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The Ontario government has passed a new law that prioritizes employees’ work-life balance. Announced on Tuesday, the “Working for Workers Act” requires Ontario businesses with 25 people or more to have a written policy outlining employees’ rights when it comes to disconnecting from their job at the end of the work day. Businesses will be required to create […]
Four members of a Muslim family of five in Canada were killed after being struck by a pickup truck in what police suspect to be a “planned, premeditated” attack, CBC reports. The driver, 20-year-old Nathaniel Veltman, has been charged with four counts of murder and one count of attempted murder after he mounted the curb and hit […]
Six people in Vaughan, Ontario were mistakenly injected with saline instead of a COVID-19 vaccine, say health officials. The incident occured on March 28 at the Mackenzie Health COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic, which is located at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, according to a statement issued Monday by Mackenzie Health. “Saline is used to dilute the COVID-19 vaccine prior […]
Ontario has the largest stockpile of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada, with 1.4 million doses currently unused. The numbers come from Canada’s Minister of Health Patty Hajdu, who tweeted stats on how many doses have been delivered and how many have been used as of April 5. Many Ontarians have expressed disappointment in this in conjunction with the province’s seemingly […]
Scavenger hunts are particularly useful if you need to keep children entertained. They don’t work so well if you’re trying celebrate historically oppressed people in a country with a long history of state racism. That’s what the government of the Durham Region in Ontario found out, after their Black History Month exercise was passed around for reasons they did […]
Over 99 possible new cases of the UK variant of COVID-19—also known as B.1.1.7.—have been identified in Ontario by the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit (SMDH). In a statement released Tuesday, medical officer of health Dr. Charles Gardner expressed concern that the B.1.1.7 variant—which is more contagious and transmissible—could be more widespread than health officials had initially […]
Now-former hospital CEO and Ontario COVID-19 advisory board member Dr. Tom Stewart is the one of the latest Canadian officials to lose positions after pursuing unnecessary travel in the Caribbean. Stewart has left his role as the CEO and president of St. Joseph’s Health System, according to a memo issued Thursday evening by the hospital system’s board […]
R&B singer Emanuel has clear and lofty goals for his music. He’s even written an artist’s manifesto about his 2020 EP series he’s calling Alt Therapy, and put it out into the universe. That’s not typical of most artists; maybe theirs is sitting privately on a nightstand or affixed to the fridge. “Alt Therapy. It represents so many things. It […]
If you’re sitting at home bored out of your mind and trying to get creative with activities to do while social distancing, hiking could be the perfect stress-relieving adventure for you. We’re super lucky to live in Canada, where we can find lush forestry, sparkling blue waters, and hair-raising horizons without even leaving the country. […]
You know that “bad guy” speech from Scarface? The one where Tony Montana is all like, “You need people like me”? Well, Francesca Farago really exudes that type of energy right now. The Canadian Instagram model is framed as the villain of Too Hot to Handle, Netflix’s latest dating reality show, basically from the first episode. And […]
