1 year after Canada’s first coronavirus case, the COVID-19 pandemic rages on
Monday marks one year since the first case of the virus that causes COVID-19 was confirmed in Canada, in a patient who came to Toronto's Sunnybrook Hospital…
Astronomers discover huge exoplanet has the density of cotton candy
Roughly 212 light years away in the Virgo constellation lies a super-large exoplanet that has astronomers revising their theory of how giant gas planets form.The exoplanet, called…
A year of coronavirus in Canada: A look back at what we’ve faced during the pandemic
It's been a roller-coaster ride for many of us during Canada's first year of the coronavirus pandemic from the first lockdown to the arrival of vaccines.Here's a…
Appalling incidents like the Keyon Harrold Jr. case happen to Black kids here too
This column is an opinion by Phillip Dwight Morgan, a Toronto-based freelance writer of Jamaican heritage. He is a director of the Conn Smythe Foundation. For more…
Copycat pot edibles that look like candy are poisoning kids, doctors say
Dr. Jane Pegg couldn't believe her eyes when she saw the pot edibles that had poisoned a two-year-old who had been rushed to the emergency room in…
10 arrested, 7 facing charges for Toronto anti-lockdown protests
Toronto police say they have arrested 10 people flouting provincial orders at anti-lockdown protests in the downtown core Saturday. In a news release late Saturday evening, police…
Erin O’Toole defends decision to back, then oust, Derek Sloan from Conservative caucus
Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said he was once willing to give his former leadership rival Derek Sloan the benefit of the doubt, but no longer.And he dismissed…
Male teen who worked at Ontario long-term care home has died of COVID-19, health unit says
A male teenager who worked at an Ontario long-term care home has died of COVID-19, the Middlesex-London public health unit said Saturday.Dan Flaherty, spokesperson for the Middlesex-London…
Montreal woman says mother with dementia accidentally given Pfizer vaccine after receiving dose of Moderna
A 97-year-old woman in Montreal may be the first person in Quebec to receive a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, albeit accidentally.Two weeks after receiving the…
Working from home during COVID-19? These accountants have tax tips
If you've been lucky enough to keep your job and work from home through the pandemic, chances are you'll have some new expenses to claim come tax…
‘Sidekick’ pet goat missing for 3rd time from southern Alberta home
Tinkerbell is a lot like a shadow — wherever her family goes, the little goat follows.But the Nigerian dwarf and Lamancha cross has gone missing from her…