Grassroots Liberals have overwhelmingly endorsed a resolution calling on the federal government to develop and implement a universal basic income — despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s apparent lack of enthusiasm for the idea. The resolution, co-sponsored by the Liberal caucus, passed by a vote of 491-85 Saturday at the governing party’s virtual convention.Continue Reading
A Toronto critical care doctor says that Ontario’s stay-at-home order does not address the root cause of COVID-19 hospitalizations—adding that in the third wave of the pandemic, a person under the age of 50 is dying on average every 2.8 days. Dr. Michael Warner, medical director of critical care atContinue Reading
TORONTO — People without a valid Ontario health card have been excluded from booking an appointment at any of Toronto’s mass vaccination clinics for the time being, a situation that at last one public health expert says is a barrier to access that we “just cannot afford” right now. Toronto’sContinue Reading
Ikea has announced it will close its five Ontario stores to in-person shopping after the province issued a stay-at-home order. The stores in Burlington, Etobicoke, Ottawa, North York and Vaughan will close to customers as of April 8. Click and Collect, Home Delivery and Remote Planning services will continue to beContinue Reading
Honourable Senators, I would like to rise to speak out against the surge of hate that has done significant harm to Canada’s Asian community. Diversity is one of Canada’s greatest strengths. Countries around the world look to us as a model of inclusiveness. This, in turn, has made our nation oneContinue Reading
Markham — Bob Saroya, Member of Parliament for Markham-Unionville, today expressed disgust and sadness at the string of “hate-motivated” assaults in the York region against the Asian community. He issued the following statement. “The huge rise of Anti-Asian racism brought on by COVID-19 has been shocking. Racists have been emboldenedContinue Reading
Asian Canadian women, communities, organi・zati ons, and allies are comi ng together for a Solidarity Rally Against Anti-Asia n Racism on March 28, 2021, 2:00 p.m・ at Nathan Philips Square, Toronto. This rally is organized by Asian Canadian Labour Alliance (ACLA), Butterfly, Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice (CCNC・SJ),Continue Reading
On March 1, and continuing through May, Meng Wanzhou will return to the British Columbia Supreme Court. During this next phase of extradition proceedings, the court will hear arguments related to the four branches of abuse of process raised by Ms. Meng’s counsel — including political motivation, unlawful detention, materialContinue Reading
Just as in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” a monolith has appeared. This time, though, it showed up near the 12th hole of a St. Catharines golf course. The piece of art, standing about three metres in height, appeared at Rockway Vineyards Golf Course sometime during the last week. JordanContinue Reading
The testing of asymptomatic students and staff at a school in East York has resulted in 19 additional cases of COVID-19. In a letter sent to parents on Sunday, the principal of Thorncliffe Park Public School said Toronto Public Health (TPH) notified the school of the cases after 433 testsContinue Reading
