NEW from @alexboutilier: Nepean MP @AryaCanada has apologized to constituents after his office sent private information about “hundreds” of voters to a mailing list of Conservative staffers. thestar.com/politics/feder…
.@AryaCanada’s office confirmed a staff member mistakenly sent information about constituents to a parliamentary mailing list of Conservative staff members. A source told the Star the mailing list included approximately 900 people. /2 thestar.com/politics/feder…
The @liberal_party MP likely won’t face any sanctions for the privacy breach, because politicians and political parties are largely not subject to Canadian privacy laws. /3 thestar.com/politics/feder…
“The message was immediately recalled, but some staffers had already opened the email,” @AryaCanada’s office wrote in a statement. “I would like to sincerely apologize for this mistake.” /5 thestar.com/politics/feder…
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The @MapleLeafs are among the clubs that have signed on.
“To use their voice, to share this message. Not just inclusion, but equity, specifically in hockey. And so that’s been really amazing to see the support of professional clubs,” Renee Hess says. /3 thestar.com/sports/hockey/…
The City of Toronto has applied for an injunction to stop a local carpenter from erecting small, wooden shelters on city-owned land meant to shelter the homeless through the winter. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
Local carpenter Khaleel Seivwright has attracted attention during the pandemic for building small, wooden shelters for people living outside. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
Speaking to the Star in November, Seivwright said the shelters cost roughly $1,000 a piece to build, and are designed to keep people warm. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
Kensington Gardens in downtown Toronto fared better than many other homes in the spring. But when the second wave arrived at its doors, the fear returned. torstar.co/Fbx450DEQL7
Through fall, the home had been reporting only one or two positive cases each week, usually in staff who had been infected in the community. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
The second wave has proven even deadlier than the first — an “unthinkable and catastrophic failure,” according to Sinai Health geriatrician Dr. Nathan Stall. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
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Abi was outgoing and gifted. He never made it to graduation. The 17-year-old’s death — and what followed at his high school — is part of a concerning problem. #GenerationDistress thestar.com/news/investiga…
Abi Arulpirarangah was described in memorial posts on social media as outgoing and independent, intellectually gifted and active in rugby and basketball.
“He was the type of kid you don’t really think about when you think about depression."
After Arulpirarangah died by suicide in 2019, his death triggered a ripple effect of suicidal ideation among students at the Brampton high school, uncovering a mental health problem deeper than the principal could have imagined. "The school was reeling."
Barry and Honey were killed in a “targeted” double murder late in the evening of Dec. 13, 2017. Toronto homicide detectives say the investigation is “active and ongoing.”
The Star has put together a short video about the Shermans and their family members. thestar.com/content/thesta…
'From humble beginnings to an empire: Barry and Honey Sherman’s family, heirs and succession battles'
NEW from @maywarren11: A new local study suggests a concerning rise in the B.1.1.7 COVID variant in the GTA, and predicts it will likely become dominant in the region before the end of the month. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“This new strain is transmitting very rapidly and it’s able to out-compete other strains that are circulating in Ontario,” said lead author Kevin A. Brown, a scientist at @PublicHealthON and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. /2 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
“We know from other parts of the world, and now in Ontario as well, that this variant is more transmissible than other variants, so we’re confirming that.” /3 thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…