Ontario COVID-19 deaths jump past 100; caseload more than 4,000
TORONTO — Another 25 people in Ontario have succumbed to COVID-19, bringing the provincial death toll for those who have tested positive for the virus to...
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO — Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week:
Business outlook
The Bank of Canada will release its business...
Bars, cannabis sector eligible for $40B credit program from government bank
TORONTO — Devastated bars and lounges as well as the country’s hard-hit cannabis sector will have access to $40 billion in new credit being made...
Parents, teachers say transition to e-learning will be a learning process
TORONTO — As children in elementary schools prepare for online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and parents say it’ll be an imperfect process as they figure...
Pandemic has shunted aside an array of Liberal initiatives, at least for now
OTTAWA — As a new year dawned, the government’s throne-speech commitments, unfurled just weeks earlier, were grabbing headlines and galvanizing the attention of federal policy-makers.
Then...
Ontario strikes deal with educational workers; urges two others to talk
TORONTO — Educational workers have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement with the Ontario government.
Education Minister Stephen Lecce announced the proposed deal in a...
The inexact science involved in predicting the likely path of COVID-19
TORONTO — Data experts are cautioning already on-edge Canadians against taking Ontario’s dire predictions about COVID-19 deaths literally, even as the revelation of stark data coincided with more physical distancing...
More reductions in bus service for Georgina: York Region Transit
By: Mike Anderson
York Region Transit is announcing further reductions to its bus service in Georgina, effective Sunday, April 5
"With additional closures and more people...
Ontario sees 27 more COVID deaths as cases jump; 94 now dead from pandemic
TORONTO — Another 27 people with COVID-19 have died in Ontario, where the total number of cases surged to at least 3,630 as another provincewide...
Essential workers talk about how COVID-19 affects them
Health-care workers, grocery store staff, transit drivers and food delivery workers are among those being hailed as heroes for providing much-needed services amid the COVID-19...
