans clanging with the sounds of defiance

Mar 23, 2020
Comments

I think I have COVID-19. What should I do?

Health

I think I have COVID-19. What should I do?

Mar 24, 2020
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Business

Do I have to work during the coronavirus outbreak? A labour relations expert weighs in

Mar 24, 2020
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Health

I’m feeling really stressed about coronavirus. How can I cope?

Mar 24, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Emma Teitel: There’s no shame in being unproductive in quarantine

Mar 24, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

Almost half of Canadian households report shrinking paycheques amid COVID-19 pandemic, poll finds

Mar 25, 2020
Comments

Canada

A cross-Canada guide to coronavirus: Who to call, where to find the latest health advice and more

Mar 25, 2020
Comments

Free Digital Access

Life under COVID-19: your most commonly asked questions, answered

Comments

FREE DIGITAL ACCESS

Lost your income due to the pandemic? Here’s how to access the aid you need

Mar 26, 2020
Comments

Business

Working, learning and buying from home: Can we ever go back in the wake of COVID-19, or is this our new normal?

Mar 27, 2020
Comments

Free Digital Access

Why are cannabis and liquor stores considered essential services during the COVID-19 outbreak?

Mar 27, 2020
Comments

Gta

My 14 days of self-isolation are almost over. But, now what? The answer is complex

Mar 27, 2020
Comments

Business

No income. No school. No playgrounds. No dining with friends. Stress is mounting for Canadians. Here’s how the experts say we can deal with it

Mar 28, 2020

FREE DIGITAL ACCESS

For this 29-year-old, the fear and anxiety sparked by coronavirus are everyday battles. Here’s her advice for coping.

Mar 28, 2020

Canada

Canada’s homes become school and workplace as students switch to online learning

Mar 29, 2020
Comments

Canada

Should governments give an end date for social distancing? COVID-19 study says there’s a catch

Mar 30, 2020

Canada

Are they partying or panicking? Generation Z responds to criticism over lack of social distancing

Mar 31, 2020
Comments

FREE DIGITAL ACCESS

Ontario schools will remain closed until at least May 4. But kids can expect marks

Mar 31, 2020
Comments

Canada

Who can go outside during the coronavirus pandemic?

Mar 31, 2020
Comments

Free Digital Access

‘I am deeply concerned’: Toronto imposes mandatory COVID-19 quarantine rules for at least 12 weeks

Apr 1, 2020
Comments

World

Volunteers fill gaps amid U.K. coronavirus lockdown

Apr 1, 2020
Comments

Canada

Educators, parents face a new challenge: how do you teach children online?

Apr 1, 2020
Comments

The Fixer

Face mask prices have soared during the COVID-19 pandemic. But is it gouging?

Apr 2, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario ramps up online mental health services during COVID-19 pandemic

Apr 2, 2020
Comments

Free Digital Access

What are Canadians googling while in coronavirus lockdown?

Apr 4, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: It’s back to class (sort of) for Ontario’s students

Apr 5, 2020

Canada

How can I help during the coronavirus pandemic?

Apr 5, 2020
Comments

Canada

What should I do when I see someone ignoring social-distancing despite COVID-19?

Apr 5, 2020
Comments

Canada

Ontario school boards ‘moving mountains’ to start teaching students online during COVID-19 lockdown

Apr 5, 2020
Comments

Free Digital Access

Coronavirus Q&A: Focus on children’s “social and emotional well-being” Education researcher answers questions on parenting during COVID-19

Apr 6, 2020
Comments

Gta

Ontario students start ‘Phase 2’ of online learning with digital assignments to be graded

Apr 6, 2020

Life

Home-schooling is a crash course for kids and adults alike

Apr 7, 2020
Comments

Gta

Six tips to make sure your makeshift office doesn’t injure you

Apr 8, 2020
Comments

Canada

What your vivid coronavirus dreams are telling you

Apr 10, 2020
Comments

Life

I’ve resorted to running to get out of the house — and you can too

Apr 10, 2020
Comments

Business

Many bosses are having to lay off their workers — here’s how to do it in a humane way

Apr 11, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

Opinion

Lesley-Anne Scorgie: How being forced to simplify your life can reduce your stress and help your finances

Apr 13, 2020

Free Digital Access

‘We should not sell out our lives for short-term economic gain’: Despite ‘glimmer of hope’ in COVID-19 battle, far too soon to return to normal, pandemic expert says

Apr 13, 2020
Comments

Personal Protective Equipment

‘Heads should roll’: Nurses livid over COVID-19 mask debate

Canada

‘Heads should roll’: Nurses livid over COVID-19 mask debate

Feb 28, 2020
Comments

These masks have sparked a rallying cry. Is Canada ‘failing to protect health-care workers’?

Canada

These masks have sparked a rallying cry. Is Canada ‘failing to protect health-care workers’?

Mar 13, 2020
Comments

Health Canada acts to boost supply of hand sanitizer, disinfectants, swabs, masks

Canada

Health Canada acts to boost supply of hand sanitizer, disinfectants, swabs, masks

Mar 18, 2020
Comments

Canada

What it’s like to be immunocompromised during the coronavirus

Mar 19, 2020
Comments

Canada

Feds boost efforts to secure medical gear supplies as COVID-19 cases multiply

Mar 20, 2020
Comments

Canada

Ontario’s medical equipment supply chain caught off guard by COVID-19

Mar 23, 2020

Canada

B.C. reaching ‘critical phase’ when it comes to protective gear for health-care workers, officials say

Mar 25, 2020

Star Columnists

Opinion

Rosie DiManno: Province stockpiled 55 million face masks — then destroyed most of them

Mar 25, 2020

Canada

Converting Canada’s industry to produce medical supplies won’t be easy

Mar 26, 2020
Comments

Investigations

Is it time to take another look at reusable protective gear in the wake of COVID-19?

Mar 27, 2020

Canada

Subway shop owner tries to explain coronavirus medical-mask promotion amid outrage: ‘We’re just struggling’

Mar 27, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Governments must come clean on protective equipment

Mar 31, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: We’re sending health workers into battle without proper weapons

Apr 1, 2020

Bruce Arthur: The system is bending. The race to protect our health-care workers must be won now

Apr 1, 2020

Canada

Teacher sparks a ‘garage industry’ that prints 3D visors for healthcare shields

Apr 2, 2020
Comments

Canada

Atlantic health unions want answers on access to N95 respirator masks

Apr 2, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Family doctors warn lack of face masks could force end to in-person visits

Apr 2, 2020
Comments

Gta

Scarborough hospital network receives donation of 8,000 masks

Apr 2, 2020
Comments

Gta

Nearly 80 seniors’ homes across Ontario are reporting cases of COVID-19: expert

Apr 2, 2020
Comments

Canada

Should we wear masks to slow COVID-19? Canada’s top public health doctor now says non-medical masks could prevent some spread

Apr 3, 2020
Comments

World

Donald Trump is blocking exports of medical equipment. He’s putting Canada’s trust in the U.S. to a potentially deadly test

Apr 3, 2020
Comments

Canada

Canada will get ‘millions of masks’ in the next 48 hours, PM says

Apr 4, 2020
Comments

Canada

How nursing home staff springs to action when a resident tests positive for COVID-19

Apr 5, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Wearing cloth face masks is a way to help in the pandemic fight

Apr 5, 2020
Comments

Gta

Paramedics on the front lines of the pandemic: ‘None of us ever imagined when we started this job that we’d be facing the reality of dying’

Apr 5, 2020

Business

Will Canada be able to keep getting masks from China?

Apr 6, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Blocking masks and gowns for Ontario is a disgraceful move

Apr 6, 2020

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: We don’t have a North American ally anymore. We have a sick gorilla in a cage

Apr 6, 2020

Canada

China sent Canada ‘millions’ of masks to fight COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know

Apr 6, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ford touts Ontario-made N96 mask similar to the N95 gear used to fight COVID-19 and held up by Trump

Apr 7, 2020
Comments

Gta

An Ontario elevator technician created a UV light treatment to make masks safe for reuse. So will it work?

Apr 7, 2020
Comments

Business

Protective equipment maker 3M, U.S. law enforcement step up efforts to stop N95 scams

Apr 8, 2020
Comments

Business

Worker at North York industrial bakery Fiera Foods tests positive for COVID-19

Apr 8, 2020
Comments

City Hall

Faulty medical masks were worn by staff in two Toronto seniors’ homes hit by COVID-19 outbreaks

Apr 8, 2020
Comments

Canada

Canadians take it upon themselves to import masks from China

Apr 8, 2020
Comments

Canada

Some Ontario jail guards refusing to work amid COVID-19 fears

Apr 10, 2020
Comments

Gta

Health-care workers at two Toronto hospitals told they’ll soon be reusing decontaminated N95 masks

Apr 10, 2020
Comments

Canada

Alberta to share surplus ventilators, masks and gloves with Ontario, Quebec and B.C.

Apr 11, 2020
Comments

Canada

Manitoba offering millions to local manufacturers to make reusable protective masks

Apr 11, 2020
Comments

Canada

Quebec records 39 new COVID-19 deaths as cases approach the 13,000-mark

Apr 12, 2020
Comments

Canada

Union says Ontario paramedics could run low on personal protective equipment in coming weeks

Apr 13, 2020
Comments

Canada

How many masks do we have? How many do we need? Health-care workers say governments won’t answer basic PPE questions

Apr 14, 2020
Comments

Canada

Health Canada warns against ‘fraudulent and unauthorized’ N95 masks

Apr 14, 2020
Comments

Life

How to get your kids to wear a mask

Apr 16, 2020

Gta

Mask hunt for patient inspires local doctor’s campaign for PPE and housing for health-care workers

Apr 16, 2020
Comments

COVID–19 Science

Canadian retailers careful handling cash while WHO says currency doesn’t transmit COVID

Canada

Canadian retailers careful handling cash while WHO says currency doesn’t transmit COVID

Mar 21, 2020
Comments

Canada joins global drug-testing effort, warns against untested drugs

Canada

Canada joins global drug-testing effort, warns against untested drugs

Mar 23, 2020
Comments

Social media data could greatly aid in tracking COVID-19 worldwide

World

Social media data could greatly aid in tracking COVID-19 worldwide

Mar 24, 2020
Comments

Free Digital Access

Why don’t the COVID-19 case counts add up? Here’s a guide to who’s reporting what and things to keep in mind when reading the numbers

Mar 25, 2020
Comments

Life

How are shoppers supposed to handle groceries amid the COVID-19 pandemic?

Mar 28, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

12 per cent of Canadians hospitalized for COVID-19 under age 40

Mar 28, 2020
Comments

Gta

How can we know instantly who has COVID-19? It’s a critical question that’s getting closer to an answer

Apr 1, 2020

Canada

The COVID-19 time warp: Why it feels like time has slowed during this pandemic

Apr 4, 2020
Comments

Canada

The inexact science involved in predicting the likely path of COVID-19

Apr 4, 2020
Comments

Canada

Canadian hospitals shouldn’t throw out old masks: public health boss

Apr 5, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

Non-medical face masks can help prevent spread of COVID-19, Canada’s top doctor says

Apr 6, 2020
Comments

Canada

What you need to know about interpreting COVID-19 research

Apr 9, 2020
Comments

Canada

Ontario orders close to one million Spartan Bioscience portable COVID-19 test kits

Apr 13, 2020
Comments

Canada

Drop in noise pollution means a data boom for earthquake scientists

Apr 13, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Susan Delacourt: Canadians aren’t rebelling against Dr. Theresa Tam’s orders, but they might be starting to bristle

Apr 14, 2020

Federal Politics

‘Does she work for Canada or for China?’ Conservative MP’s attack on Dr. Theresa Tam draws fire

Apr 23, 2020
Comments

Canada

COVID-19’s silent spread: Evidence mounting that many infections are going undetected

Apr 26, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

Predicting COVID-19’s path is tough. So is it fair to say Ottawa ‘botched’ it?

Apr 27, 2020
Comments

Canada

One in seven Ontarians who tested positive for COVID-19 are health-care workers

Apr 29, 2020

Federal Politics

Canadians would offer personal information to help trace COVID-19 contacts, Trudeau says

Apr 29, 2020
Comments

Canada

Masks during coronavirus make life difficult for those with hearing loss. But the answer is clear

Apr 30, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

Could the blood of recovered COVID-19 patients be used to treat the virus? Canada is launching a trial to find out

May 2, 2020

Canada

Study pours cold water on hopes that warm weather will defeat COVID-19

May 8, 2020
Comments

Canada

Unlike previous pandemics, there’s so much information to keep the public informed — and misinformed

May 10, 2020
Comments

Gta

Toronto scientists dug into the connection between race, income, housing and COVID-19. What they found was ‘alarming’

May 12, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

COVID-19 brought Canada’s medical research to a halt. Thousands face layoffs this week

May 13, 2020
Comments

Canada

Serological surveys to look for COVID-19 immunity in Canadian population

May 13, 2020
Comments

Canada

Halifax lab team to conduct first Canadian trials for possible COVID-19 vaccine

May 17, 2020
Comments

Health

Opinion

Christine Sismondo: In the battle with COVID-19, hype about Vitamin D is entirely unhealthy

May 18, 2020
Comments

Canada

Canadians should wear masks to protect others when in public, health experts say

May 20, 2020
Comments

Canada

Testing Canada’s wastewater could give early warning of second wave of COVID-19

May 22, 2020
Comments

Long–Term Care Crisis

Canada’s first coronavirus death puts fears about seniors homes front and centre

Free Digital Access

Canada’s first coronavirus death puts fears about seniors homes front and centre

Mar 9, 2020
Comments

Visits to long-term care homes and other facilities restricted due to COVID-19

Gta

Visits to long-term care homes and other facilities restricted due to COVID-19

Mar 14, 2020
Comments

With four coronavirus deaths, Lynn Valley Care Centre becomes the worst-case scenario Canada wants to avoid

Free Digital Access

With four coronavirus deaths, Lynn Valley Care Centre becomes the worst-case scenario Canada wants to avoid

Mar 16, 2020

Free Digital Access

Three more coronavirus deaths and a spike in cases as B.C. declares public health emergency

Mar 17, 2020
Comments

Canada

Inside the Lynn Valley Care Centre where six have died, they’re watching over their dad

Mar 17, 2020
Comments

Canada

B.C. announces 45 new cases of coronavirus and provincial state of emergency

Mar 18, 2020
Comments

Canada

‘We just don’t get it’: His father just died of coronavirus, now he’s angry

Mar 23, 2020
Comments

City Hall

Two dead at Scarborough long-term care home during COVID-19 outbreak

Mar 25, 2020
Comments

Canada

New nursing home clusters amid rising COVID-19 deaths, economic gloom

Mar 27, 2020
Comments

Canada

Retirement homes to hold off on accepting non-COVID-19 hospital patients until safety concerns addressed

Mar 27, 2020
Comments

Gta

How flaws in the way Ontario’s nursing homes are run put residents and staff at risk of COVID-19

Mar 27, 2020

Canada

Province suspends rules protecting vulnerable, long-term care residents

Mar 28, 2020
Comments

FREE DIGITAL ACCESS

Through the nursing home glass, here’s how residents visit with family in the time of COVID-19

Mar 30, 2020

Free Digital Access

Strained staff fear for safety, resources as virus spreads through Ontario seniors’ homes

Mar 30, 2020

Canada

‘We lost a light in our community.’ Bobcaygeon artist who died of COVID-19 was always there to help, friend says

Apr 1, 2020
Comments

Canada

Almost a quarter of Quebec seniors’ homes have at least one COVID-19 case

Apr 1, 2020
Comments

City Hall

COVID-19 death toll rises to eight at Scarborough nursing home Seven Oaks

Apr 1, 2020
Comments

Canada

As grim tally rises, Canada’s care homes remain a coronavirus battleground

Apr 3, 2020
Comments

Gta

Long-term-care homes welcome emergency staffing order at a critical point in the pandemic

Apr 4, 2020
Comments

Canada

How nursing home staff springs to action when a resident tests positive for COVID-19

Apr 5, 2020
Comments

Canada

Families struggle with ‘difficult decision’ whether to remove loved ones from long-term care homes amid pandemic

Apr 6, 2020
Comments

City Hall

Toronto recalls over 62,000 faulty face masks from long-term care homes

Apr 7, 2020
Comments

Gta

Ontario’s long term care homes are running out of body bags for their dead

Apr 7, 2020
Comments

Canada

Seven Oaks, where 16 have died in the COVID-19 crisis, had infection control problems flagged by inspector last year

Apr 8, 2020
Comments

Gta

Desperate long-term care homes struggle to find staff as COVID-19 sickens resident and sidelines workers

Apr 9, 2020
Comments

Canada

Patients, families complain about visitation restrictions imposed by hospitals and long-term care homes

Apr 9, 2020
Comments

Free Digital Access

Ontario has ramped up testing, infection control measures in long-term care homes. Will it be enough?

Apr 10, 2020

FREE DIGITAL ACCESS

Amid pressure to ramp up COVID-19 testing, Ontario once again reports fewer completed tests

Apr 11, 2020

Canada

Quebec coroner’s office launches investigation into Montreal long-term-care home, where 31 seniors have died since March 13

Apr 12, 2020

Star Columnists

Opinion

Rosie DiManno: Every life matters. Toronto home hit hard by the pandemic treated Raymond Harden with dignity to the end

Apr 12, 2020

Canada

Canadian officials to provide COVID-19 update focused on seniors, foreign workers

Apr 13, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Preparing for the post-pandemic Ontario

Apr 13, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Ontario must stop the spread of COVID-19 in long-term-care homes

Apr 13, 2020

Canada

Over half of Anson Place residents have COVID-19 as death toll hits 15

Apr 13, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Carol Goar: COVID-19 has exposed decades of elder neglect. Here’s how we can start to fix it

Apr 14, 2020
Comments

Gta

Toronto Public Health won’t release COVID-19 details for specific seniors’ homes

Apr 14, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: The coronavirus is one perfectly built to prey on the elderly. Long-term care homes are the front line

Apr 14, 2020

Canada

‘Everyone knew this could happen:’ The deadly spread of COVID-19 through Canada’s seniors’ homes

Apr 15, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford didn’t protect long-term-care facilities from COVID-19. Neither did the rest of us

Apr 15, 2020
Comments

Gta

Analysis

Ontario vastly under-reporting COVID-19 deaths in long-term-care homes

Apr 15, 2020

Canada

‘Furious and scared’: Long before COVID-19, these families knew Canada’s long-term-care system was broken

Apr 16, 2020
Comments

Gta

It will take nearly a week to roll out Ontario’s emergency order for curbing COVID-19 deaths in seniors homes. Doctors say that’s risky

Apr 16, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Rosie DiManno: Denying loved ones the chance to say goodbye is inhumane

Apr 16, 2020

Canada

Ontario makes moves to avoid mass storage of bodies of COVID-19 victims

Apr 16, 2020
Comments

Canada

Quebec looks to doctors, military for help amid COVID-19 nursing-home outbreaks

Apr 16, 2020
Comments

Essential Workers

Province opening 50,000 free, 24-hour, child care spaces for essential workers

Gta

Province opening 50,000 free, 24-hour, child care spaces for essential workers

Mar 22, 2020
Comments

‘We all are worried’: TTC drivers describe anxiety and acceptance amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Gta

‘We all are worried’: TTC drivers describe anxiety and acceptance amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 23, 2020

With hospitals at ‘war,’ staff from outside critical care units will be called to the front line, top doctor says

Canada

With hospitals at ‘war,’ staff from outside critical care units will be called to the front line, top doctor says

Apr 1, 2020
Comments

Canada

Coronavirus outbreak among B.C. migrant workers should be a wake-up call to farmers, industry experts say

Apr 1, 2020
Comments

Business

Foodora couriers now being asked to deliver medication — and they still have to buy their own protective equipment

Apr 2, 2020
Comments

Canada

For artists and gig workers, expanded emergency benefit access is ‘encouraging’ — but worries about the post-COVID-19 future remain

Apr 7, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario to increase inspections at construction sites and grocery stores to ensure workers are safe

Apr 8, 2020
Comments

Gta

She takes care of your mother. He gets your groceries to you. These are the unsung heroes who will get us through the COVID-19 pandemic

Apr 12, 2020
Comments

Star Exclusive

Migrant farm workers from Jamaica are being forced to sign COVID-19 waivers

Apr 13, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Canada might have avoided the worst-case scenario for the pandemic. This week will tell

Apr 13, 2020

Star Columnists

Opinion

Rosie DiManno: Two-thirds of this home’s staff walked out once COVID-19 hit. So Dr. Jane Philpott — yes, that one — put on her scrubs

Apr 14, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Let’s have dignity in life as well as death

Apr 17, 2020

Canada

‘Grateful’ Manitoulin first responders thank essential workers in new video

Apr 19, 2020
Comments

Business

Temporary agency workers have long been a crutch for a care system in crisis, experts say. Now, they are exempt from new COVID-19 health directives

Apr 19, 2020
Comments

This Matters

Migrant workers keep you fed. Do they need help?

Apr 21, 2020

Canada

As pandemic rages, limits lifted on foreign students working in Canada’s ‘essential services’

Apr 22, 2020
Comments

Free Digital Access

Amazon worker at GTA warehouse tests positive for COVID-19

Apr 23, 2020

Gta

Ontario’s front-line workers getting pay hike of $4 an hour during pandemic

Apr 25, 2020
Comments

Canada

Learning to live with COVID-19 requires permanent fixes to vulnerable settings

Apr 27, 2020
Comments

Star Exclusive

Many Ontario workers are trying to refuse work due to COVID-19 fears — but the government isn’t letting them

Apr 27, 2020
Comments

Canada

Southwestern Ontario COVID-19 outbreak puts migrant farm workers in spotlight

Apr 28, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario expands emergency child care to include families of grocery-store workers, truck drivers

Apr 29, 2020

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: We say we’re all in this together, but are we?

Apr 29, 2020

Star Columnists

Opinion

Emma Teitel: These workers deserve more than our praise. They deserve a fair wage and a safe place to work

May 1, 2020

Canada

Security guards in high demand, face more stress on job during COVID-19 pandemic

May 3, 2020
Comments

Canada

Retired firefighter feeling ‘very lucky’ after one month battling COVID-19 in hospital

May 3, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

TTC workers on the pandemic’s frontline deserve better than pink slips

May 5, 2020

Canada

Feds to partly cover ‘top ups’ for front-line workers on minimum wage

May 7, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Child care is essential to our economic recovery

May 11, 2020

Gta

These married nurses are working on the front lines of COVID-19. They can go up to 8 days without seeing each other

May 13, 2020

Canada

Ontario isn’t tracking the health-care job most likely to get COVID-19: personal support worker

May 15, 2020
Comments

Gta

Ottawa opens permanent residence applications for migrant agri-food workers — but workers’ advocacy groups say it’s not enough

May 15, 2020
Comments

Gta

COVID-19 outbreak on Norfolk farm worsens as 164 workers test positive

Jun 2, 2020
Comments

Business

‘It took the pandemic to shake us up’: What COVID-19 has taught us about the nature of the way we work, and what we must do to fix it for the safety and betterment of us all

Jun 3, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario putting up cash to help farms fight the spread of COVID-19 among migrant workers

Jun 12, 2020
Comments

Business

Sobeys joins Loblaw and Metro in ending ‘hero pay’ for front-line workers

Jun 12, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

$15M for protection from COVID-19 for migrant workers called a ‘Band-Aid solution’

Jun 12, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Health care ‘hero’ nurses being forgotten by province

Jun 15, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

I am still an essential worker — don’t take away our pay hike

Jun 15, 2020

Long–Term Care Report

They said there was no playbook for dealing with COVID-19 outbreak at nursing homes. There were several

Investigations

They said there was no playbook for dealing with COVID-19 outbreak at nursing homes. There were several

May 5, 2020

Key moments in Ontario’s slow response to the COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes

Investigations

Key moments in Ontario’s slow response to the COVID-19 outbreak in nursing homes

May 5, 2020

What happened with long-term care homes and what comes next?

This Matters

What happened with long-term care homes and what comes next?

May 5, 2020

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Failure in long-term care was tragically predictable

May 5, 2020

Gta

The proportion of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care was measured in 14 countries. Canada had the worst record

May 6, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

Facing an invisible enemy, Canadian troops lend a helping hand to seniors

May 7, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

COVID-19 has exposed ugly failings of our politics. Here's how Ottawa can build on the lessons of the pandemic

May 8, 2020
Comments

Star Exclusive

For-profit nursing homes have four times as many COVID-19 deaths as city-run homes, Star analysis finds

May 8, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Joel Rubinoff: ‘I regret to inform you ...’ The emails are from the nursing home, and they’re never good

May 10, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

‘We need to do a better job.’ COVID-19 shows why national standards are needed for long-term care, federal health minister says

May 11, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Martin Regg Cohn: When it comes to long-term care, what matters more than ownership is accountability and responsibility

May 11, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Only a public inquiry can fix Ontario’s broken long-term-care system

May 12, 2020

Business

For-profit nursing homes have had far worse COVID-19 outcomes than public facilities — and three of the largest paid out $1.5 billion to shareholders

May 16, 2020

Canada

Isolated and lonely, ‘caged’ seniors driven to despair — and defiance

May 18, 2020
Comments

Canada

Ontario’s review of long-term care should include home care, other seniors’ services, head of hospital association says

May 20, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Ontario needs a real public inquiry into long-term care

May 20, 2020

Federal Politics

Almost 30 military personnel working in long-term-care homes have test positive for COVID-19

May 21, 2020

Canada

What will Ontario’s long-term care investigation show? Authorities have ignored problems for years

May 25, 2020

Federal Politics

Canada’s military exposes ‘extremely troubling’ conditions in Ontario long-term-care homes

May 26, 2020

Business

Public service union calls on pension fund to give up ownership of private nursing home chain

May 26, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

Her job is to care for the vulnerable during the pandemic. Now she might get deported

May 26, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Martin Regg Cohn: The army found a house of horrors in Ontario’s long-term care. After two years in power, Doug Ford had no excuse not to know

May 26, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Ford government can’t dodge responsibility for long-term care crisis

May 26, 2020

Canada

The Star published an investigation into long-term care in 2003. What’s changed since then?

May 27, 2020
Comments

City Hall

City-run long-term-care homes have seen fewer COVID-19 deaths. Are staff wages the reason?

May 27, 2020

Canada

Advocates, critics push Ottawa to fix long-term problems with long-term care

May 27, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Doug Ford scrambles to act ordering takeovers and inspections after scathing military report on long-term-care homes

May 27, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

COVID-19 exposed horrors in long-term care. What should Ottawa do next?

May 27, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Susan Delacourt: Long-term-care residents are dying in horrific conditions. We need more from Ottawa than another round of meetings

May 27, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

No more studies are needed to fix long-term care. We already know the answers

Jun 2, 2020

Provincial Politics

Ontario's nursing homes lost half their workers to the first wave of COVID-19. Will they be ready when the second wave hits?

Jun 5, 2020

Star Exclusive

Ontario’s for-profit nursing homes — which have significantly higher rates of COVID-19 deaths — have 17% fewer workers, new Star analysis reveals

Jun 5, 2020

Summer Reopening

Ontario’s reopening is a mess. Just look at child care

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Ontario’s reopening is a mess. Just look at child care

Jun 11, 2020

For more than a third of Canadian restaurants, reopening their dining rooms has had a negative impact, survey finds

Business

For more than a third of Canadian restaurants, reopening their dining rooms has had a negative impact, survey finds

Jun 11, 2020
Comments

Daycares and parents tell Ford reopening is ‘too soon’

Business

Daycares and parents tell Ford reopening is ‘too soon’

Jun 12, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Doug Ford hints that COVID-19 restrictions might soon be relaxed in the GTA

Jun 12, 2020
Comments

Business

Why tourism is set to boom in rural Ontario — and go bust in Toronto

Jun 12, 2020
Comments

This Matters

Lights! Camera! Physically distanced action!

Jun 12, 2020

Canada

Canada to make temperature screening mandatory at airports

Jun 12, 2020
Comments

Life

Summer travel amid a pandemic demands planning, COVID-19 vigilance, experts say

Jun 12, 2020
Comments

Canada

‘I’m beyond words’ — Ontarians outside of Greater Toronto rejoice as patios reopen

Jun 13, 2020
Comments

Canada

Peterborough’s downtown street closure dubbed ‘a debacle’ on Stage 2’s first night

Jun 13, 2020
Comments

Gta

Ontario eases restrictions on wedding and funeral ceremonies, but not receptions

Jun 13, 2020
Comments

Canada

Some Montreal bar owners planning to reopen in defiance of provincial stance

Jun 14, 2020
Comments

Business

Pandemic leads to a bicycle boom, and shortage, around world

Jun 14, 2020
Comments

Business

Toronto businesses frustrated as neighbours open sooner: ‘If this goes on another month, I’ll probably have to close’

Jun 15, 2020
Comments

Business

Infectious disease experts agree: Toronto is just not ready for Stage 2 yet

Jun 15, 2020
Comments

Gta

Why are some regions still locked down? These 4 charts show why the GTA isn’t ready to reopen yet

Jun 15, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Matt Elliott: Toronto is making it easier for restaurants to create and expand patio spaces. Why is it so complicated to begin with?

Jun 16, 2020
Comments

Canada

A look at how provinces in Canada plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Jun 16, 2020
Comments

Canada

No singing or dancing allowed as Ontario reopens restaurant patios

Jun 16, 2020
Comments

Canada

Canada, U.S. confirm plan to extend border restrictions by another 30 days

Jun 16, 2020
Comments

Business

Toronto is one of the last places in North America still largely closed due to COVID-19

Jun 16, 2020
Comments

Gta

Tourism operators warn hospitality experience will be different post COVID-19

Jun 16, 2020
Comments

Canada

Some national parks in Canada to open campgrounds for existing reservations next week

Jun 17, 2020
Comments

Food And Drink

Opinion

Christine Sismondo: Toronto needs to do more to help bar owners make patios possible

Jun 18, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

COVID-19 restrictions could continue after state of emergency ends, Doug Ford says

Jun 18, 2020

Business

Restaurants, pubs and salons get ready to reopen across the GTA — as Toronto, Mississauga and Brampton continue to wait

Jun 18, 2020
Comments

This Matters

Shop talk: How retail will look now and in the future

Jun 19, 2020

Gta

As COVID-19 spread slows, Toronto moves to the cusp of Stage 2 reopening

Jun 19, 2020
Comments

Canada

Quebec reports nine additional COVID-19 deaths with several sectors reopening Monday

Jun 21, 2020
Comments

City Hall

Expect more COVID-19 cases as Toronto moves to Stage 2 reopening, public health chair warns

Jun 22, 2020

Gta

Toronto to enter Stage 2 reopening on Wednesday. Here’s what that means

Jun 22, 2020
Comments

Business

Toronto will enter Stage 2 on Wednesday — but that doesn’t mean every eligible business will reopen

Jun 22, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Law or not, mask up to avoid a resurgence in COVID-19

Jun 22, 2020

Gta

Is Toronto really ready to reopen? These 4 charts explain why some experts are urging caution

Jun 22, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Here we go: Reopening is upon us. But just remember there’s still a pandemic

Jun 22, 2020
Comments

Canada

Two-thirds of Canadians favour keeping two-metres physical distance, Leger poll suggests

Jun 23, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Doug Ford says he’ll keep his pandemic mullet until everyone in Ontario can get a haircut

Jun 23, 2020

Gta

As Toronto reopens, patience will be rewarded. Your patio, restaurant or salon experience is going to be a little different

Jun 23, 2020

Gta

Barber shops, hair salons, restaurants, malls and patios reopen in Toronto

Jun 24, 2020
Comments

Rosie DiManno: Toronto is reopening but it’s a pale facsimile of the vibrant city we know

Jun 24, 2020
Comments

Star Exclusive

How what we flush down the toilet could provide early warning of a second wave of COVID-19

Jun 25, 2020

Life

Are you feeling anxiety over the ‘new normal’ of Stage 2 reopenings? Experts explain why and how to cope

Jun 25, 2020
Comments

Canada

As Quebec reopens, small towns and provincial parks brace for larger crowds

Jun 28, 2020
Comments

Business

Danforth Ave. pilot project will remake street this July with COVID-19 distancing, business recovery in mind

Jun 29, 2020
Comments

Canada

Five more test positive in COVID-19 outbreak tied to Kingston, Ont., nail salon

Jun 29, 2020
Comments

Pandemic Finances

How to ensure your young family thrives, without compromising your finances

Personal Finance

Opinion

Lesley-Anne Scorgie: How to ensure your young family thrives, without compromising your finances

May 11, 2020

Rent relief for business owners is on the way. The catch? Their landlords have to apply, and many say theirs won’t

Business

Rent relief for business owners is on the way. The catch? Their landlords have to apply, and many say theirs won’t

May 14, 2020
Comments

Do you really need that new car? New outfit? New deck? As the economy reopens, think before you spend

Personal Finance

Opinion

Lesley-Anne Scorgie: Do you really need that new car? New outfit? New deck? As the economy reopens, think before you spend

May 18, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

Insolvency is expected to spike when COVID-19 aid ends — here’s what you might need to know

May 18, 2020

Business

Cash, long a refuge in uncertain times, now under suspicion amid pandemic

May 20, 2020
Comments

Business

Shopify and other companies say they will keep workers at home permanently — are Toronto’s massive new office tower projects in trouble?

May 23, 2020
Comments

Business

As the economy restarts, Canada needs to focus on those hardest hit by the pandemic

May 23, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

Here’s how you can support small business, even with little extra money to spend

May 25, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

How three GTA families are rebalancing their budgets to survive the pandemic

May 25, 2020
Comments

Gta

Why workplace outbreaks are a new frontier for COVID-19 in the GTA

May 30, 2020
Comments

Gta

People with disabilities forgotten amid COVID-19 pandemic, advocates say in plea for federal support

May 31, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

What are your rights as you return to work in the middle of a pandemic? We asked two employment lawyers

Jun 1, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

Fighting with your partner about money during the pandemic? You’re not alone. Here’s how to cope

Jun 1, 2020
Comments

Business

Opinion

David Aston: Ontario just introduced new rules for workers laid off during the pandemic. Here’s how they affect you

Jun 1, 2020

Gta

North Bay woman finally gets federal emergency pandemic benefits

Jun 3, 2020
Comments

Business

‘It’s been horrible’: COVID-19 is causing the fabric of Toronto’s small business community to unravel

Jun 5, 2020
Comments

Business

COVID-19 continues to impact the mental health of workers. What are employers doing about it?

Jun 8, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

How to disaster-proof your finances — so the next time crisis hits, you’re ready

Jun 9, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

Ottawa’s COVID-19 jobless benefit is about to end for millions of Canadians. Then what?

Jun 10, 2020
Comments

Business

‘They’re scared’: As CERB payments end for early applicants, many say there are still no jobs to go back to

Jun 12, 2020
Comments

Business

Opinion

Jim Stanford: There’s no shortage of labour. Employers just need to improve their offer

Jun 13, 2020

Business

Working from home due to the pandemic? You’re eligible for a big tax break — here’s how to get it

Jun 15, 2020
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

CERB cancellation a disaster in the making

Jun 15, 2020

Opinion

Heather Scoffield: Argue against the CERB all you want — this is why you're wrong

Jun 16, 2020
Comments

Business

When workers can live anywhere, many ask: Why do I live here?

Jun 17, 2020
Comments

Business

What happens when CERB ends? Experts say the EI program needs to be fixed or workers will suffer

Jun 19, 2020

Business

Signs people will choose work over CERB in jobs data, Qualtrough says

Jun 22, 2020
Comments

Business

How employers can help workers’ mental health during COVID-19

Jun 23, 2020
Comments

Business

Without training and EI updates, many on CERB program will remain unemployed for a ‘long time’

Jun 23, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

COVID-19 a boon for borrowers, a nightmare for savers

Jun 29, 2020
Comments

Canada

New report shows why a basic income makes sense during COVID-19 recovery

Jun 29, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

What’s your plan when CERB or EI runs out? Here’s some advice

Jun 29, 2020
Comments

Gta

‘Am I scared? Hell, yes’: CERB was supposed to be a lifeline during COVID-19. Instead, it may put some seniors in a shakier financial position

Jun 29, 2020
Comments

Business

How the pandemic is spurring a wave of ‘stress spending’

Jul 6, 2020
Comments

Gta

Money is still the number one thing keeping Canadians up at night. The pandemic only makes it worse

Jul 9, 2020
Comments

Canada

Poll suggests Canadians are torn on scaling back COVID-19 benefits to save money

Jul 14, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

If you’re on CERB, you’re going to have to pay taxes on it next spring — here’s how to make sure you’re not caught off guard

Jul 20, 2020
Comments

Personal Finance

Canadians are losing sleep over COVID-19 financial stress. A financial therapist gives us tips on how to be at ‘peace with money’ in a pandemic

Jul 29, 2020

Business

‘Life as we know it is over:’ Why young Canadians will have a pandemic hangover for years to come

Aug 4, 2020
Comments

Business

Insolvencies expected to sweep GTA as pandemic aid dries up and payments come due

Aug 4, 2020
Comments

Business

‘The EI program is not up to the task’: Millions of CERB recipients will transfer to EI next month and many will fall through the cracks

Aug 7, 2020

Business

On CERB and concerned about the move to EI next month? Here’s what we know so far

Aug 7, 2020

Business

End of CERB will leave many Canadians hurting, new report says

Aug 10, 2020
Comments

Gta

She lost her job due to COVID-19, but doesn’t qualify for any financial support. She says recent grads are falling through the cracks and need help immediately

Aug 11, 2020

Star Exclusive

Reduced hours, job loss and bankrupt employers — it’s ‘not a happy time’ for CERB recipients as benefit winds down

Aug 14, 2020
Comments

Back to School

Dazed and confused? Here’s a Schools Reopening 101

This Matters

Dazed and confused? Here’s a Schools Reopening 101

Jul 20, 2020

Fall school reopening plans to be announced next week, Education Minister Stephen Lecce says

Provincial Politics

Fall school reopening plans to be announced next week, Education Minister Stephen Lecce says

Jul 23, 2020
Comments

Toronto Catholic board votes for regular class sizes if school opens full-time this fall

Provincial Politics

Toronto Catholic board votes for regular class sizes if school opens full-time this fall

Jul 24, 2020
Comments

Star Exclusive

Opening Ontario schools safely amid COVID could require up to $3.2 billion funding for staff, cleaning supplies, say Liberals, staff union

Jul 27, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Smaller classes and masks for all students critical to school reopening, Ontario Catholic teachers say

Jul 27, 2020

Provincial Politics

Sick Kids experts say students should attend school every day, smaller classes ‘a priority’ in updated report

Jul 29, 2020
Comments

Gta

What the science says about kids and COVID, as Sick Kids experts make recommendations for going back to school

Jul 29, 2020

Provincial Politics

Face masks mandatory for Ontario students starting in Grade 4

Jul 30, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Opening schools a ‘challenge’ but will be safe for kids, Doug Ford says

Jul 31, 2020
Comments

Gta

‘Quadmesters,’ no lockers, no sports. Details emerge on what Toronto public high schools will look like in TDSB reopening plan

Aug 2, 2020
Comments

Gta

Doug Ford touts ‘stringent’ back to school rules as safety concerns mount among Ontario parents, educators

Aug 4, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Fall plan for schools not perfect, but it’s ‘best in the country,’ says Premier Doug Ford

Aug 5, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Emma Teitel: Bravado and bluster don’t cut it. Doug Ford needs to listen to parents and fix his government’s back-to-school plan

Aug 6, 2020

Gta

Toronto Public Health has ‘concerns’ with Ford government’s schools reopening plan

Aug 6, 2020
Comments

Canada

Rural, northern boards grapple with Ontario’s back-to-school plan

Aug 7, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Doug Ford is sticking with his back-to-school COVID-19 plan despite warnings over class size

Aug 7, 2020

Provincial Politics

Toronto board wants to know what parents think as it pushes province to change back-to-school policies

Aug 10, 2020
Comments

This Matters

Schools are the best place for kids’ mental health? Not so fast

Aug 12, 2020

Provincial Politics

As B.C. delays start of school year, Ontario is urged to follow suit

Aug 12, 2020
Comments

Life

Opinion

Uzma Jalaluddin: I’m a teacher and a parent — even I’m confused about schools reopening

Aug 13, 2020
Comments

LIVE

‘Parents are so stressed out.’ Confusion reigns as parents asked to make quick back-to-school decisions

Aug 13, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario raises school board funding for COVID costs but unions say the back-to-school plan is unsafe

Aug 13, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Nobody wants schools to drive COVID outbreaks. Why rush to reopen?

Aug 13, 2020
Comments

Gta

Toronto school board says it needs more space, more time to prepare for smaller classes. The city says it can help

Aug 14, 2020
Comments

Gta

COVID-19 cases in Toronto schools are inevitable, says public health. Here’s what parents can expect to happen

Aug 15, 2020

Gta

What you need to know about ventilation as Ontario prepares for back to school in the age of COVID-19

Aug 15, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Masks in Grade 1. Smaller classes. Combo learning. New poll taps into what Ontario families want when schools reopen

Aug 15, 2020

Provincial Politics

Toronto school board pitch for smaller class sizes strikes out. Back to the drawing board

Aug 15, 2020

Gta

The back-to-school COVID risk no one is talking about

Aug 16, 2020

Gta

Toronto Public Health to dedicate team of 70 nurses to local schools for reopening

Aug 17, 2020

Gta

Education workers criticize back-to-school plans, express safety concerns amid COVID-19

Aug 17, 2020

Gta

About 60% of COVID-19 cases in Ontario are now young adults: 4 charts that explain the latest pandemic trends

Aug 17, 2020

Gta

A look at a mother of three’s back-to-school stock of personal protective equipment — and the bill that comes with it

Aug 20, 2020
Comments

Gta

GTA schools are hiring more social workers to aid students with return to school

Aug 21, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

‘Wasteful propaganda’ or keeping ‘parents informed?’ For now, Doug Ford is keeping mum on cost of back-to-school ads

Aug 25, 2020

Gta

Parents fear pandemic will lead to more exclusion of special needs students

Aug 26, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

No mandatory COVID-19 testing for sick students, province says

Aug 26, 2020

Star Interactive

Back to school in Ontario: This Star database answers all your questions about how 10 school boards are handling masks, COVID-19 testing, busing and more

Aug 27, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Premier Doug Ford pays quiet visit to downtown Toronto elementary school to examine COVID-19 precautions

Sep 1, 2020
Comments

Gta

This Toronto teen lost his mom to COVID-19. Now he’s starting the school year without his fiercest ally

Sep 5, 2020

Gta

How safe is it to return to the classroom in the age of COVID-19? The Star asked experts for science-based perspective

Sep 7, 2020
Comments

Gta

‘People are worried.’ Some schools in COVID hotspots seeing fewer students opting for in-person classes

Sep 7, 2020
Comments

Gta

Welcome to the start of the school year. It’s going to be rocky

Sep 8, 2020
Comments

Gta

Some of the first GTA students have gone back to school in the age of COVID-19. Here’s how the first day went

Sep 8, 2020
Comments

Gta

Back to school puts ‘another log’ on a ‘really scary fire:’ These 3 charts sum up where Ontario and Canada are right now in the COVID-19 battle

Sep 8, 2020
Comments

Second Wave

Back-to-school anxiety for the comfortable is just a taste of what sending children to school has been like for the marginalized

Star Columnists

Opinion

Shree Paradkar: Back-to-school anxiety for the comfortable is just a taste of what sending children to school has been like for the marginalized

Sep 14, 2020

Does a second wave of COVID-19 mean a second wave of panic-buying and empty shelves? Experts weigh in

Business

Does a second wave of COVID-19 mean a second wave of panic-buying and empty shelves? Experts weigh in

Sep 14, 2020
Comments

COVID-19 numbers are surging. Are you part of the problem? Here’s what you need to stop — or start — doing now

Gta

COVID-19 numbers are surging. Are you part of the problem? Here’s what you need to stop — or start — doing now

Sep 14, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: We’re chasing the virus again. But Premier Doug Ford doesn’t seem to be in a rush

Sep 14, 2020

Gta

Is it time to start tightening COVID-19 restrictions in Ontario? These 4 charts explain what’s happening across the province and in Canada

Sep 14, 2020
Comments

Gta

‘We’re playing pandemic roulette with our children.’ After all the province’s promises, parents shocked to see some class sizes are bigger than ever

Sep 17, 2020
Comments

Gta

High school students in Toronto’s northwest corner returned to in-person classes. But the risks make it a tough choice

Sep 17, 2020
Comments

Gta

Ontario reports 18 additional COVID-19 cases in publicly funded schools for a total of 90

Sep 21, 2020
Comments

City Hall

Torontonians can slow COVID-19 but only if they buckle down on personal behaviour now, de Villa warns

Sep 21, 2020

Gta

Four charts show COVID-19 cases climbing in Ontario — but death rates are low. Don’t be fooled by the lag, experts say

Sep 21, 2020
Comments

Gta

We’re tracking COVID-19 cases in Ontario schools. Check our graphic daily for updates

Sep 22, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Doug Ford’s fall pandemic plan: This had better be worth the wait

Sep 22, 2020
Comments

Opinion

Susan Delacourt: Sunny ways and darker days: In two speeches, Justin Trudeau lays out Canada’s perilous road ahead

Sep 23, 2020
Comments

Canada

Trudeau reinstates COVID-19 updates as pandemic’s second wave worsens

Sep 25, 2020
Comments

Gta

How Toronto hospitals are bracing for COVID-19’s second wave — and what they learned the first time around

Sep 26, 2020

Gta

Phoning it in? Not this Toronto contact tracer, who puts his hopes into each call as a way to break the chain of COVID-19 transmission

Sep 27, 2020

Gta

Schools are being cleaned more thoroughly. Stressed-out custodians would like to get some help, and see a provincial standard

Sep 28, 2020
Comments

Gta

Burst social bubbles and get close only with household members, Toronto says amid accelerating surge in COVID-19 infections

Sep 28, 2020
Comments

Gta

COVID-19 school-related cases jump by 24 per cent in latest Ontario report

Sep 29, 2020
Comments

Gta

‘It’s a monster of a virus’: What these Ontario COVID-19 survivors want you to know about the virus — and how to make it through the second wave

Sep 30, 2020
Comments

Gta

Stuck in lockdown limbo? Here’s what to expect in the second wave

Sep 30, 2020
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario reports 625 new cases of COVID-19 amid worries we are headed for 1,000 a day

Sep 30, 2020

Gta

‘It feels a little bit like being normal’: Children in Toronto’s shelters share their thoughts on back-to-school under COVID-19

Oct 1, 2020

Gta

Ontario reports 64 new school-related COVID cases, including 29 more students, in its latest report

Oct 1, 2020
Comments

This Matters

Sorry to burst your bubble but the second wave of coronavirus is here

Oct 2, 2020

Business

Opinion

David Olive: Is keeping the economy as open as possible during the COVID-19 second wave the right approach?

Oct 3, 2020

Gta

Ontario trumpeted its $1.3-billion back-to-school plan. But a closer analysis shows it’s all about muddy math

Oct 4, 2020
Comments

Gta

Ontario teachers say they’re ‘June tired,’ but it’s only October. Such is the toll of COVID-19

Oct 5, 2020
Comments

Gta

Premier Doug Ford won’t close bars and restaurants in Toronto without ‘more data,’ despite soaring case counts and plea from city’s top doctor

Oct 5, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Toronto is howling for help. And Doug Ford is saying, we don’t believe you, wait

Oct 5, 2020
Comments

Star Exclusive

More than 10 per cent of COVID-19 tests are coming back positive in some pockets of Toronto

Oct 5, 2020
Comments

Business

Toronto’s top doctor wants restaurants to close — Doug Ford wants them open. Health experts say those mixed messages could result in more cases

Oct 6, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: From Thanksgiving dinners to provincial COVID-19 trends, a muddled Doug Ford is flattening credulity

Oct 6, 2020
Comments

Canada

COVID-19 in Canada: A timeline of public health messaging about the coronavirus

Oct 7, 2020
Comments

Interactive

Is anyone taking the second wave of COVID-19 seriously? This data shows we’re shopping and travelling like it’s practically 2019

Oct 8, 2020
Comments

Gta

Are long-term-care homes ready for COVID-19’s second wave? City-owned homes say they are, but others aren’t so sure

Oct 8, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Premier Doug Ford and his medical officer of health were shocked by rising COVID numbers. Let that sink in

Oct 9, 2020

Business

Ontario’s retreat to Phase 2 feels like a slap in the face to restaurant and bar industry

Oct 9, 2020

Star Exclusive

Public health won’t tell us which employers have COVID-19 outbreaks. But we obtained WSIB data to help paint a picture

Oct 11, 2020
Comments

Gta

I tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies after seven months. Here’s what that means

Oct 12, 2020
Comments

Gta

‘It’s weird to say ‘you can’t see your nanny and granddad for Thanksgiving, but we’re adding several more kids to your class’

Oct 12, 2020
Comments

Gta

Why Ontario should follow California’s lead by using a ‘health equity metric’ to guide pandemic reopening plans

Oct 13, 2020
Comments

Gta

Hospitalizations, long-term-care infections increasing: Three charts show state of COVID-19 in Ontario as Toronto, Peel, Ottawa re-enter Stage 2

Oct 13, 2020
Comments

Gta

Warning from a pandemic data dump? Ottawa sewage shows ‘alarming’ spike in COVID-19 virus

Oct 14, 2020
Comments

Business

Toronto could lose 270,000 jobs to second wave, economists say — and many will be gone for good

Oct 15, 2020
Comments

Canada

It’s April all over again. A look at the numbers shows Ontario could be on the brink of another long-term-care catastrophe

Oct 16, 2020
Comments

Gta

She felt safer riding her kid’s bike than taking a crowded TTC bus. How will she get to work when it snows?

Oct 17, 2020
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Doug Ford gives up on Halloween, and even epidemiologists say this message will haunt us

Oct 19, 2020
Comments

Vaccine Rollout

Canada begins COVID-19 vaccinations amid questions about how many doses it will get— and when

Federal Politics

Canada begins COVID-19 vaccinations amid questions about how many doses it will get— and when

Dec 14, 2020
Comments

The COVID vaccine is here. How Ontario is rolling it out this year and in 2021

This Matters

The COVID vaccine is here. How Ontario is rolling it out this year and in 2021

Dec 14, 2020

How will the holidays affect COVID-19 case counts? Three charts that dive into grim prospects, at home and abroad

STAR INTERACTIVE

How will the holidays affect COVID-19 case counts? Three charts that dive into grim prospects, at home and abroad

Dec 14, 2020
Comments

Canada

Canada finally has a COVID-19 vaccine. What about the rest of the world?

Dec 14, 2020
Comments

Gta

‘I feel so very privileged’: Meet some of Ontario’s first vaccine recipients

Dec 14, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine could be in Canada this month, Justin Trudeau says

Dec 15, 2020
Comments

Canada

Who will be next in line to get the COVID-19 vaccine? And how will you know when it’s your turn?

Dec 15, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

Why did Justin Trudeau preorder so much COVID-19 vaccine? He says he learned from his earlier mistake

Dec 16, 2020
Comments

Gta

Kids have to wait for the COVID-19 vaccine. Should teachers and caregivers move toward the front of the line to protect them?

Dec 17, 2020
Comments

This Matters

What a COVID clinical trial participant says about taking the vaccine

Dec 17, 2020

United States

Wealthy patients scramble for COVID-19 vaccine: ‘If I donate $25,000 ... would that help me?’

Dec 18, 2020
Comments

Federal Politics

With Moderna’s vaccine just approved, Canada expects total of 1.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines by end of January

Dec 23, 2020
Comments

Gta

Holiday pause on COVID-19 vaccinations draws outrage as head of Toronto’s largest hospital network blames limited supply and staff burnout

Dec 28, 2020
Comments

Canada

Side-effects, tests, and results: Medical professionals break down the Pfizer vaccine. Here’s what they know and don’t know:

Dec 29, 2020
Comments

Gta

Retired Gen. Rick Hillier asks Health Canada to look at whether one dose of Moderna vaccine would be enough

Dec 29, 2020
Comments

Gta

Stronger worker safety measures and transparency around workplace outbreaks on the way as Toronto reports record COVID-19 cases

Dec 30, 2020
Comments

Gta

Pregnant health-care workers excluded from COVID-19 vaccination in at least two Toronto hospitals

Jan 1, 2021
Comments

Gta

Should Canada adjust its COVID-19 vaccine dosing? Experts caution as U.K. experiments with delays, mixing and matching

Jan 4, 2021
Comments

Crisis of care

Ontario promises vaccines for nursing homes in COVID-19 hot spots by Jan. 21

Jan 5, 2021
Comments

Gta

Ontario has hit a new high for COVID patients in the ICU — and experts say it’s ‘not even close to the peak’

Jan 5, 2021
Comments

Canada

‘Why aren’t they going faster?’ and other COVID-19 vaccination questions

Jan 5, 2021

Canada

Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout lags some big provinces but shows signs of ramping up

Jan 5, 2021
Comments

Gta

Inside a Toronto long-term-care home where all residents have gotten their first COVID vaccines

Jan 6, 2021
Comments

Canada

Canada has a ‘responsibility’ to vaccinate elderly and vulnerable inmates, Blair says after Conservative outcry

Jan 6, 2021
Comments

Gta

How one east Toronto hospital managed to get the first COVID vaccines out ahead of schedule

Jan 6, 2021
Comments

Canada

Snowbirds get vaccine in Florida as ‘chaotic’ rollout continues

Jan 7, 2021
Comments

Gta

Some hospitals in Toronto area have to transfer pediatric in-patients to Sick Kids to make room for adults with COVID-19

Jan 7, 2021
Comments

City Hall

Staffing model the ‘secret sauce’ for Toronto’s city-run long-term-care homes battling the second wave of COVID-19

Jan 8, 2021
Comments

Gta

Pregnant, breastfeeding and immunocompromised people no longer excluded from getting COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario

Jan 8, 2021
Comments

Federal Politics

Trudeau’s goal to have vaccines for all Canadians by the end of September assumes Health Canada will approve them

Jan 8, 2021
Comments

VACCINE TRACKER

When will you be vaccinated? This calculator can help you to figure that out

Jan 9, 2021
Comments

ANALYSIS

COVID-19 vaccination rate needs to ramp up dramatically to meet Trudeau’s September goal

Jan 9, 2021
Comments

VACCINE TRACKER

This week’s COVID-19 vaccine news: The Canadian blame game, the two-dose edict — and London’s snake-oil salesman

Jan 9, 2021
Comments

Canada

Canada is falling behind in educating the public about COVID-19 vaccines, experts say

Jan 10, 2021
Comments

Gta

Some Toronto hospitals criticized after staff far from the front lines get COVID-19 vaccine

Jan 11, 2021
Comments

Federal Politics

Justin Trudeau says that Canada will have enough COVID-19 vaccines for everyone by the end of September

Jan 12, 2021
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario plans to vaccinate nursing-home residents, staff and essential workers by Feb. 15

Jan 13, 2021
Comments

Canada

LTC workers explain what it feels like to get second dose and be fully vaccinated against COVID

Jan 14, 2021
Comments

Vaccine Delays

Pfizer cuts promised vaccine supply as COVID-19 modelling shows case count is growing

Federal Politics

Pfizer cuts promised vaccine supply as COVID-19 modelling shows case count is growing

Jan 15, 2021
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Canada will not receive any of its promised COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer next week

Federal Politics

Canada will not receive any of its promised COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer next week

Jan 19, 2021
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Pfizer’s reasons for delaying deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Ontario are ‘crap,’ Doug Ford says

Provincial Politics

Pfizer’s reasons for delaying deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Ontario are ‘crap,’ Doug Ford says

Jan 21, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Ontario moves target for 1st doses of COVID-19 vaccines in LTC homes to Feb. 5, delays shots for health-care workers

Jan 25, 2021
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Federal Politics

Europe warns it might restrict exports of COVID-19 vaccines. Justin Trudeau says Canada shouldn't be affected

Jan 26, 2021
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Federal Politics

How many doses are in a vial of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine? It depends on who you ask

Jan 28, 2021
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Star Exclusive

Poll suggests Ontarians blame Ottawa for COVID-19 vaccine shortages

Feb 1, 2021
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Opinion

Heather Scoffield: Donald Trump was hard on Canada, but Europe’s looming crackdown on vaccine exports could be even harder

Feb 2, 2021
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Federal Politics

Battered by public opinion, Liberal government says it tried to get COVID-19 vaccines made in Canada

Feb 4, 2021
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Federal Politics

What happens if foreign companies don’t deliver COVID-19 vaccines to Canada? Justin Trudeau won’t say

Feb 5, 2021
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Federal Politics

‘There’ll be lots of time for blame later,’ says Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine co-ordinator as province waits for shipments

Feb 8, 2021
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Federal Politics

Here’s why Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Canada have been delayed

Feb 8, 2021
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Federal Politics

Canada can now get an extra dose from each vial of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine — if it has the right syringes

Feb 9, 2021
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Opinion

Susan Delacourt: ‘I’m in charge of this file’: When it comes to tracking down COVID-19 vaccines, Anita Anand will not be underestimated

Feb 9, 2021
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Federal Politics

Canada’s public health authorities on edge as COVID-19 variants circulate and vaccines arrive slowly

Feb 16, 2021
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Federal Politics

Ottawa says one dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is enough for now. A doctor says she told Health Canada that in December

Feb 18, 2021
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Opinion

Martin Regg Cohn: We’ve finally got it right with airports. Let’s not botch the COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Feb 22, 2021
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Federal Politics

Health Canada in ‘final stages’ of approval process for AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine

Feb 22, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Ontarians will soon find out ‘when and where’ they can get their COVID-19 vaccines, Christine Elliott says

Feb 23, 2021
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Federal Politics

Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine effort gets a boost as Health Canada approves the AstraZeneca shot

Feb 26, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Ontario may speed up COVID-19 vaccinations by postponing booster shots for even longer

Mar 1, 2021
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Opinion

Susan Delacourt: Pandemic-weary Canadians are ready to go shopping. COVID-19 vaccines are a bad place to start

Mar 1, 2021
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Federal Politics

Under 65? Your COVID-19 vaccination may be sooner than you expected

Mar 2, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Ontario sticks with COVID-19 vaccination timeline as it waits for advice from Ottawa

Mar 2, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Ontarians aged 60-64 will get the AstraZeneca vaccine, but it’s not clear how

Mar 3, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Some pharmacies in Toronto, and the Kingston and Windsor areas will soon be offering COVID-19 vaccines

Mar 4, 2021
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Federal Politics

With COVID-19 vaccines finally flowing into Canada, Ontario has been caught scrambling to give them out

Mar 4, 2021
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Vaccine Equity

Why have family doctors been overlooked in vaccine rollout?

Contributors

Opinion

Why have family doctors been overlooked in vaccine rollout?

Mar 5, 2021
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Hard-hit by COVID, one Toronto neighbourhood is in ‘no man’s land’ for vaccines for seniors over 80

Gta

Hard-hit by COVID, one Toronto neighbourhood is in ‘no man’s land’ for vaccines for seniors over 80

Mar 8, 2021
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Doctors feeling anxious, burned out after a year of dealing with the pandemic, survey finds

Gta

Doctors feeling anxious, burned out after a year of dealing with the pandemic, survey finds

Mar 10, 2021
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Shree Paradkar: Will Ontario ensure essential workers are top priority in Phase 2 of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout? The answer, ridiculously, is no

Mar 17, 2021
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Canada

Should all workers get paid time off to get a COVID-19 vaccine? In some places, it’s happening

Mar 21, 2021
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Gta

Ontario government faces charter challenge over equity in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Mar 22, 2021
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Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Too many people are being left behind in Ontario’s mass vaccination rollout

Mar 23, 2021

Contributors

Opinion

Taxing extreme wealth to offset the costs of the pandemic would be unquestionably fair

Mar 29, 2021
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Vaccine rollout is excluding people with disabilities

Mar 29, 2021

Gta

Toronto is struggling to fill vaccine appointments for seniors. Why Ontario’s rollout is missing people in COVID-19 hot spots

Apr 3, 2021
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Gta

Toronto to launch multilingual campaign to encourage residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Apr 3, 2021
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Gta

Residents at a Toronto seniors home weren’t getting their COVID-19 vaccines. So the property manager stepped up

Apr 5, 2021
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Gta

‘A sense of fear going into work’: Teachers urge province to prioritize educators for COVID-19 vaccine

Apr 6, 2021
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Gta

The Toronto and Peel neighbourhoods that need the COVID vaccine the most aren’t getting it, new data reveals

Apr 6, 2021
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Contributors

Opinion

Prioritize one-shot COVID-19 vaccines for the hard to reach

Apr 7, 2021
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Gta

COVID-19 vaccine to be offered to all adults in Toronto’s hardest hit neighbourhoods

Apr 7, 2021
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Doug Ford’s new COVID-19 measures are one step forward, a few slaps in the face

Apr 7, 2021
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Star interactive

Canada’s middle of the pack status for COVID-19 vaccination. These tables show how we compare to other countries

Apr 8, 2021
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Gta

Hundreds expected to receive COVID-19 vaccines at Thorncliffe Park pop-up clinics

Apr 8, 2021
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Gta

A tale of two neighbourhoods: Jane and Finch with the lowest vaccination rate, Moore Park with the highest

Apr 11, 2021
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Contributors

Opinion

Taxi drivers bring sick patients to the hospital, to COVID testing sites, and vaccine clinics. Why are they not a priority for vaccines?

Apr 12, 2021

Gta

Where, when and how will essential workers get COVID vaccines? In many hot spots, details are still scarce

Apr 13, 2021
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INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS

With COVID-19 rising in daycares in COVID hot spots, ‘If you can keep your kids home now is the time’

Apr 14, 2021
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Star Exclusive

Pre-registering all Ontarians right away for COVID-19 vaccine could help with supply problems, hesitancy, councillor and health experts say

Apr 14, 2021
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Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Ford is wrong. It’s not ‘very, very simple’ to book a shot in Ontario

Apr 14, 2021

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: We need vaccines. What we have instead is a vaccine rollout that seems utterly chaotic

Apr 14, 2021
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Gta

Confusion is turning to anger over Ontario’s vaccine rollout. Doctors say it’s time for transparency on supply

Apr 15, 2021
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Star Exclusive

Toronto neighbourhoods with highest numbers of racialized people have lowest vaccination rates: research

Apr 16, 2021
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Gta

Province accused of violating Charter with inequitable vaccine rollout

Apr 16, 2021
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Contributors

Opinion

Matt Elliott: Trying to book a COVID-19 vaccine in a hot spot? It helps if you’re a robot

Apr 20, 2021

New Lockdown Order

Ontario is prioritizing dining over the disabled with its vaccination policy

Contributors

Opinion

Ontario is prioritizing dining over the disabled with its vaccination policy

Apr 5, 2021
Comments

Top medical officers in Toronto, Peel and Ottawa call for stay-at-home order and online learning where necessary

Gta

Top medical officers in Toronto, Peel and Ottawa call for stay-at-home order and online learning where necessary

Apr 5, 2021
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Tougher COVID-19 restrictions on the way, Doug Ford says

Provincial Politics

Tougher COVID-19 restrictions on the way, Doug Ford says

Apr 6, 2021
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Business

‘We’ve been locking down the wrong things.’ Restaurants say Ontario’s shutdown cost them $100 million — and they want Doug Ford to foot the bill

Apr 6, 2021
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: When Ontario’s magical thinking on COVID-19 fails, Doug Ford turns to Plan B: panic

Apr 6, 2021

Gta

Toronto leaders call on Ford to impose stay-at-home order in Ontario and ensure paid sick leave for essential workers

Apr 6, 2021
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Gta

Explainer

All Ontario is now under a ‘stay-at-home’ order. Here’s what that means for Toronto

Apr 7, 2021
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Canada

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is facing an internal backlash, as 15 MLAs publicly oppose his COVID-19 restrictions

Apr 7, 2021
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Business

Workplace vaccination plan wins praise for Ford — but no action on sick pay

Apr 7, 2021
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Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Too late, yes, but Ontario is finally taking some positive steps to fight the pandemic

Apr 7, 2021

Gta

Toronto records largest daily increase in COVID-19 cases, at 1,304

Apr 9, 2021
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Contributors

Opinion

A return to normal is not so far off. Ontario must be ready to reopen for business

Apr 14, 2021

Gta

Peel police fine four people over Mississauga anti-mask protests

Apr 15, 2021
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Gta

Construction sites have been a major source of COVID-19 outbreaks. So why are they not part of Doug Ford’s stay-at-home order?

Apr 15, 2021
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: All those people gasping for air. This government has failed Ontario in the most unthinkable, unforgivable way

Apr 15, 2021

Gta

Peel police officer suspended after maskless officer hugs people in antimask group

Apr 16, 2021
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Gta

Ontario has announced further COVID-19 restrictions. Here’s what that means for Toronto

Apr 16, 2021
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Gta

Civil liberties watchdogs say stay-at-home order opens door to ‘return to carding’

Apr 16, 2021
Comments

Gta

‘Infuriating’ new COVID-19 measures ignore science table advice on stricter lockdown, paid sick days

Apr 16, 2021
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: ‘Our health care system is going to totally collapse.’ These doctors listened to Doug Ford’s new plan and heard defeat and death

Apr 16, 2021

Gta

Ford government walks back increased police powers and ban on using playgrounds

Apr 17, 2021
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Ford government should focus on source of the pandemic, not flail about with pointless restrictions

Apr 17, 2021

News

Police say charges pending, as hundreds defy stay-at-home order to rally against provincial lockdown in Niagara Falls

Apr 17, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Opposition parties denounce Ford government proposal to shut down legislature amid COVID-19 crisis

Apr 18, 2021
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Gta

‘The damage has been done’ by Ontario’s short-lived plan for arbitrary police stops, experts say

Apr 19, 2021
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Canada

Forget provincial travel bans, B.C. wants to lock people inside their health regions

Apr 19, 2021
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Gta

Yoga mats at the grocery store, no diapers at the dollar store. Inside Toronto’s ‘essential’ and ‘non-essential’ aisles

Apr 20, 2021
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Heather Mallick: Freeland’s sensible budget a beacon in a sea of COVID-19 incompetence

Apr 20, 2021
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Gta

Several Ontario gyms are reopening. They’re citing a ‘physical therapy’ exception intended for people with disabilities

Apr 21, 2021
Comments

Gta

Confusion, anger and a viral video: Why Ontario’s flip-flop on arbitrary stops hasn’t addressed fears of police overreach

Apr 21, 2021
Comments

Delta Variant

Patrick Brown: Brampton’s essential workers need second dose to stop spread of explosive variant

Contributors

Opinion

Patrick Brown: Brampton’s essential workers need second dose to stop spread of explosive variant

Jun 2, 2021

A new hotspot strategy for Ontario vaccines seems like a no-brainer. Will the Ford government make it happen?

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: A new hotspot strategy for Ontario vaccines seems like a no-brainer. Will the Ford government make it happen?

Jun 7, 2021

This Northern Ontario health unit has the most COVID cases per 100,000 in the province and won’t be reopening Friday

Canada

This Northern Ontario health unit has the most COVID cases per 100,000 in the province and won’t be reopening Friday

Jun 7, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Ontario moves up second shots of COVID-19 vaccine in Delta variant hot spots including Toronto, Peel

Jun 10, 2021
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Ontario is finally crushing COVID-19. You can exhale (through a mask)

Jun 10, 2021

Canada

Northern Ontario health unit locked down for two weeks due to Delta variant, ‘alarming’ surge in new cases

Jun 10, 2021
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Gta

The Delta variant means COVID ‘has upped its game massively.’ What Ontario can learn from the U.K. experience and new data

Jun 17, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Ontario declares three more hot spots for COVID-19’s Delta variant, accelerates second doses across the province

Jun 17, 2021
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Canada

‘Don’t live in fear’: Alberta to drop all major COVID restrictions for Canada Day

Jun 18, 2021
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Gta

Waterloo Region’s Delta-fuelled COVID-19 surge is having the greatest impact on the homeless population

Jun 18, 2021
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Doug Ford pushed to open the salons early. This time, David Williams nailed it

Jun 19, 2021
Comments

Gta

Ontario reports 270 new COVID-19 cases, lowest single day case count since September

Jun 21, 2021
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Gta

Delta variant suspected in COVID-19 outbreak at Toronto Western Hospital

Jun 21, 2021
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Canada

‘Delta plus’ variant is being monitored as cases identified globally, including in Canada

Jun 23, 2021
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Gta

Ontario reports 209 new COVID-19 cases, nine more deaths; Waterloo Region tops the province with 47 new infections

Jul 3, 2021
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World

U.K. must ‘learn to live’ with virus, PM Boris Johnson says as government eyes reopening

Jul 5, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Doug Ford says reopening must proceed ‘cautiously’ and with top doctor’s consent

Jul 5, 2021
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Gta

Resident dies in COVID-19-outbreak linked to Delta variant at Burlington long-term-care home

Jul 5, 2021
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Anti–Vaccine Protests

Restaurant reviews: The newest victim of vaccine animosity

Gta

Restaurant reviews: The newest victim of vaccine animosity

Aug 8, 2021
Comments

Let’s turn the tables on the anti-vaxxers who dump on Toronto restaurants doing the right thing about COVID-19

Star Columnists

Opinion

Emma Teitel: Let’s turn the tables on the anti-vaxxers who dump on Toronto restaurants doing the right thing about COVID-19

Aug 9, 2021

Why Barry’s Bay could be ‘the perfect incubation box’ — an example of a small town’s vulnerability to the Delta variant

Canada

Why Barry’s Bay could be ‘the perfect incubation box’ — an example of a small town’s vulnerability to the Delta variant

Aug 22, 2021
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Gta

‘They scream at me, the staff and our diners for hours’; Owner Jen Agg calls out the city, province for not halting anti-vaccine protests at her restaurants

Aug 23, 2021
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Emma Teitel: Toronto police helped evict homeless sleeping in parks for ‘public safety.’ So why did they give anti-vaxxers harassing diners a free pass?

Aug 24, 2021
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Federal Politics

Antivaccination, mask protests force Trudeau to cancel Ontario rally

Aug 27, 2021
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Federal Politics

Trudeau rally cancellation prompts question: Is the federal campaign trail becoming too dangerous?

Aug 28, 2021
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Business

Concern about death threats and harassment ramps up as bar and restaurant owners prepare to turn anti-vaxxers away at the door

Aug 30, 2021
Comments

Federal Election

Who’s behind the Justin Trudeau protests? This Newmarket mom is among the influencers urging people to show up and speak out against the ‘segregation of humanity’

Aug 30, 2021
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Provincial Politics

Ontario restaurants need ‘safety zones’ to protect them from anti-vaccine protesters, NDP says

Aug 31, 2021
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Star Exclusive

Anti-vaccine protesters staked out Education Minister Stephen Lecce’s house, looked at hiring private eye to ‘dig up dirt’

Aug 31, 2021
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Health workers must be protected from the anti-vax mobs

Sep 2, 2021

Contributors

Opinion

The media cannot allow a few hundred anti-vaxxers to drown out millions of climate voters

Sep 7, 2021

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bob Hepburn: I’m fed up with anti-vaxxers and politicians too afraid to get tough with them

Sep 8, 2021

Federal Election

VIDEO: Althia Raj challenges Justin Trudeau over his handling of anti-vaxxers

Sep 11, 2021
Comments

Gta

Registered nurses association calls for safe zones as anti-vaxxers plan to protest at Toronto hospitals again on Monday

Sep 12, 2021
Comments

Gta

Dozens of protesters target Toronto hospital to protest vaccine mandates after ‘silent vigil’ in Queen’s Park

Sep 13, 2021
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Anti-vaxxers have a right to protest. But for the sake of decency, leave health workers alone

Sep 13, 2021

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Toronto hospital protests: Don’t discount the dangers from a sad and lonely bunch

Sep 14, 2021

Vaccine Mandates

Ontario colleges and universities are unveiling their COVID-19 vaccine policies, but few are asking for proof

Gta

Ontario colleges and universities are unveiling their COVID-19 vaccine policies, but few are asking for proof

Aug 12, 2021
Comments

Governments should listen to the fed-up majority on vaccine mandates and passports

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Governments should listen to the fed-up majority on vaccine mandates and passports

Aug 13, 2021

How are Ontario colleges and universities dealing with COVID-19 vaccines? Check out our chart to find out

Gta

How are Ontario colleges and universities dealing with COVID-19 vaccines? Check out our chart to find out

Aug 13, 2021
Comments

City Hall

Vaccine mandates will help slow COVID-19 spread, says Toronto Public Health, but only the province has the power to implement them

Aug 13, 2021
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Our premiers need the courage to mandate vaccinations and masking. We aren’t seeking normal — we are seeking safety

Aug 18, 2021

Gta

UHN will require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by late October or face termination

Aug 20, 2021
Comments

Business

Air Canada announces unvaccinated employees could be terminated after Oct. 30

Aug 25, 2021
Comments

Canada

Why medical exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines might be hard to obtain

Aug 27, 2021
Comments

Gta

For some Ontario parents and teachers, the second COVID September brings a sense of déjà vu

Aug 31, 2021
Comments

Federal Politics

(Almost) back to normal for universities, colleges with vaccine mandates, province says

Aug 31, 2021
Comments

Gta

Can an online course about the COVID-19 vaccine actually nudge health workers and teachers? Here’s what we know

Sep 1, 2021
Comments

Business

No vaccine passports for salons? Not a great idea, says one expert, but at least one salon owner says it ‘makes sense’

Sep 2, 2021
Comments

Canada

Nervous workers, defiant businesses and a fistfight: Here’s how Day 1 of B.C.’s vaccine passport went

Sep 13, 2021
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Memo to unions: stop defending the indefensible by fighting vaccination mandates

Oct 1, 2021

Business

Manufacturers, warehouses are the leading source of COVID-19 outbreaks outside schools — but many still don’t require that workers get vaccinated

Oct 6, 2021
Comments

Federal Politics

Should unvaccinated MPs be allowed in the House of Commons? One prominent Conservative says yes

Oct 12, 2021
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Gillian Steward: Alberta’s largest public service employers thumb their noses at Jason Kenney and adopt vaccine mandates. Good for them

Oct 18, 2021

Gta

Hundreds of GTA hospital workers face termination or unpaid leave amid COVID-19 vaccination deadlines

Oct 22, 2021
Comments

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: This time, Doug Ford’s wishful thinking on relaxing COVID restrictions is tempered by an old Ontario virtue — caution

Oct 22, 2021

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: For Doug Ford’s government, the selfish freedom to decide not to be vaccinated trumps the consequences

Oct 27, 2021

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Doug Ford’s shaky math, twisted logic block hospital vaccine mandates, and prolong the pandemic

Nov 3, 2021

Contributors

Opinion

Thomas Walkom: Chalk one up for Ontario’s vaccine hesitant, as Doug Ford backs down on mandate for health-care workers

Nov 4, 2021

Contributors

Opinion

Michael Coren: Religion and politics shouldn’t mix when it comes to COVID-19

Nov 8, 2021

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: As Ontario COVID cases rise, there’s a simple strategy to keep things under control (probably)

Nov 9, 2021
Comments

Omicron Variant

What we know about Omicron, the new COVID variant that quickly led to Canada’s latest travel ban

Explainer

What we know about Omicron, the new COVID variant that quickly led to Canada’s latest travel ban

Nov 26, 2021
Comments

Ottawa restricting travel from seven African countries amid fears of COVID-19’s Omicron variant

Federal Politics

Ottawa restricting travel from seven African countries amid fears of COVID-19’s Omicron variant

Nov 26, 2021
Comments

At this point in the pandemic, there’s no more time for nonsense

Star Columnists

Opinion

Rosie DiManno: At this point in the pandemic, there’s no more time for nonsense

Nov 26, 2021

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: ‘This is real.’ The Omicron variant will arrive. So what will we do about it?

Nov 26, 2021

World

Chaos for passengers in Amsterdam is one sign of a scattershot response to the Omicron variant

Nov 27, 2021
Comments

Q&A DR. PETER JUNI

What are the current COVID-19 risks and what’s next? The head of Ontario’s science table answers

Nov 28, 2021
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Canada

Canada’s first COVID-19 Omicron variant cases confirmed

Nov 28, 2021
Comments

World

Israel and Morocco impose blanket bans on all foreign travellers

Nov 28, 2021
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario preparing ‘enhanced strategy’ to fight COVID-19’s Omicron variant

Nov 29, 2021
Comments

World

WHO says Omicron poses a ‘very high’ risk globally

Nov 29, 2021
Comments

Opinion

Editorial

Star Editorial Board: Omicron shows that, much as we might like, we can’t wall ourselves off from COVID-19

Nov 29, 2021

Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Omicron variant could change the rules. Our leaders’ playbook should go beyond the hope strategy

Nov 29, 2021
Comments

Canada

I made it back to Canada from southern Africa just ahead of the Omicron travel ban. No one knew what to do with me

Nov 29, 2021
Comments

Business

Germany moves toward mandatory COVID shots as Europe clamps down

Nov 30, 2021
Comments

Canada

Canada has new travel rules as Omicron bans roll out. Here’s what you need to know before heading to the airport or border

Nov 30, 2021
Comments

Federal Politics

Canada ramps up against Omicron, puts COVID-19 testing in airports and expands travel ban

Nov 30, 2021
Comments

Opinion

Susan Delacourt: Canadians are finished with COVID-19, but Omicron is just getting started

Nov 30, 2021
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

It is time to wake up and fight global vaccine inequity

Dec 1, 2021

Business

Omicron variant forces travel industry to brace for more turbulence

Dec 1, 2021
Comments

Canada

Hong Kong bans non-resident arrivals from Canada amid fears of Omicron variant

Dec 1, 2021
Comments

Business

‘Like a sucker punch’: Canadian travellers rethink holiday plans as Omicron variant spreads

Dec 1, 2021
Comments

Opinion

Althia Raj: Don’t take advice from the Conservatives on COVID-19

Dec 1, 2021
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario extends COVID-19 booster shots to those 50 and older

Dec 2, 2021
Comments

City Hall

Omicron variant of COVID-19 confirmed in Halton and Durham regions cases

Dec 2, 2021
Comments

Contributors

Opinion

Thomas Walkom: Keep calm and continue the fight against Omicron

Dec 2, 2021

Analysis from Washington

Flying to the U.S.? Joe Biden’s about to make COVID-19 testing a lot stricter for you

Dec 2, 2021
Comments

World

Prior COVID infection appears to offer little defence against Omicron variant, scientists say

Dec 2, 2021
Comments

Gta

Explainer

Will all Ontarians — not just those 50 and up — need a third COVID-19 shot?　

Dec 3, 2021
Comments

Canada

Toronto sees its first school case of Omicron: Here’s where the variant has been identified in Canada so far

Dec 3, 2021
Comments

City Hall

Toronto Public Health confirms first three cases of Omicron variant in city

Dec 3, 2021
Comments

Vaccine Boosters

COVID-19 outbreaks in elementary schools hit record high. Why ‘we need to pull out all the stops’ to protect in-person learning

Gta

COVID-19 outbreaks in elementary schools hit record high. Why ‘we need to pull out all the stops’ to protect in-person learning

Dec 8, 2021
Comments

Pfizer says its COVID booster offers protection against Omicron

World

Pfizer says its COVID booster offers protection against Omicron

Dec 8, 2021
Comments

Millions of Ontarians will need a third COVID vaccine this month. Can we ramp up capacity like in the summer?

Gta

Millions of Ontarians will need a third COVID vaccine this month. Can we ramp up capacity like in the summer?

Dec 10, 2021
Comments

Provincial Politics

Ontario expanding boosters with Omicron set to overtake Delta in January

Dec 10, 2021
Comments

Federal Politics

Omicron threat grows as COVID-19 surges in Ontario and Quebec

Dec 10, 2021
Comments

Ontario

Boosters, rapid tests, limited gatherings: Experts say Omicron is spreading fast and it’s time to act

Dec 11, 2021

Gta

Omicron is poised to overtake Delta in Ontario: What you need to know

Dec 13, 2021
Comments

Ontario

How do I get a COVID-19 booster shot in Ontario? What you need to know as boosters expand next week

Dec 15, 2021

Gta

Booster shots are now available for people 18 plus in Ontario, but things are off to a bumpy start

Dec 20, 2021
Comments

Gta

As ‘Hunger Games’ scramble for vaccine doses returns, Toronto officials urge residents to have patience, persistence

Dec 20, 2021
Comments

Gta

Scramble for boosters for Ontarians over 18 leaves many out of luck

Dec 20, 2021
Comments

Gta

Eight ways Omicron changes what you thought you knew about COVID-19

Dec 21, 2021
Comments

World

Pfizer pill becomes 1st US-authorized home COVID treatment

Dec 22, 2021
Comments

Canada

Given Omicron, just how risky are my holiday plans? The Star runs readers’ scenarios past the experts

Dec 23, 2021
Comments

Gta

‘What we’re seeing is just the surface’: Ontario COVID-19 cases hit record highs, raising fears of a homegrown variant

Dec 23, 2021
Comments

Gta

What’s a better present than Christmas Day booster shots? We talk to people getting holiday jabs in Toronto

Dec 25, 2021
Comments

Gta

One Toronto hospital is eyeing potential fourth doses for long-term care homes

Dec 26, 2021
Comments

Gta

Toronto strip club offers COVID boosters to marginalized residents

Dec 27, 2021
Comments

Star Exclusive

Province set to announce fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine for nursing home residents

Dec 30, 2021
Comments

Gta

Ontario’s top doctor urges pregnant people be prioritized for third doses of COVID vaccine

Jan 5, 2022
Comments

Gta

Why are we still scrambling for boosters? When will the crunch end? Here’s the situation in Ontario right now

Jan 5, 2022
Comments

Gta

Rise in babies admitted to hospital with COVID-19 triggers calls for pregnant Ontarians to get vaccinated

Jan 5, 2022
Comments

Federal Politics

Accommodate the unvaccinated and let life get back to normal, Erin O’Toole says

Jan 6, 2022
Comments

Gta

Worried parents of kids turning 5 this year want vaccines, but are surprised to learn they’re ineligible

Jan 6, 2022
Comments

Federal Politics

‘We obviously needed access to this drug yesterday’: Canada still reviewing COVID-19 medication that’s approved in U.S.

Jan 7, 2022
Comments

Gta

Vaccination trend for Ontario kids 5-11 ‘alarming’

Jan 8, 2022
Comments

Federal Politics

We need more health-care funding, premiers tell Justin Trudeau

Jan 10, 2022
Comments

Gta

Peel Region sees below-average child vaccination rates amid Omicron surge

Jan 12, 2022
Comments

Federal Politics

Vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers stands, Ottawa says

Jan 13, 2022
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Gta

So you finally got Omicron. Are you now immune from getting it again?

Jan 15, 2022
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Federal Politics

Health Canada approves Pfizer’s oral treatment for COVID-19

Jan 17, 2022
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Federal Politics

Jagmeet Singh calls Quebec’s COVID-19 tax a threat to public health care

Jan 18, 2022
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Gta

The neighbourhoods where booster shots just aren’t making it into arms

Jan 19, 2022
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This Matters

Why is Peel Region falling behind in vaccinating kids?

Jan 19, 2022

Gta

High-risk Ontarians lagging on third doses of COVID vaccine

Jan 21, 2022
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Canada

‘You are alone’: The increasingly lonely road of the unvaccinated

Jan 22, 2022
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Return to Class

‘They’re stressed, they’re sad, they’re depressed’: Weary parents, children grapple with effects of Ontario’s last-minute switch to online school

Gta

‘They’re stressed, they’re sad, they’re depressed’: Weary parents, children grapple with effects of Ontario’s last-minute switch to online school

Jan 5, 2022
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Toronto sets up school-based clinics to vaccinate education workers, students ahead of return to class

Gta

Toronto sets up school-based clinics to vaccinate education workers, students ahead of return to class

Jan 6, 2022
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Please get COVID-19 booster shots, Doug Ford urges Ontario teachers

Provincial Politics

Please get COVID-19 booster shots, Doug Ford urges Ontario teachers

Jan 7, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario students given green light to go back to classrooms next Monday

Jan 10, 2022
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SEND YOUR QUESTIONS

What if your kid’s classmate gets COVID? Will students have access to rapid tests? Send us your questions ahead of Ontario schools reopening

Jan 11, 2022
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This Matters

Today’s lesson: Why Ontario decided to reopen schools

Jan 11, 2022

Gta

Relief — but also concern — for Ontario families as schools set to reopen

Jan 12, 2022
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Emma Teitel: Doug Ford is sending kids back to the classroom just as Omicron may peak. Has he learned nothing about making schools safe?

Jan 12, 2022

Canada

‘Our brains were not actually designed to work that way’: How online learning harms kids’ well-being and what parents can do to help

Jan 12, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Millions of COVID-19 rapid tests to be distributed when Ontario reopens schools

Jan 12, 2022
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EXPLAINER

How many COVID-19 cases will force a closure? Are schools really safer than two weeks ago? Answers to some of your most asked back-to-school questions

Jan 12, 2022

Opinion

Martin Regg Cohn: Doug Ford has made a lot of bad decisions. Reopening schools isn’t one of them

Jan 12, 2022
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Gta

Thousands of students are ‘no shows’ after forced switch to remote learning

Jan 14, 2022
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Gta

Overwhelmed by Omicron: Five Ontarians tell their stories

Jan 15, 2022
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Gta

Ontario school boards hiring uncertified emergency staff as schools reopen

Jan 17, 2022
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Gta

Parents wrestle with mixed emotions as Peel schools reopen for in-person learning

Jan 18, 2022
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Gta

As kids return to school, lunch becomes the most complicated meal of the day

Jan 19, 2022
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Gta

Students in the GTA head back to class after remote learning and Monday’s snowstorm

Jan 19, 2022
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Gta

GTA schools scramble to hire supply teachers, fill absences

Jan 19, 2022
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Gta

Toronto high school teachers remain in parking lot, refusing to work amid ‘unsafe conditions’ brought on by COVID

Jan 20, 2022
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Provincial Politics

When is an absence an absence? New school reporting system needs details, boards say

Jan 24, 2022
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Gta

How many kids aged 5 to 11 have been vaccinated in your Toronto neighbourhood? You might be surprised

Jan 25, 2022
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Gta

‘We’re doing the work of public health’: Parents set up school contact-tracing groups on Facebook, WhatsApp

Jan 25, 2022
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Gta

Amid back-to-school turmoil, York’s controversial hybrid classrooms embraced by some families

Jan 25, 2022
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Gta

Toronto high school teachers back in classroom after refusing to work over COVID-related safety concerns

Jan 27, 2022
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Gta

Letters sent home about school absenteeism raise questions for parents

Jan 28, 2022
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Gta

Hundreds of TDSB staff seeking faith-based COVID vaccination exemptions are still in schools

Feb 2, 2022
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Gta

TDSB to provide medical-grade masks to all students

Feb 2, 2022
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Gta

How many students and staff are absent at your school?

Feb 3, 2022
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Gta

Advocates say teens ‘should be eligible’ for COVID-19 booster shots

Feb 13, 2022
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Pandemic Fatigue

Overdue debt climbing for GTA businesses as pandemic stretches on

Business

Overdue debt climbing for GTA businesses as pandemic stretches on

Feb 1, 2022
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Wary Ontario small businesses ‘feeling like Charlie Brown and the football’ amid reopening’s tentative first steps

Business

Wary Ontario small businesses ‘feeling like Charlie Brown and the football’ amid reopening’s tentative first steps

Feb 1, 2022
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As many as 4M Ontarians caught COVID-19 in the Omicron wave, science table estimates

Provincial Politics

As many as 4M Ontarians caught COVID-19 in the Omicron wave, science table estimates

Feb 1, 2022
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Gta

‘Cautious optimism’ Omicron has peaked, but uptick likely from reopening, says Toronto’s health chief

Feb 1, 2022
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This Matters

Long-term-care residents are facing unprecedented loneliness and depression

Feb 1, 2022

Provincial Politics

Ontario confirms 290 medical exemptions from COVID-19 vaccinations

Feb 1, 2022
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Gta

As Ontario reopens, many are not ready to ‘learn to live with COVID’

Feb 2, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario’s nursing shortage is worse than ever. How did we get here?

Feb 3, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario’s COVID-19 measures should be reassessed within ‘weeks and months,’ top doctor says

Feb 3, 2022
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Canada

How Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ is inspiring protests in other countries

Feb 3, 2022
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Gta

Does shifting COVID-19 strategy mean PCR tests have had their day?

Feb 4, 2022
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This Matters

A physician on Omicron and how we move forward

Feb 4, 2022

Gta

12-year-old’s idea leads to Toronto seniors becoming pandemic pen pals with young teens

Feb 6, 2022
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Gta

COVID deniers have taken their protests to his front door. Why Peterborough’s top doctor is standing his ground

Feb 6, 2022
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Star Exclusive

Immigrants. The working poor. Essential workers. Third doses lag in Toronto’s most vulnerable areas

Feb 7, 2022
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Canada

‘We have to begin to heal’: Alberta, Saskatchewan lead charge to drop COVID restrictions as protests rage on

Feb 8, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Canadians feel like they’re in a recession despite strength of economy, poll says

Feb 8, 2022
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Gta

As March break looms, is it time to lift COVID-19 testing requirements to board a plane?

Feb 9, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario plans to resume non-emergency surgeries and procedures within days

Feb 9, 2022
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Gta

‘I’m tired of it,’ mayor says of pandemic, but won’t rush to drop Toronto’s vaccine mandates or limits

Feb 9, 2022
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Gta

Here’s what experts say we need to do to protect ourselves as we ‘learn to live with COVID-19’

Feb 11, 2022
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Canada

Proposed rules for long-term-care homes aim to balance a good life for residents with infection control

Feb 11, 2022
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Gta

‘Catastrophic’ surgical backlog in Ontario will take years to clear, doctors say

Feb 14, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario moving up reopening dates, vaccination passports gone as of March 1

Feb 14, 2022
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Gta

Ontario hospitals facing critical shortage of blood collection tubes

Feb 15, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Doug Ford says Ottawa protesters are ‘hurting more people than the pandemic could ever hurt’

Feb 15, 2022
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This Matters

Why you shouldn’t look for ‘closure’ while grieving

Feb 15, 2022

Star Exclusive

Toronto’s downtown core hit hardest by Omicron restrictions with spending down by 44%

Feb 16, 2022
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Gta

‘We are on the other side of this pandemic’: Mayor John Tory announces reopening of city buildings

Feb 16, 2022
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Fighting for a Shot

What a trip to Africa showed me about ‘my’ COVID-19 vaccine and Canada’s obligations

Feb 18, 2022
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STAR GRAPHICS

Do vaccine passports work? Ontario’s was followed by a bump in second doses

Feb 21, 2022
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Gta

Mental health services dealing with rising calls for help, as staff are leaving

Feb 21, 2022
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Gta

Toronto holds the line on masks in schools and public places as COVID-19 numbers drop

Feb 23, 2022
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Gta

The good and bad news on Omicron subvariant BA.2 as it continues to spread in Ontario

Feb 24, 2022
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Gta

Doctors who care for the dying face additional challenges amid the pandemic

Feb 24, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario’s top doctor hopes new COVID-19 vaccine will convince holdouts

Feb 24, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario to end weekly COVID-19 briefings

Feb 25, 2022
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Gta

As restrictions ease, why people struggle with the COVID fear factor

Feb 27, 2022
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Gta

As Ontario lifts restrictions, immunocompromised and other vulnerable people feel left out of the party

Feb 28, 2022
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Mask Mandates End

Ontario universities to keep mask mandates in place until end of term

Gta

Ontario universities to keep mask mandates in place until end of term

Mar 12, 2022
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Ontario is lifting mask mandates. Here’s what it means for you

This Matters

Ontario is lifting mask mandates. Here’s what it means for you

Mar 14, 2022

COVID-19 vaccination rate jumps for kids as end of masks looms in Ontario schools

Provincial Politics

COVID-19 vaccination rate jumps for kids as end of masks looms in Ontario schools

Mar 15, 2022
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Gta

Should I ditch my mask? Here are some resources to help make an informed decision

Mar 20, 2022
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Gta

Toronto’s world-leading vaccination rate will help protect the city as mask requirement and other restrictions end, de Villa says

Mar 21, 2022
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Gta

‘It’s a betrayal to us’: Ontario students walkout Monday in protest of the province’s end to mask mandates

Mar 21, 2022
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Gta

So, who’s still masking? The Star checked multiple places around town to find out

Mar 21, 2022
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Gta

Ontario hospitals seeing rise in numbers of staff testing positive for COVID

Mar 26, 2022
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Gta

‘My mom is not the only person COVID has killed this week.’ Who is still dying from the virus in Ontario?

Mar 28, 2022
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Gta

‘The pandemic’s not over’: No need for mask mandate despite rise in COVID-19 numbers, says Toronto’s public health chief

Apr 4, 2022
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This Matters

Why you should take the sixth wave of COVID-19 seriously

Apr 6, 2022

Gta

Pain in my hips, a buzzing feeling in my face: These strange symptoms came with my run-in with ‘mild’ Omicron

Apr 8, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario’s top doctor rules out new mask mandates as COVID-19 infections skyrocket

Apr 11, 2022
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Gta

Province needs to give Toronto’s top doctor power to reimpose mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 data, says board of health

Apr 11, 2022
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Gta

Trustees from different Ontario boards to push for school mask mandates

Apr 11, 2022
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Heather Mallick: As Omicron rises, are things falling apart? Are we?

Apr 12, 2022

Gta

Ottawa school board votes to mandate masks, as TDSB appeals directly to students, parents

Apr 13, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario poised to extend mask rules for transit, hospitals and long-term care

Apr 14, 2022
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Star Columnists

Opinion

Bruce Arthur: Canada keeps travel mask mandates as U.S. rules vanish into thin air (sometimes in mid-flight)

Apr 19, 2022

Gta

‘Every man for himself’: Confusion reigns on how to behave in a pandemic wave void of guidelines

Apr 21, 2022
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Provincial Politics

Ontario extends mask mandate in some public settings to June 11

Apr 22, 2022
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Federal Politics

Ottawa grapples with echo of trucker convoy as biker rally descends on downtown core

Apr 30, 2022
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Federal Politics

Tory MP who opposes COVID-19 vaccination rules is escorted off Parliament Hill

Jun 3, 2022
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Gta

Ontario’s last mask mandate expires Saturday, but there are holdouts. Here are some of the places where you’ll still need to cover up

Jun 8, 2022
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Gta

Is a mask still worth it if you’re the only person wearing one?

Jun 11, 2022
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Gta

Most Ontario mask mandates expire Saturday. Here’s what you need to know

Jun 11, 2022
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Opinion

Heather Mallick: As the pandemic fades, the most beautiful sight is the human face

Jun 12, 2022
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