Your questions about Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan, answered
Exploring the likelihood of vaccinations before in-person classes
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Volume 63 Issue 11
City of Toronto issues injunction over tiny shelters
Homelessness is a systemic issue in Toronto, yet the city seems focused on upholding a facade of authority in lieu of saving lives. While the city has a shelter system of 7,000 beds, over 10,000 individuals are experiencing homeless each night; Toronto lacks adequate capacity to securely house its population. One carpenter, Khaleel Seivwright, has
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A look inside funeral homes during COVID-19
Recently, The Strand spoke with Jay Figures, a former funeral industry worker, about the condition of funeral homes and his own experience during the COVID-19 pandemic. The government of Ontario has introduced general funeral industry safety measures during the pandemic, and funeral industry workers are included in Ontario’s second phase of the vaccine rollout. Still,
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Time is ticking: CUPE 3902 files “No Board” report
The countdown is on until Unit 1 of CUPE 3902 can legally go on strike after the Union filed a “No Board” report on February 26, 2021. This comes after members overwhelmingly voted “Yes” to a Strike Mandate on February 17, 2021. Unit 1 of CUPE 3902 represents over 8,000 teaching assistants, course instructors, tutors,
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Do you dislike BTS because of their music or because they’re not white?
How some criticisms of BTS reflect misogyny and pandemic-exacerbated-xenophobia
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Determined dancers, passionate singers, and zombified actors at Vic
How Victoria College’s performance arts clubs celebrated culture in an era of social distancing
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Spring will come again
On March 8, 2021, Justin Trudeau declared March 11, 2021 as “a National Day of Observance to commemorate the people who lost their lives and the significant impacts we have all felt because of COVID-19”. Trudeau’s response to the pandemic, however, is evidently a major factor in the death of some 22,000 people and growing.
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