How a new app is helping health care providers keep patient information secure
Hypercare offers health care workers a more secure channel than pagers for sharing confidential patient information.
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Local business making face masks for those overlooked during COVID-19
Local business The Wanderly organizes organizing homemade face masks for vulnerable people and frontline workers in need.
A York University student studies Mars — from his living room
York University student Ivan Mishev is forced to do his research on Mars from his living room.
How 2020 will be a year Ontario’s students remember (and perhaps not in a good way)
As the world adapts to a new pace of life dictated by the coronavirus, parents and children are dealing with a a new reality no one could have foreseen.
Brain-tickling ASMR videos flourish on YouTube
Recordings of people squishing or lightly brushing objects are proliferating in social media, and some scientists think these ‘ASMR’ videos could actually be good for you.
Public artists discuss art in isolation
A city-wide closure due to the coronavirus pandemic leaves public art designers and planners — many of whom already had commissions and plans in place for upcoming art in the city — wondering how to proceed with an outdoor future that’s so uncertain.
Toronto restaurants struggle to stay afloat during coronavirus pandemic
Toronto’s Restaurants are struggling to stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. Monica Ferguson reports.
Five ways to better yourself while you’re trapped at home
Here are five tips for staying motivated when the world seems to be falling apart.
Newmarket homeless shelter and kitchen stays open during COVID-19 outbreak
Providing outreach support to people experiencing homelessness is particularly difficult — yet crucial — during the coronavirus pandemic, according to medical professionals.
Toronto residents report experiencing racism as a result of coronavirus pandemic
Alvin Tedjo, former Ontario Liberal Party Leader candidate for 2020 and Shelly Krieder Li, a family pratice nurse at Woman’s College Hospital talk about how they and their loved ones have been affected by the racism surrounding COVID-19 and the Canadian Chinese community. Also a brief discussion of what is happening nationally with COVID-19 and racism.