Skip to content

Beyond Local

COVID-19: Ontario ramping up rapid testing in schools, LTC in coming weeks

COVID-19: Ontario ramping up rapid testing in schools, LTC in coming weeks

Officials expect to have rapid testing in place in Toronto, Peel and York Region schools when they reopen next week
CANADA: Ottawa approves Air Canada's $190-million Transat purchase

CANADA: Ottawa approves Air Canada's $190-million Transat purchase

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced the approval Thursday evening just days before the deal's Feb. 15 deadline, saying the government concluded the purchase is in the public interest
ONTARIO: Stay-home order, vaccines needed to avoid third wave, new data indicates

ONTARIO: Stay-home order, vaccines needed to avoid third wave, new data indicates

Dr. David Williams said people should not take the gradual reopening as a sign that all public health rules will lift
COVID-19: Ontario's infection prevention team sidelined due to politics, commission hears

COVID-19: Ontario's infection prevention team sidelined due to politics, commission hears

Dr. Gary Garber, the former medical director of infection prevention and control at Public Health Ontario, testified last week that his department was asked to maintain a "low profile" in order to avoid  being "subsumed" by the newly created Ontario Health
COVID-19: Cineplex CEO says cinemas 'could help in a big way' as potential vaccination sites

COVID-19: Cineplex CEO says cinemas 'could help in a big way' as potential vaccination sites

With Cineplex's locations largely closed across the country, the theatre chain is looking for options as it grapples with a massive shutdown due to COVID-19 restrictions
COVID-19: Older caregivers struggling with extra burdens of home care

COVID-19: Older caregivers struggling with extra burdens of home care

Older caregivers report unprecedented and unrelenting levels of responsibility, stress and isolation due to COVID-19 and pandemic-related protocols
WORLD: Netflix plans to open an office in Canada and grow its relationship with its creators

WORLD: Netflix plans to open an office in Canada and grow its relationship with its creators

Two years ago, Netflix announced plans to set up a production hub in Toronto by leasing two studio spaces along the downtown industrial waterfront area
ONTARIO: Man charged after allegedly showing fraudulent COVID-19 test at Toronto airport

ONTARIO: Man charged after allegedly showing fraudulent COVID-19 test at Toronto airport

Police say it happened Monday evening at one of the airport's Canada Border Services Agency checkpoints
COVID-19: How the pandemic could transform non-profit organizations

COVID-19: How the pandemic could transform non-profit organizations

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how non-profit organizations operate and how they’re funded
CANADA: Internal data shows surge in harassment complaints at CRA, RCMP

CANADA: Internal data shows surge in harassment complaints at CRA, RCMP

The Canada Revenue Agency saw harassment complaints jump 82 per cent to 166 between 2016-17 and 2018-19