Ontario COVID hospitalizations and ICU cases continue to trend lower – Toronto Star

Of the people hospitalized, 53.7 per cent were admitted for COVID-19 and 46.3 per cent were admitted for other reasons but have since tested positive. 31, 2021, case counts – reported at 2,907 on Friday, down 9.2 per cent from the previous day – are also not considered an accurate assessment of how widespread COVID-19 […]

Cannabis’s boom-bust cycle has a hidden victim: workers – Toronto Star

The $80 million bank loan to finance PharmHouse’s venture was, in 2019, amongst the largest ever offered in the cannabis industry. Now, a group of farm workers is fighting to recover thousands of dollars in unpaid entitlements, according to documents recently provided to PharmHouse’s insolvency proceedings. Former PharmHouse worker O’Niel Robinson has lodged a claim […]

Tax credits for carbon capture projects will just encourage more carbon emissions – Toronto Star

On Jan. 19, more than 400 Canadian scientists and energy experts wrote to Chrystia Freeland, the federal finance minister, and two of her cabinet colleagues urging the Trudeau government to scrap a forthcoming tax credit designed to hasten CCUS development. The report found that since it went into production, in 2015, Quest has prevented about […]

Vince’s Market raises $25000 for Southlake mental health program – Toronto Star

Every year, Vince’s Market raises money for a community initiative. Southlake Foundation’s Better Begins Today campaign is a $7.5 million campaign to support the surging demand for treatment that will be addressed with a newly built Emergent Mental Health Assessment Unit and a new 12-bed adult inpatient unit, along with other site improvements. “Even before […]

The strange, uneven state of the job market in Oakville, Burlington, Milton and Halton Hills | The Star

The unprecedented disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic impacted both individual job seekers and major corporations alike, and the full effect likely won’t be understood for years to come. A number of them are closing their doors and other ones are just barely holding on,” said Terry Caddo, president of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce. In […]

In last year’s red hot real estate market, these were the top 5 questions from buyers and …

During a bidding war, the listing brokerage must disclose the number of active offers on a property, whether any of the buyers are represented by the listing brokerage, and whether any offers include an adjustment to the commission the seller would pay the buyer’s brokerage. Sellers are not required to choose the highest-priced offer. However, […]