The Star's @maywarren11 was relieved to learn she had been exposed to #COVID19. Why? She believed she had the virus in March but didn't qualify then for a swab test to confirm. An antibody test confirmed she had indeed been hit with the virus thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
There has been a lot of interest in antibody tests. Not everyone who believed they were sick were tested for #COVID19. Also antibodies typically fight reinfection and hold clues about immunity. Could #COVID19 be a one time deal like chicken pox? thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
Health Canada-approved antibody tests are available — for a price, at private clinics in Ontario. But experts told @maywarren11: don’t assume you’re protected. You are not immune to #COVID19 after having it once. thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
A spin class. One COVID-19 positive participant with no symptoms. 51 cases.
It is believed to be one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks at any fitness centre in Canada, and could get even worse. torstar.co/pARp50BR61w
So far, 37 riders and two staff members have tested positive for novel coronavirus. 11additional secondary “household-spread” cases — exposures to contacts outside the studio, like family and friends of patrons — are also tied to the outbreak.
Nearly 350,000 documents were leaked to journalists, including the Star. They detail the empire of Canadian-born John W. Dick and an offshore trust company called La Hougue that pitched clients on investments with the promise of tax-free profits.
Pictured here, tens of thousands of documents, stacked in banker's boxes in a disused squash court on the grounds of a mansion on island of Jersey, thestar.com/news/investiga…
Instead of feeling sorry for themselves, one long-distance couple took on a battle against bureaucracy and public opinion to open up the government’s pandemic border response. #TheGoodsthestar.com/politics/feder…
Just as sniffly kids flooded Ontario’s COVID assessment centres after back-to-school, the province loosened symptom screening guidelines for schools and daycares. @rachelmendleson on the hard truth about runny noses and COVID in kids: thestar.com/news/canada/20…
What would it take to build a system that keeps sniffly kids carrying coronavirus out of schools? How worried should parents be about their stuffed-up children? Can Ontario solve the runny-nose problem? thestar.com/news/canada/20…
China has denied Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor have been “arbitrarily“ detained in response to Canada’s arrest of an executive of technology giant Huawei. torstar.co/jsom50BQh2c
The state of relations between Canada and China are likely more fraught than they have ever been. A number of issues stem from the Canadian arrest of Meng Wanzhou and the subsequent detaining of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor #ThisMatters#podcastthestar.com/podcasts/thism…
NEW: The union representing RCMP members is pushing back against a directive issued by management banning officers from wearing or displaying controversial “thin blue line” patches while on duty, calling them an “important and selfless” symbol. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
RCMP members across the country have been told in a memo they are no longer to wear or display symbols depicting a “subdued” Canadian flag with a blue stripe through it while on duty. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
The “thin blue line” symbol, which has been used for years by police officers as a sign of solidarity, has come under scrutiny by critics calling for major police reform. Some say such symbols create an us-versus-them mentality thestar.com/news/canada/20…