For the past four months, Soji Adesokun’s children have been eagerly asking when they would also be vaccinated against COVID-19. On Thursday, the wait ended when Ruth, 10, and Philip, 6, were among the first children in Toronto to get the plug at a school-based … Read More

Thanks to the pandemic, the best books this year were slow to print and hard to get hold of, although of course so are the worst books. (The worst is Jonathan Franzen’s “Crossroads” about the 1970s Midwestern Lutheran sincerity, uber-Franzen.) Look up these fine books, … Read More

This was not a good week for anyone hoping to cancel Dave Chappelle. Not unless the master plan includes seeing him get a Grammy nomination, which is what happened on Tuesday. Chappelle is a nominee in the Best Spoken Word Album category for last year’s … Read More

Finding the perfect Christmas tree for the top with flashing lights and festive ornaments will probably be harder this holiday season. “There will be an incredible shortage,” said Justin Noonan, owner of Trees On A Truck Inc., a GTA-based Christmas tree delivery service. Noonan said … Read More

OTTAWA — You did not necessarily want the job. Still, they searched. And now Amita Kuttner is interim leader of Canada’s troubled and divided Green Party. An astrophysicist from British Columbia, Kuttner is the first leader of a mainstream federal party to be trans. They … Read More

OTTAWA — You did not necessarily want the job. Still, they searched. And now Amita Kuttner is interim leader of Canada’s troubled and divided Green Party. An astrophysicist from British Columbia, Kuttner is the first leader of a mainstream federal party to be trans. They … Read More

While Ontario is trying to keep a resurgence of COVID-19 cases under control, new data from Public Health Ontario shows that only nine fully vaccinated individuals under 60 have ended up in the intensive care unit. The report paints the most detailed picture so far … Read More

Toronto entrepreneur Jordan Taylor rented a nice two-bedroom apartment for $ 3,000 a month while trying to figure out how he could pull enough of his savings together to buy into the real estate market. Then Taylor, 30, saw an ad on Instagram for Toronto’s … Read More

OTTAWA — The throne of opening Canada’s 44th Parliament is in the books. Here are five things that sum up one day with pandemic-subdued splendor on the Hill, and the speech to outline the Liberal government’s agenda for its third term in power. New Governor … Read More

Recording of COVID-19 Vaccine boosters among eligible Ontarians have been slow to launch, especially for individuals who recently qualified for a third dose, despite the wide availability of shots, according to new issues given to Star. The slow pace to date has experts warning that … Read More