By Jason Lo Construction season began this week in the Old East Village with the closure of Dundas St. between Adelaide St. and English St. This is the second phase of a construction project that began last year, shutting down another portion of Dundas St. between English and Ontario St.Continue Reading
Photograph: © Library of Parliament. By Hélène Bigras-Dutrisac Former senators and gendered violence experts are denouncing the Canada’s new Senate harassment prevention policy implemented last month. Critics take issue with a confidentiality clause that limits the ability of people involved in a formal complaint from discussing it outside of theContinue Reading
By Colm Cobb The City of London, Ont. announced today in a media release the creation of six new “park and pick-up zones” intended to limit the number of tickets issued by city by-law officers to food delivery couriers. The new zones will include more than a dozen temporary parkingContinue Reading
By Kelly Wang London city council’s Civic Works Committee has voted to grant zero exemptions for any street that’s set to get a new sidewalk this summer, but the debate didn’t stop there. In the midst of Monday’s meeting, where 31 delegates gave their points-of-view, a new debate was formedContinue Reading
By Karis Chitty As countries in Europe pause vaccinations of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine due to safety concerns, Canada announced today that it has “expanded” its support for the shot. But the bad press the vaccine is receiving could have an effect on Canadians’ feelings about the safety of vaccines. ThatContinue Reading
By Alessia Passafiume On Monday morning, eligible seniors across Ontario faced long wait-times and technical issues when scheduling their vaccination appointments using the province’s new COVID-19 vaccine online booking portal. Seniors 80 and older booking their appointments through the portal received an error code saying their “form has been tamperedContinue Reading
By Monika Sidhu — Premier Doug Ford announced that the province would be officially launching the COVID-19 alert app today. The premier urged all those in Ontario to download the app for it to work as effectively as possible. According to Peter Bethlenfalvy, the president of the treasury board ofContinue Reading
By Eva Zhu Vancouver’s Pride Week events won’t be held in-person this year due to COVID-19, but a virtual celebration will be more impactful, says Anna Chernoff, a 23-year-old tea barista and a member of the LGBTQ+ community. Vancouver Pride Society’s (VPS) 2020 events schedule runs from July 27 toContinue Reading
By Mira Williamson Elementary students can return to class full-time in September, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Thursday. “We are going to get our kids back to school in a way that looks and feels as much as it used to,” said Ford. The Ontario government unveiled its plan toContinue Reading
By Vicky Qiao— The federal government will work to increase drug supply for COVID-19 treatment and keep researching vaccine candidates, said Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam Tuesday. At the federal briefing, reporters asked about remdesivir, an antiviral medication used to treat Canadians with severe COVID-19 symptoms. Dr.Continue Reading