Doug Ford Announces New Updates on Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Plans
Premier Doug Ford will make an announcement this afternoon about Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine plan. Ford will sit with General Rick Hillier, chair of the COVID-19 vaccine task force, Health Minister Christine Elliott, and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones. According to Elliott, Ontario will receive 1.6 million doses of the vaccine from Pfizer and 800,000 from Moderna […]
Ontario Reveals its Coronavirus Vaccine Task Force
On Friday, the Ontario government released its COVID-19 vaccine task force. According to Doug Ford, the team has been finalized to ensure the province will be ready to distribute the vaccine. Mark Saunders, Toronto’s former police chief, has been chosen as one of the team’s 9 people. The task force team includes medical, logistics, information […]
Satellite Trackers Help Map Plastic Pollution to the Ocean
A research team at the University of Exeter in the U.K. is trying to answer how plastic ends up in the ocean and how it gets there by using satellite tags. The research team places satellite tags inside plastic bottles to see how plastic travels through rivers and eventually ends up in the ocean. The […]
Canada’s Labour Market Adds 62,000 Jobs
According to Statistics Canada, in November, the economy added 62,000 jobs and 84,000 in October, as the market recovered from the pandemic’s impacts. Unemployment went down to 8.5 per cent from 8.9 per cent in October. Employment went up by 0.3 per cent in November, which is lower than the 0.5 per cent in October. […]
2020 Holiday Work Parties Look Different Due to COVID-19
December Holiday season is here, and Rogers Communication Inc. staff usually transform the Rogers Centre into a big carnival. 8,000 employees and their families are invited to thank them for a year of hard work. Although this year the ballpark sits empty, the festivities have not been cancelled. The elves will be hard at work, […]
Carbon Emission Surges During Ford’s First Year as Premier
For the first time in nearly a decade, greenhouse gas emissions rose during the first year the Ford government was in control. According to a new report released on Thursday, this is a sign that the province’s climate change targets are at risk. Sarah Buchanan, clean economy program manager for Environmental Defense, explained that the […]
Canadian Military Releases Plan to help with COVID-19 vaccine Rollout
Last week, the Canadian Armed Forces received orders to start planning for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The military’s top commander says the force will be ready since preparations have been in motion since a while back. The chief of the defense staff, Gen. Jonathan Vance, gave the order, which details how the military expects […]
University of Toronto Students Dissatisfied with Mental Health Services
In the hope that some institutional changes within the administration happen, students at the University of Toronto are opening up about their mental health struggles. Maddie Diab, a recent graduate, said, “The mental health situation was a problem on campus before the pandemic began, and will still be a problem after the pandemic unless institutional […]
Home Sales in the GTA surge 24.3 Per Cent
According to the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board, November home sales in the GTA went up 24.3 per cent. In November, the board said that there were a total of 8,766 homes sold, a surge from the 7,054 homes sold in November 2019. The average home sale price was $955,615, which was higher than the […]
York Region Might be Headed for Lockdown
York Region might soon join Toronto and Peel in the provincial grey zone. According to the latest numbers, the region might be in worse shape than some of its GTA peers when they entered the lockdown 2 weeks ago. The Toronto Star says that the region’s infection rate is higher than Toronto’s was when it […]