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ONTARIO: Groups want mandatory COVID shots for health-care workers

ONTARIO: Groups want mandatory COVID shots for health-care workers

The Ontario Medical Association and the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario made the calls on Friday, the day after Ford said he wouldn't mandate the vaccine for workers in any industry
WORLD: Toronto Blue Jays get government approval to return to Canada starting July 30

WORLD: Toronto Blue Jays get government approval to return to Canada starting July 30

The team said in a statement that it will begin playing home games at Rogers Centre again starting July 30 after receiving a so-called National Interest Exemption
BEYOND LOCAL: Tips for university-bound grads

BEYOND LOCAL: Tips for university-bound grads

Researchers have defined successful transition as the capacity to navigate change
BEYOND LOCAL: Workplaces must recognize the physical and emotional toll of pregnancy loss

BEYOND LOCAL: Workplaces must recognize the physical and emotional toll of pregnancy loss

The physical and psychological symptoms experienced during and after pregnancy loss can be profound, including trauma, heavy blood loss, fatigue, poor concentration and severe abdominal cramping
COVID-19: What profs learned when 80 experts, 300 alumni and 600 students showed up to a virtual course on pandemics

COVID-19: What profs learned when 80 experts, 300 alumni and 600 students showed up to a virtual course on pandemics

Would anyone want to spend more screen time talking about pandemics? Yes, learned an anthropologist, biologist and historian who developed a course on the topic
OPINION: Amid more shocking residential schools discoveries, non-Indigenous people must take action

OPINION: Amid more shocking residential schools discoveries, non-Indigenous people must take action

White settlers in particular may have a tendency to focus too much on themselves when confronted with racism and colonialism in terms of their self-education and political self-expression
BEYOND LOCAL: Does campus free speech extend to what students say online?

BEYOND LOCAL: Does campus free speech extend to what students say online?

Weighing unrestricted expression against fostering a tolerant public sphere will test the fundamental freedoms we cherish in our democratic society, prof says
COVID-19: Canadian government rejects virus shots in US border tunnel

COVID-19: Canadian government rejects virus shots in US border tunnel

More than 500,000 vaccine doses held by Michigan are set to expire by early August, however Canada Border Services Agency, Public Health Canada vetoed the idea due to health and safety reasons
CANADA: Cruise ships allowed to sail in Canadian waters starting Nov. 1

CANADA: Cruise ships allowed to sail in Canadian waters starting Nov. 1

Decision eliminates ban that was in place until the end of February 2022
ONTARIO: Videos capture Barrie tornado, woman's emotional return to damaged home

ONTARIO: Videos capture Barrie tornado, woman's emotional return to damaged home

Barrie City Councillor Natalie Harris shares her thoughts and emotions after returning to the scene of Thursday's tornado which blew the roof off her house