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Which party will the unvaccinated back?

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Aug 12, 2021
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New: I asked Ontario MPPs whether they were vaccinated or not. The NDP, Liberals and Greens jumped at the chance to say they have their shots. Most PCs didn't respond. No paywall🔓 qpbriefing.com/2021/08/11/all
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qpbriefing.comAll Ontario NDP, Liberal and Green MPPs are vaccinated. As for the PCs, it’s unclear. - QP BriefingOpposition parties immediately boasted that all members are vaccinated, while the government didn’t respond.
8:48 PM ∙ Aug 11, 2021
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Doug Ford’s nation of MPPs were largely evasive when asked about their vaccination status, but Erin O’Toole doubled down on encouraging shots after Fort McMurray MP David Yurdiga called mandatory shots an affront to liberty. Abacus Data found that the typical “vaccine hesitant” Canadian is a 42-year-old Ontario woman who votes Liberal.


How to skip tests at school

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As we prepare for a safe return to campus this fall, #UofT has announced a vaccination requirement for students, staff, faculty and librarians that is informed by the latest public health guidance. Here are some answers to your top questions about U of T's vaccine requirement:
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12:45 AM ∙ Aug 12, 2021
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Vaccine requirements seem well on the way to becoming standard for Ontario post-secondary institutions now that the University of Toronto announced those who haven’t been jabbed will need to take rapid screening tests twice a week. Previously, the U of T policy only applied to living in residence and high-risk activities.


“Talent will be required to wear a mask at all times at TIFF Festival venues and TIFF-provided vehicles. The only exceptions include when talent are on the red carpet and on stage.” Protocols for the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival include no concessions and no parties, but also no vaccination proof required to enter a theatre.


A fulfillment centre for Cancon

Amazon Prime Video knows that a hockey show is the way to capture Canadian culture, having tapped Will Arnett to narrate a round of the All or Nothing sports docuseries focused on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Another announcement from Amazon Studios involves author Uzma Jalaluddin getting her Toronto novel turned into a motion picture:

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Uzma Jalaluddin (*is in the writing cave*) @UzmaWrites
1/đŸ€©Thrilled to announce that HANA KHAN CARRIES ON has been optioned for film by @mindykaling and @AmazonStudios. With the talented @sahar_jahani_ adapting! @Grimsrud99 @Ann_Collette @HarperCollinsCa @BerkleyRomance @AtlanticBooks @CorvusBooks variety.com/2021/film/news

variety.comMindy Kaling, Amazon Studios Adapting Novel ‘Hana Khan Carries On’ as Film (EXCLUSIVE)Amazon Studios and Kaling International are developing Uzma Jalaluddin’s novel “Hana Khan Carries On” as a film. The story puts a modern Muslim spin on a premise first made famous by the Ernst Lubitsch classic “The Shop Around the Corner,” which was later updated with Nora Ephron’s “You’ve Got Mail.

5:02 PM ∙ Aug 11, 2021
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Geoff Scott dead at 83. The comedy partner of Rich Little traded political impressions for covering Parliament Hill at Hamilton’s CHCH-TV, then spent 1978 to 1993 as the Conservative MP for Hamilton-Wentworth. Scott was also once married to singer Priscilla Wright, the granddaughter of Canada’s ninth PM, Arthur Meighen.


Finally, don’t Florida his Fauci

Sebastian Bach promises a photo exhibit showing how his late father, David Bierk, used figure models for the album cover of Skid Row’s Slave to the Grind, as part of a 30th anniversary tour. But an initial return to the road led to him testing positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, resulting in him appealing to American fans:

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Brianna Keilar @brikeilarcnn
"Don't Florida my Fauci!" says Skid Row ex-singer (also of Gilmore Girls fame) Sebastian Bach. He contracted covid but credits the vaccine for his mild case. "Get the vaccine," Bach says. "Like, you don't want polio, right, so you get the vaccine for that. You don't want covid."
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