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Introducing RAT Tracker—a citizen-powered tool for anonymous reporting of rapid antigen test results for Toronto students. The data collected will fill a gap in our understanding of Omicron’s spread and inform the COVID-19 situation at each Toronto school.
Olivia Chow is going to be Toronto's first racialized mayor, first woman in the role since amalgamation, and first progressive in more than a decade. In a tight race, Chow won by a 5% lead, or 33,000 votes. Here's a breakdown of her win across the city:
In the five Toronto neighbourhoods worst-hit by COVID, all in the northwest, there are no pharmacies offering vaccines. The five neighbourhoods with the fewest infections have 12. @royinori on how COVID hot-spots have become vaccine deserts. thelocal.to/plenty-of-phar…
In collaboration with researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital, The Local has produced the first-ever neighbourhood-level analysis of life expectancy at birth in Toronto. The results are striking.
We congratulate the team behind the Thorncliffe Park vaccine clinic who administered a record-breaking 10,470 doses yesterday. Here are photos from the final hour (from @taimhuynh).
Before it was slated to become a spa, Ontario Place was home to a bold experiment in children's design that, for a brief moment, promised to revolutionize the way kids play. #LocalArchives
It takes only 30 seconds to complete and asks for four pieces of information: date of test, age, result, and school. If you would like to contribute, please fill out RAT Tracker here.
Nearly 100 of Ontario’s embattled care homes are run by third-party operators. Analysis by The Local has found that death rates at facilities outsourced to Extendicare, the largest operator in Ontario, are 81 percent higher than the industry average.
Please share RAT Tracker as widely as possible. The more contributors we have, the better the data and the more information parents, students and education staff have regarding the safety of Toronto's public schools.
We're proud to announce that Fatima Syed's groundbreaking coverage of the pandemic in Peel has been awarded the 2022 Press Freedom Award by World Press Freedom Canada. The prize was jointly awarded to @fatimabsyed and our editor-in-chief @taimhuynh.
📢Reintroducing Candidate Tracker: the only place to find reported, fact-checked biographies, platforms, and voting record analysis for every candidate running for Toronto mayor. With regular updates until voting day, bookmark it now. #TOpoli
The closure of the Ontario Science Centre, @AlisonMotluk writes, was a murder. Then devastated staff were given four months to dispose of the body. The former Science Centre employee takes readers inside the final days of a beloved institution.