“I would just like to commend you in public for honoring (sic) my face mask medical exemption on my flight today,” #antimask activist @chrissaccoccia1 tweeted.
Veteran industry analyst Fred Lazar said @airtransat — and other Canadian airlines — have little choice but to follow Transport Canada guidelines, even if it costs them potential business at a time when they can least afford it. thestar.com/business/2020/…
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In 2015, this CEO reduced his own wage from $1.1 million a year to $70,000 so he could implement a minimum salary of $70,000 for all his employees. When the pandemic hit, the employees proposed pay cuts, ultimately saving the company. How it happened: torstar.co/ZHGg50COkYr
In early April, Dan Price, one of the company founders and its CEO, convened the 200 employees for an urgent Zoom call, sharing with them the fact that the company was burning $1.5 million a month in cash. thestar.com/business/opini…
If it continued like this and no action was taken, Price warned, the company would run out of cash in just four months. Price declared that he has no intention to fire any employee, but he had to come up with a solution, and fast. thestar.com/business/opini…
A group of medical professionals say the Ontario government was unable to address inequities. So they've taken it in their own hands to start the South Asian COVID Task Force and are seeing results.
"In our short existence, we have aggressively promoted community testing, created social media posts in various South Asian languages that have gone viral, busted myths that are rampant in our communities," @SeemaMarwahaMD, @SabiVM, and @DrRGrewal write. thestar.com/opinion/contri…
"Organizations like ours need to exist because public health authorities can only address what they see. Until recently, Public Health of Ontario was not collecting any COVID-19 race based data. If you don’t see the problem, you can’t address the problem." thestar.com/opinion/contri…
NEW: Ontario Hospital Association calling on Premier Doug Ford to consider tougher lockdown restrictions. thestar.com/politics/provi…
Warning that a spike in infections after the Christmas holidays would overwhelm hospitals, the OHA said a broader four-week lockdown would help break chains of transmission and give the government time to “re-set and recalibrate” its pandemic strategy.
In 1884, Dr. William Osler gifted “four choice...skulls of British Columbian Indians” to a renowned German pathologist. The Star joined the effort to recover the remains of four Indigenous skulls.
Dr. @NavPersaud was one of the two doctors trying to track down skulls belonging to Indigenous people that were given away by Osler in 1884. Persaud also noted that Osler (who still has buildings named after him across Canada) had racist views. thestar.com/news/investiga…
We asked COVID experts from coast to coast how they’ll spend the holidays. Here are their ideas on how to enjoy the season safely thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
Families are separated across households, and sometimes continents, parties are cancelled, and virtual dinners interrupted by poor internet connections. But they have expert knowledge of the impact of gathering thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
The resounding message? The holidays aren’t cancelled. But they will be different. thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
#Breaking: Hundreds of Trinidadian migrant workers have been issued open work permits to stay in Canada after they found themselves stuck here, unable to return home after the harvest season, due to COVID-19 travel restrictions. torstar.co/S6M650CNbl2
The seasonal workers had been denied Canadian employment insurance benefits because their original work permits were tied to specific farm operators, meaning they weren’t available to work for others — a criteria upon which Employment and Social Development Canada insists.
At the eleventh hour on Tuesday, just before they ran out of legal status as their initial closed work permits expired, the Canadian immigration department issued a public policy to let the stranded workers apply for an open work permit. thestar.com/news/canada/20…