Unionized health-care employees staged an anti-racism protest Tuesday after construction workers repeatedly found nooses this year at Michael Garron Hospital in East York.
The demonstration comes after a third racist incident in the span of four months on the site where an extension to the hospital is being built.
According to the model, if a vaccine becomes available in January 2021 or shortly after, it should be given to people 60 and older first since they have the highest death rate from COVID-19.
The league previously stated that Dec. 1 was the target date for beginning the 2020-21 season.
The NBA has said it will not begin its season until January at the earliest.
The 2019-20 regular season was cut short in March due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.
After a five-year-long trial, the Greek court on Wednesday found members of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn guilty of murder and assault. The neo-Nazi group's leader was convicted of running a criminal organization.
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Bill-C-75 — An Act to Amend the Criminal Code — came into effect on Sept. 19, 2019. The legislation modified the jury selection procedure under the Criminal Code by eliminating the right of Crown and defence to make "peremptory challenges" — to object to a proposed juror without stating a reason.
"As everyone knows, it's been a challenging week, and virtual dinners -- although less appealing -- rather than an in-person gathering can make a difference in reducing the spread of COVID," Hajdu said.
"We believe one special committee, that is focused on these allegations, is the best way to proceed because otherwise what we’ve got not only is duplication but also potentially gaping holes between the various committees studying this at various times," Julian said
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh had said his party would support the speech after winning some key changes to legislation last week setting up new benefits for workers left jobless or underemployed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Air Canada is pushing to drop the 14-day mandatory quarantine period for travellers returning to the country in favour of a test-based approach despite multiple flights still landing in the country with COVID-19 positive passengers.
The figures show some lower-income, racialized communities, particularly in the city's northwest, are seeing infection rates of 10 per cent and higher. The Toronto Star reported Weston and Finch, Sheppard and Jane and Lawrence and Keele are three of the four areas that are seeing infection rates of 10 per cent or more.
Balog said the crash happened in an instant. He lost consciousness and woke up to find the car in a ditch. Paramedics were there and they loaded him and his mother into an ambulance.
“She couldn’t speak to me. I don’t think she ever regained consciousness and I never actually saw her again.”