Today's Star Headlines

Including: Seven Oaks, where 16 have died in the COVID-19 crisis, had infection control problems flagged by inspector last year [Star Logo] Headlines [Seven Oaks, where 16 have died in the COVID-19 crisis, had infection control problems flagged by inspector last year]( [Expert cautions against drawing a “straight line” from the inspection findings to the COVID-19 outbreak inside the home, saying the virus “would clearly test any organizational preparedness.”]( [Read More [arrow]]( ['Frustrated' Doug Ford brings in troubleshooter to ramp up Ontario’s COVID-19 response]( [Ontario’s premier says Ontario’s relative lack of testing for COVID-19 is “absolutely unacceptable.”]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Martin Regg Cohn: COVID-19 changed the premier. Will the new Doug Ford stick around?]( [The new Doug Ford would reproach the old Doug Ford for his inflammatory rhetoric, would disavow his old vulgarisms, would resist his partisan put-downs, Martin Regg Cohn writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Old tools for a new virus: Canadian scientists are studying plasma therapy among other, older treatments in the global fight to treat COVID-19]( [A cross-country clinical trial studying the effects of plasma from recovered patients is just one example of worldwide efforts to fight the virus using existing drugs and vaccines.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Construction begins on field hospital to be erected in Mississauga hospital parking lot]( [The hospital can hold about 80 patients. It hasn’t yet been decided whether the unit will be intended for patients with or without COVID-19.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Normal is still a long way off, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warns]( [It will be many weeks yet before the restrictions that have kept Canadians stuck in the houses and most businesses shut down can be eased, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says as he warns of a long struggle ahead with COVID-19]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Canadian doctor is caught in the middle as Trump attacks WHO’s response to COVID-19]( [Dr. Bruce Aylward, the Newfoundland-born physician helping lead the WHO response to coronavirus as a senior adviser, defended the WHO’s co-operation with China as the crisis emerged.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [Viral inequality: Coronavirus might be an equalizer but society is not]( [Saba Eitizaz speaks to Ian Goldin, of Oxford, about how the Coronavirus has highlighted a class divide and what kind of world will we live in after this is over; Saba also speaks to the Toronto Star’s social justice reporter Laurie Monsebraaten about how this looks in Toronto and who are the most vulnerable falling through the cracks]( [Read More [arrow]]( OPINION [Heather Scoffield: COVID-19 is killing jobs across Canada. So how will we get back to work?]( [The March count of unemployed people will be historically awful, dotted with record-shattering numbers in every category, Heather Scoffield writes.]( [Read More [arrow]]( [The Star]( If you’re not enjoying these emails, please tell us how we can make them better by emailing newsletterfeedback@thestar.ca. Or, if you’d prefer, you can unsubscribe from this newsletter by clicking the first link below. [Unsubscribe From This Newsletter]( [Manage Your Email Preferences]( [Become a Star Subscriber]( [View in Browser]( [Facebook]( [Instagram]( [Twitter]( Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. One Yonge Street, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON M5E 1E6. 416-367-2000 [PRIVACY POLICY](