Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he doesn’t want to see the border with the United States opened after July 21, considering the resurgence in COVID-19 cases in many U.S. states. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has extended a ban on non-essential travel between the two countries until at least July 21, and Ford says even lifting the ban after that seems […]
Astronomers using European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) have captured the birth of a planet around a star 520 light-years away. The image might not look like much at first glance. But among the swirling clouds of dust and gas is a little twist. That twist, astronomers hypothesize, is evidence of a planet forming as it rotates […]
Rosette Okala was expecting her Rogers bill to be higher last month — because she’s working from home during the pandemic and doesn’t have unlimited internet — but not hundreds of dollars higher. It shot from about $ 160 per month to $ 540. “I almost dropped,” said Okala, a pharmaceutical employee whose job requires being online. […]
In a freshly painted room in the Annex, toy dinosaurs stand lined up on a bookshelf, a brightly-coloured rug covers the floor, and a guitar hangs at the ready on the wall. The only thing missing are the families that Tennyson Miller and Kylie Precepa hoped would fill the space once they opened for business. […]
The Ontario government is extending its COVID-19 emergency orders until April 23 — and adding some new ones — as the provincial case count rises by 411 people to 6,648. The government also reported on Saturday that 253 people have died of the virus in Ontario. A total of 2,858 people in the province have recovered, the […]
New Toronto Argonauts head coach Ryan Dinwiddie likes what he’s seen on tape from veteran quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson. Bethel-Thompson was just 4-9 as Toronto’s starter last season but guided the Argos (4-14) to all of their 2019 victories, three coming against the 3-15 Ottawa Redblacks. But Dinwiddie, who Toronto hired last month after Corey Chamblin […]
TORONTO—It may be looking for a silver lining, but Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney says Alejandro Pozuelo missing Sunday’s visit by the San Jose Earthquakes may not be such a bad thing. The Spanish playmaker, suspended in the wake of two ill-tempered yellows cards in the 3-0 weekend loss at Salt Lake City, has not […]
A Law Society of Ontario service that deals with harassment and discrimination by lawyers and paralegals saw a 50 per cent increase in complaints in the first half of 2018 compared to the last six months of 2017. “I believe we’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg,” said lawyer Lai-King Hum, one of the […]
The number of federal public servants fired for misconduct or incompetence has risen sharply in recent years, according to figures obtained by CBC News. The government sacked 1,316 full-time public servants between 2005-06 and 2015-16 — 726 of them for misconduct and 590 for incompetence or incapacity. An additional 862 were let go before they […]
If the life of Stan Lee were turned into a superhero movie, it would be difficult to tell the good guys from the bad. A battle over the Marvel Comics legend’s legacy is underway, featuring a cast of characters whose competing agendas make the plot of Avengers: Infinity War look simple by comparison. A man […]