Global Toronto Headlines: Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021

Email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser Follow us:   Daily Headlines December 30, 2021     HEALTH December 30, 2021 10:27 am December 30, 2021 10:27 am Ontario shatters previous single-day record with almost 14,000 new COVID cases Test positivity hit 30.5 per cent meaning almost 1 in 3 tests are coming back positive for COVID — the highest ever seen. Continue reading → HEALTH December 30, 2021 11:38 am December 30, 2021 11:38 am Omicron is less severe than Delta Ontario study suggests as COVID cases rise across Canada In the study, Public Health Ontario compared Omicron cases with symptoms with Delta cases and found that the risk of hospitalization or death was 54 per cent lower with Omicron. Continue reading → HEALTH December 30, 2021 9:07 am December 30, 2021 9:07 am Ontario to push back start of school to Jan. 5 amid Omicron: source Ontario will push back the return to school to Wednesday, according to a senior government source. Continue reading → AD CANADA December 30, 2021 9:52 am December 30, 2021 9:52 am Canadian Denise Ho released on bail after Hong Kong police raid Stand News Denise Ho, a pop star and activist who serves as a member of the board of Stand News, was released on bail pending further investigation. Continue reading → HEALTH December 30, 2021 1:06 pm December 30, 2021 1:06 pm Manitoba health officials give briefing on COVID-19 planning Manitoba’s chief nursing officer will be joined by other health officials to give an update on the province’s COVID-19 planning Thursday. Continue reading → CANADA December 29, 2021 4:49 pm December 29, 2021 4:49 pm Canada Pension Plan premiums are going up more than planned. Here’s what we know Like last year, contributions are going up again by more than originally planned, and the reason again lies with the unique impacts of the pandemic on the labour market. Continue reading → AD TRENDING December 7, 2021 2:21 pm December 7, 2021 2:21 pm Suicide pods being developed in Switzerland, providing users with a painless death The sarco pods allow users to push a button from the inside, which floods the interior with nitrogen, lowering the oxygen level, killing the user painlessly. Continue reading → ENTERTAINMENT December 30, 2021 8:30 am December 30, 2021 8:30 am Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2021 From Norm Macdonald to Michael K. Williams to Jessica Walter, we lost many stars in 2021. Continue reading → HEALTH December 29, 2021 3:16 pm December 29, 2021 3:16 pm Hundreds of doctors sign letter urging Ford government to keep Ontario schools open The doctors are recommending protecting in-school attendance by using a ‘test-to-stay’ strategy, in a letter signed by hundreds of Ontario physicians. Continue reading → AD   This email was sent to globalnews@quicklydone.com Why did I get this?  |  Manage my subscription  |  Unsubscribe here © Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc., 2021. All rights reserved. Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus Quay. 25 Dockside Drive, Toronto, ONTARIO M5A 0B5. Canada.