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The springtime order to avoid the outdoors

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Apr 8, 2021
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Laura Stone @l_stone
NEW: Ontario has put out an emergency alert for the new stay-at-home order #onpoli
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The latest stay-at-home order issued for Ontario brings on another round of questions about what you can’t legally do, although the conditions have mostly met with cynicism. Queen’s Park was faced with having to explain busy shopping malls after moving to shut down patios. But this time, big-box stores are required to block non-essentials.


Why we’ve been forced inside

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Canada on track to surpass U.S. in number of COVID cases relative to population nationalpost.com/news/canada/ca…
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11:12 AM ∙ Apr 8, 2021
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The data that shows Canada’s superiority over the U.S. fading fast when it comes to COVID-19 cases is corroborated by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute updating its misery index to account for the effects of lagged jabbing. The country has been losing the race between vaccines and variants, while many appointments remain unfilled.


The Beer Store figured out how to lose $51 million in 2020. Ontario’s foreign-owned brewers’ retail can partly blame fewer kegs bought by restaurants and bars. But it also corresponds with more competition, despite an ongoing fight to preserve its status quo. (Doug Ford’s goal to bring beer and wine to corner stores has been stalled.)


Anti-capitalists of Kensington

A cornerstone of Toronto’s Kensington Market had its residents protesting renovictions in 2019 after new owners offered tenants $5,000 to leave their cheap units to make way for gentrification. With the building at 54-56 Kensington Avenue for sale again, a city council motion seeks to steer $3 million to aspiring non-profit landlords:

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Mike Layton @m_layton
Land trust wants $3M from city to keep Kensington Market building as affordable housing | CBC News
cbc.caLand trust wants $3M from city to keep Kensington Market building as affordable housing | CBC NewsCity council is expected to decide on Thursday whether to give $3 million to a land trust to help it buy a building in Kensington Market so the property can be maintained as affordable housing.
3:02 PM ∙ Apr 8, 2021
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The Weeknd’s manager is helming Universal Arabic Music. Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, who entered the industry with Ottawa rapper Belly, will run the imprint for acts like Jordanian teen pop star Issam Alnajjar. Meanwhile, rapper Kardinal Offishall is now a vice-president at Universal Music Canada.


Finally, the retro rotary club

Kathryn Calder got a two-year appointment as Victoria’s artist in residence concurrent with her continued playing in the band the New Pornographers. But the absence of touring with the latter allowed more focus on the former. Her projects included curating a phone line dedicated to moments of calm, on nine extensions that don’t require a dial:

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New calming sounds are now available to listen to on the 1-877-2BE-CALM toll-free hotline! 📞 Dial in to hear Canadian music, nature, poetry, children’s jokes, meditations and Indigenous stories and songs. Call the hotline at 1-877-223-2256 or visit victoria.ca/becalm #yyj
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8:46 PM ∙ Apr 7, 2021
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