Air Canada’s top executives and management received $10 million in bonuses and stock awards to compensate for salary cuts over the past year. torstar.co/6mM250F0hx8
The company said it was providing a “COVID-19 Pandemic Mitigation Bonus” to executives and management for their “exceptional performance” during the pandemic. thestar.com/business/2021/…
The board of directors approved $20 million in awards, but has only distributed half.
The payout comes after a disastrous fiscal year for the company that culminated in a major bailout package from the federal government. thestar.com/business/2021/…
Air Canada reported an operating loss of nearly $3.8 billion after passenger travel declined 73 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic. thestar.com/business/2021/…
The company had also been withholding refunds for passengers whose flights were cancelled in early 2020, due to the pandemic.
Those funds were returned over a year later, after Ottawa agreed to a $5.9 billion aid package for the company in April. thestar.com/business/2021/…
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Behind Ontario's rapidly falling daily case counts lies a concerning pattern that suggests a new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19 is poised to take over from the one that fuelled the province’s third wave, experts say.
Now, as we see a decline in B.1.1.7, “what’s filling the void is probably all B.1.617,” @BogochIsaac said. “It’s here. It’s spreading. It’s important to recognize and it just means that we’ve got to hustle on getting second doses of vaccines out.”
NEW from @alex_mckeen and @alex_n_boyd: The mass grave of 215 children in Kamloops, B.C., was brought to light through a technology called ground-penetrating radar, a tool some hope has the potential to uncover other burial sites across the country. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
While the Tk’emlups te Secwépemc First Nation has not disclosed who did the work that found the 215 children, there are a handful of experts in the country using this technology to find gravesites.
The process of finding unmarked graves can be profound — and certain First Nations communities across Canada are calling for funds for such searches on a wider scale. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
A federal vaccine advisory panel has changed its guidance on “mismatched” COVID-19 vaccines, giving provinces the green light to offer Canadians different vaccine combinations for first and second doses. thestar.com/politics/feder…
The advice means Canadians can now have a vaccine cocktail.
Those who initially got the AstraZeneca vaccine or its India-made COVISHIELD brand can follow up with an mRNA vaccine — either Pfizer-BioNTech’s or Moderna’s — as a second shot. thestar.com/politics/feder…
Those who got first doses of either mRNA vaccine — from Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech — may also receive either company’s vaccine as a second dose.
The option to stick with the same vaccine for first and second shots will remain. thestar.com/politics/feder…
While sources close to the premier said Ford wanted children back in classrooms for the first time since mid-April, public health officials have warned him that can only occur if the broader opening of the economy is delayed. thestar.com/politics/provi…
On Monday night, the cabinet’s policy and priorities committee recommended keeping students learning online from home because the school year ends in a few weeks.
“This way we can still save summer sports and summer camps for kids,” the insider said. thestar.com/politics/provi…
Lyle Keewatin Richards, the child of a residential school survivor, is part of a group trying to preserve an unmarked cemetery near the former Red Deer Industrial School in Alberta. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
Toronto’s rising wave of vaccinations has some age groups nearing 80 per cent with at least one dose, as COVID-19 vaccine shipments are set to jump again. torstar.co/Yuqc50EZvXW
The city released new data Monday as Torontonians aged 80 and older started to book second-dose appointments at city clinics. thestar.com/news/city_hall…
Experts say recent first-dose success needs to quickly lead to full-vaccination saturation to protect Ontarians from new virus variants and end the pandemic. thestar.com/news/city_hall…