As soon as Lorna Yates had hung up her shovel on Monday, she realized she was facing a cool Catch-22. She had worked hard to dig the family car out of the snow bank in front of her house. But while she had freed her … Read More

Rodger Kotanko had just returned to his rural home and workshop in Simcoe, Ont., A short drive west of Port Dover, near Lake Erie, after doing some shopping with his wife, Jessie. She had just passed a driving test and needed a little encouragement. The … Read More

Toronto faces a budget gap of more than $ 1 billion in 2022 as the pandemic drags on much longer than expected and will soon have to know whether federal and provincial governments intend to fill it this year – and in the years to … Read More

The public health message is clear: stay home if you can, especially if you are ill. But as the Omicron variant puts significant pressure on Ontarios COVID-19 test capacity, important workers face a new challenge: how to prove they have caught the virus. That struggle … Read More

Christie Vickers simply does not know how her two daughters will cope through the next two weeks of online school. And the parent in the York region says she’s not sure how she’s going to pressure them to sign up for tuition, after the difficult … Read More

The city of Toronto has fired 461 employees for not getting at least two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, and the fate of a further 285 city workers hangs in the balance. The news comes as the city is planning the possibility of mass absenteeism from … Read More

Allyson Bradley and her daughters have turned the family dining room into a kind of classroom and make it ready for when school resumes Wednesday for online learning. The tabletop has been cleared of arts and crafts, leaving room for pencils, books and laptops, and … Read More

A failed politician, as a court in Ontario said, issued hate speech online and was due to begin serving an 18-month prison sentence for contempt, was arrested Tuesday morning after illegally crossing the Montana border from Saskatchewan, authorities say. Kevin Johnston, whose contempt judgment stemmed … Read More

The time is 21.00 on a Thursday evening. Dinner is eaten and the dishwasher is packed. Your nightly ritual has officially begun, starting with a hot cup of tea and the latest episode of “Succession” on your TV. As you sink into the sofa, your … Read More

Outrage and renewed calls to boycott the Winter Olympics in Beijing on Wednesday followed the news of the arrest of Canadian Denise Ho, a pop star and democracy advocate in Hong Kong, and others involved in an online publication on charges related to riots. Observers … Read More