Month: January 2021

Click:SWISS Cosmetic Device OTTAWA — Julie Payette has resigned as governor general following the completion of an investigation of workplace harassment allegations at Rideau Hall. Payette issued a statement Thursday confirming earlier reports that she would step down as the Queen’s representative in Canada. “I am a strong believer in the principles of natural justice, due…

A new report says Toronto’s rental apartment vacancy rate hit a record high in the fourth quarter of last year. Urbanation said Monday its survey of newer purpose-built rental apartment projects that have been completed in the city of Toronto since 2005 reported a vacancy rate of 5.7 per cent in the fourth quarter of…

After almost a year of death and isolation, everyone could use a bit of hope.  Retired Gen. Rick Hillier, who’s in charge of distributing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccines, said he’s clinging to stories of people receiving their shots.  “This is the only light in the COVID-19 tragedy right now,” he told reporters at Ontario Premier Doug…

Any sports fan knows that when the going gets tough, sometimes you have to get creative.  While movie theatres in British Columbia remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic until at least early February, one Vancouver institution has found a way to reopen — and all it took was a little teamwork, hustle and sportsmanship. …

OTTAWA ― The Bank of Canada says the national economy will go in reverse for the first quarter of 2021, hammering the hardest-hit workers again on the path to a recovery that rests on the rollout of vaccines. Workers in high-contact service industries will carry the burden of a new round of lockdowns, which the…

We hope it was a metaphor. Premier Doug Ford stole his own government’s thunder Tuesday when he offered some colourful advice on vaccine procurement to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. “Nothing is more important than getting these vaccines. If I was in his shoes … I’d be up that [Pfizer] guy’s ying yang so far with…

TORONTO ― More than 200,000 Canadian businesses could close permanently during the COVID-19 crisis, throwing millions of people out of work as the resurgence of the virus worsens across much of the country, according to new research. The Canadian Federation of Independent Business said Thursday one in six or about 181,000 Canadian small business owners…

Incoming U.S. president Joe Biden will be making a “serious economic and strategic error” that will damage Canada-U.S. relations if he revokes the construction permit for the Keystone XL pipeline this week, the Alberta premier says. “All we ask, at this point, is that president-elect Biden show Canada the respect to actually sit down and…

TORONTO — An enforcement blitz that uncovered numerous violations of COVID-19 prevention protocols across big-box retailers in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton areas will broaden its scope to include the rest of the province in the weeks ahead, the province’s labour minister said Sunday.  Monte McNaughton said the initial wave of inspectors combing retailers for…

TORONTO — It’s totally normal to have questions about any aspect of your health care. But when it comes to the COVID-19 vaccine, scientists and doctors don’t want the public to turn to random Facebook, Instagram and YouTube accounts for answers. So they’re stepping in.  Krishana Sankar is a doctoral researcher at the University of…