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COVID-19: Families want visitor rules relaxed in highly vaccinated Ontario long-term care homes

COVID-19: Families want visitor rules relaxed in highly vaccinated Ontario long-term care homes

Loved ones are arguing that overly cautious policies are keeping them from visiting outdoors with lonely relatives who've been struggling with isolation for over a year
CANADA: Feds looking for 2,000 new energy auditors to get home retrofit program going

CANADA: Feds looking for 2,000 new energy auditors to get home retrofit program going

Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan says the government will provide up to $10 million in contracts to recruit, train and mentor 2,000 energy advisers to advise people how to cut their home energy use
ONTARIO: Reopening outdoor recreational sites should focus on equity, access, advocates say

ONTARIO: Reopening outdoor recreational sites should focus on equity, access, advocates say

Several doctors have given golf, many other outdoor activities the green light because 'the risk of transmitting COVID-19 while outside is low'
CANADA: Poll recipients divided on sending Team Canada athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games

CANADA: Poll recipients divided on sending Team Canada athletes to the Tokyo Olympic Games

Forty-two per cent of those surveyed said they don't think Canadian athletes should compete in the Tokyo Games, while 39 per cent said Team Canada should attend
CANADA: Country's vaccine rollout operation won't miss a beat with new military leader, expert says

CANADA: Country's vaccine rollout operation won't miss a beat with new military leader, expert says

Reassignment of Maj-Gen. Dany Fortin 'won't slow down the rollout because the military always has a second in command ready to step in to get the job done,' says Queen's University professor
BEYOND LOCAL: A national online mental health portal had 1.2 million users in its first year. Is Wellness Together Canada here to stay?

BEYOND LOCAL: A national online mental health portal had 1.2 million users in its first year. Is Wellness Together Canada here to stay?

Almost a quarter of users said they would not have accessed mental health or substance-use care if the website didn’t exist, according to data provided to the Star by Health Canada
BEYOND LOCAL: Study suggests neonic pesticides harming monarch butterfly eggs

BEYOND LOCAL: Study suggests neonic pesticides harming monarch butterfly eggs

University of Guelph researcher Ryan Norris conducted one of the first real-world studies on monarch butterflies and so-called neonic pesticides. He says the chemical seems to reduce the number of eggs that successfully hatch
CANADA: Maj-Gen. Dany Fortin leaves vaccine rollout post pending military investigation

CANADA: Maj-Gen. Dany Fortin leaves vaccine rollout post pending military investigation

The announcement was made in a release on Friday evening with no further information on the nature of the investigation
CANADA: Federal officials lay out roadmap for post-vaccine life as third wave ebbs

CANADA: Federal officials lay out roadmap for post-vaccine life as third wave ebbs

Tam says at least 75 per cent of eligible adults have to be fully immunized in order for in-person learning at colleges, as well as indoor sports and large family gatherings, to safely resume in the fall
CANADA: Feds should engage UN racism group, though chair independence a question, expert says

CANADA: Feds should engage UN racism group, though chair independence a question, expert says

John Packer, who has carried out human rights inquiries for the UN and is a law professor at the University of Ottawa, said Ottawa should address questions regarding violence inflicted on the Sipekne'katik First Nation during a lobster harvest last fall off southwestern Nova Scotia