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#StarExclusive: Uber broke the law when it penned a controversial deal to make the United Food and Commercial Workers union the “official representative” for drivers and couriers, a new complaint lodged at the provincial labour board alleges. thestar.com/news/investiga…
The deal announced earlier this year allows UFCW to represent Uber drivers in employment disputes but doesn’t provide workers with the full rights they would receive as formal union members.
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Under the agreement, drivers continue to be considered not as employees but independent contractors, a category that is excluded from most workplace protections including the right to fully unionize.
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#StarExclusive: Ontario hospitals have been forced to close their emergency departments more than 80 times this summer, representing more than 1,700 hours when people needing urgent care couldn’t get it in their communities.
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Closures across 17 hospitals were usually between 12 and 14 hours in duration. Some were for a full 24 hours. One ER had such a severe staffing shortage that it was forced to close for three weeks.
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“I never thought we would see the day where an emergency department would close here in Ontario,” said Dr. Rose Zacharias, a 20-year emergency physician and president of the Ontario Medical Association.
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#StarExclusive: Canada developing path to permanent residency for undocumented workers
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Canada’s undocumented workers could gain a new avenue to permanent residency through a program under development by the federal government to tackle the underground economy.
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It is a pivotal turning point for some of the 500,000 undocumented residents estimated to be in Canada.
Many work precarious and often exploitative jobs in construction, cleaning, caregiving, food processing and agriculture.
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Many work precarious and often exploitative jobs in construction, cleaning, caregiving, food processing and agriculture.
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#StarExclusive: Toronto voters won’t know the outcome of a conflict of interest complaint against Mayor John Tory before the upcoming election.
The Integrity Commissioner said there isn’t enough time to complete an investigation before Aug. 19. torstar.co/qbZq50Km8na
The Integrity Commissioner said there isn’t enough time to complete an investigation before Aug. 19. torstar.co/qbZq50Km8na
Integrity Commissioner Jonathan Batty has determined there’s not enough time to complete his investigation into the matter, which centres on the mayor’s ties to the Rogers corporation, before a provincially mandated deadline Friday. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
In a statement to the Star, complainant Adam Chaleff said he would ask the commissioner to relaunch his investigation after election day.
According to Chaleff, Batty has not yet interviewed him for the investigation. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
According to Chaleff, Batty has not yet interviewed him for the investigation. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
#StarExclusive: Ambulatory care shut down. Patients on stretchers for hours. No functional resuscitation area. A sick child unmonitored.
This is the picture of chaos over a weekend painted by 40 physicians at St. Joseph’s ER — one of Toronto’s busiest. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
This is the picture of chaos over a weekend painted by 40 physicians at St. Joseph’s ER — one of Toronto’s busiest. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
In a letter to hospital management and the heads of Unity Health, emergency doctors describe a system teetering on the brink as they express their “grave concern” with a lack of nurses and beds while pleading for help from Unity’s leadership.
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“The situation is a threat to patient safety, patient quality of medical care, and patient experience. We witness a demoralized, frustrated and burned-out staff. The department is routinely an unsafe space for professional practice as well.”
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#StarExclusive: Lower-income Ontarians continue to die of COVID-19 at much higher rates than those with higher incomes — a troubling pattern repeated in each of the province’s six pandemic waves, new data shows. torstar.co/SCso50JOx7u
Researchers at the University of Toronto have found that death rates from the virus in Ontario’s lowest-income neighbourhoods have been roughly double those in the province’s richest areas throughout the pandemic. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
“It begs the question: Among whom are we flattening the curve?” said Dr. Sharmistha Mishra, an infectious disease physician and mathematical modeller at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital.
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Analysis of death figures by researchers at the University of Toronto provided to the Star shows that since mid-December 2021, Omicron has been more deadly for Ontarians age 60 and over than the previous two waves combined.
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And while Omicron may present milder symptoms than previous variants at an individual level, the number of COVID deaths among Ontario seniors since Omicron became dominant—more than 3,700—challenges the narrative that the worst of the pandemic was over.
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When enough people get infected … we get a large number of people who get hospitalized, and who might die,” says Dr. Sharmistha Mishra, an infectious disease physician and mathematical modeller at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital.
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This teen hockey player dreamed of playing pro hockey.
Instead, he was arrested at gunpoint after years of relentless bullying at Kitchener’s Victus Academy, lawsuit alleges.
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Instead, he was arrested at gunpoint after years of relentless bullying at Kitchener’s Victus Academy, lawsuit alleges.
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The then 14-year-old hockey player, struggling with relentless bullying by teammates on his high school team, was on his way to an appointment with a sports psychologist when he was arrested.
DeCaluwe said he had no idea why he had been arrested.
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DeCaluwe said he had no idea why he had been arrested.
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The family would later learn that a social media post made by someone else using DeCaluwe’s name, suggested he was planning to kill classmates with firearms at Victus Academy, according to allegations in a lawsuit filed by the DeCaluwes.
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#StarExclusive: Toronto is reviewing what it pays city lifeguards after their union said below-standard wages are contributing to an aquatics staff shortage that has cancelled lessons for 1,140 swimmers. torstar.co/YsjH50JH34F
Toronto pays lifeguards $17.21 an hour, while swim instructors get $17.80 per hour. Lifeguard pay hasn’t kept up with inflation; it was $14.55 in 2011 and $13.71 in 2008. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
“Our pay really hasn’t gone up that much and it’s not really worth being a lifeguard right now,” says Annika Kapral, who decided not to return for another summer at a city pool. thestar.com/news/gta/2022/…
#StarExclusive: After 12 years at city hall, most of them leading Toronto council’s response to the crushing housing crisis, Ana Bailão says she won't be seeking re-election.
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The departure of the city’s highly respected housing advocate adds to the likelihood of a big council shakeup this fall. Veterans departing means there will be council races with no incumbents where politicians have served for decades.
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“I did all my writing and my meditation and was like, ‘Yeah, this is what feels right, what my heart is telling me,’” she said, adding she has nothing lined up but hopes to put her knowledge about affordable housing to use.
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#StarExclusive: Bedbug infestations, rodents, mould and toxic chemical exposures. These are among “concerning” unhealthy workplace conditions flagged by child-care workers from across Canada who took part in a new survey released Thursday.
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More than half of 2,000 people surveyed cited a lack of funding and 45% cited lack of support from government as challenges to improving environmental health.
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Don Giesbrecht, CEO of the Canadian Child Care Federation, said Ontario's five-year child-care deal with the federal government is a good opportunity to use findings from the survey to help guide the conversation and build better infrastructure.
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#StarExclusive: Toronto’s election season is soon to start. In at least one key ward, there will be a vacancy.
Former school board trustee Ausma Malik is ready to run again, and says Toronto city council needs to better reflect the city it represents.
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Former school board trustee Ausma Malik is ready to run again, and says Toronto city council needs to better reflect the city it represents.
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After the city lost its legal bid to overturn provincial legislation that altered the city’s election, Toronto will once again see a 25-mega-ward election that benefits longstanding councillors looking to keep a grip on their ward seats.
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Former TDSB trustee Ausma Malik ran a campaign of mutual support with Joe Cressy in 2018 to represent what was then a split ward in the core before Ford intervened. She dropped off the ballot after the ward she planned to run in was eliminated.
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#StarExclusive: Ottawa announces review of Canada’s competition law, with focus on wage fixing, deceptive pricing and ‘anti-consumer practices’
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This comes after growing calls for reform in recent years, with the Commissioner of Competition repeatedly saying the laws on anti-competitive markets and mergers should be updated and academics and researchers arguing for progressive changes.
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François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development told the Star the government wants to tackle issues such as collusion by employers to fix wages and the deceptive practice known as drip pricing. thestar.com/business/2022/…
#StarExclusive: Pizza Hut, one of the world’s largest pizza chains, is facing a $150 million class-action lawsuit in Canada for allegedly misclassifying its delivery drivers as independent contractors. torstar.co/bUSj50HEnga
The practice caused thousands of drivers at franchise locations across the country to lose out on basic rights like minimum wage and overtime pay, all while paying out of pocket for delivery-related expenses, the proposed class action claims.
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While Pizza Hut has recognized drivers “in the United States and other jurisdictions” as employees, it engaged in “systemic” misclassification by failing to do so in Canada — violating employment laws in multiple provinces, the statement of claims says.
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#StarExclusive: Canadians’ self-reported anxiety and depression are nearing levels not seen since May 2020, signalling the Omicron wave has taken a significant toll on the mental health and wellbeing of many as we enter the third year of the pandemic.
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The data comes from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health’s ninth national survey with technology company Delvinia on COVID-19 and the mental health of Canadians, conducted Jan. 7-11 — the final planned survey of its kind.
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The survey found a quarter of respondents felt moderate to severe anxiety levels, and 22 per cent reported feeling depressed occasionally or most of the time in the previous week.
More than a quarter of participants are also engaging in binge drinking.
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More than a quarter of participants are also engaging in binge drinking.
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#StarExclusive: The federal government plans to spend more than $1.5B on COVID-19 rapid tests, the Star has learned
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Canada will spend $1.5B on rapid tests directly and also on helping provinces with the logistics of distributing them, a federal source said on condition of anonymity.
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The federal government aims to respond to growing requests from provinces to make more use of rapid tests to quickly detect the new Omicron variant, which is highly contagious. thestar.com/politics/feder…
#StarExclusive: Canada’s outgoing ambassador to China revealed new details on the emotional flight that brought the ‘two Michaels’ home.
"When they walked into the room, that’s the first time they’ve seen each other. And … it was just emotional."
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"When they walked into the room, that’s the first time they’ve seen each other. And … it was just emotional."
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“They were full of vim and vigour,” Dominic Barton said. “They were talking and you know, just like a firehose, just ideas and what they were doing, and talking with each other.” thestar.com/politics/feder…
Barton said Kovrig and Spavor, who had known each other casually before their arrests and were aware of each other’s plight, saw each other for the first time just before the flight.
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“Them seeing each other was pretty special." thestar.com/politics/feder…
#StarExclusive: The Ontario government is making a big push to get young people to consider careers in the trades, dispatching recruiters to some 800 Ontario high schools and holding large fairs across the province to link students with jobs. thestar.com/politics/provi…
The push to promote skilled trades to students is an effort to stave off a looming shortage of workers in the fields, which can pay about $100,000 a year with benefits and pensions.
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Labour Minister Monte McNaughton and Education Minister Stephen Lecce are in Whitby Wednesday morning to announce details of $90 million in funding for the trades, boosting provincial spending in the area to $1.5 billion over the next four years.
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#StarExclusive: Staff on GO Transit and UP Express trains have been allowed to stay on the job without getting their COVID-19 shots, despite the provincial transit agency’s introduction of a vaccine mandate two weeks ago. torstar.co/vIsZ50GOlNn
Metrolinx, the Crown corporation that oversees GO bus and rail lines as well as the airport train service, announced Aug. 20 it would require all staff to get vaccinated against COVID-19. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
The policy, which was instituted under the direction of Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney, went into effect Nov. 1 and is supposed to apply to employees, contractors and anyone working on Metrolinx property.
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#StarExclusive: There have been big gains recently in the percentage of Ontario 12-year-olds fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but this cohort still lags behind older age groups and remains far below the provincial average.
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Children born in 2009 have double-dose rates of 68 per cent — the lowest among all Ontario youngsters between the ages of 12 and 17, Ministry of Health data shows.
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This most recent snapshot comes at a time when public health units are preparing to expand vaccine coverage to even younger kids, with Health Canada approval for five-to-11-year-olds expected this month. Experts suggest it may be an uphill battle. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
#StarExclusive: Insiders say Erin O’Toole has no easy way out as Conservatives prepare to meet amid battle over COVID-19 vaccinations. torstar.co/A6Ap50Gyhkc
Conservative MPs now have the power to force a vote on his leadership at any time, a right they granted themselves during their first get-together after last month’s election. thestar.com/politics/feder…
Three Conservative MPs said they have no doubt there are a number of caucus members who would sign on in an attempt to oust O’Toole, but believe it’s unlikely such a vote would succeed. thestar.com/politics/feder…
#StarExclusive: Edward Rogers fought plans to keep Raptors’ Masai Ujiri, but was thwarted by MLSE head, sources say.
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Story by @christinedobby and @SmithRaps.
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New details have emerged suggesting that behind the scenes the former chair of Rogers Communications Inc. tried to sabotage a high-performing executive with whom he had grown disenchanted. thestar.com/business/2021/…
After weeks of negotiations that began in mid-July, both MLSE chair Tanenbaum and Bell were on board with offering Ujiri a sweetened package that included incentive pay tied to a future increase in value of the Raptors. thestar.com/business/2021/…
#StarExclusive: Ontario labour minister says new temp agency laws will end working conditions he describes as akin to "modern-day slavery"
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Temporary help agencies and recruiters will soon need to be licensed and vetted by the province to operate, in an effort to improve accountability and enforcement in a sector known for widespread violations. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
New labour legislation expected to be announced Monday will, if passed, give workers “unprecedented protection and security,” Labour Minister Monte McNaughton said. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
#StarExclusive: An Ontario cabinet minister used a controversial new election advertising law to try to handcuff at least three grassroots organizations — including two in his riding that are fighting the province’s decision to build a new prison. torstar.co/gL6150GsJcL
Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark filed a complaint with Elections Ontario last month, targeting two small community organizations in Kemptville.
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Clark alleged they were “conducting unregistered third party political advertising” by sending out mailers and putting up lawn signs to bring attention to a proposed prison planned for the eastern Ontario community of 4,000, the Star has learned.
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