Vaccine confidence in Canada holds steady despite AstraZeneca safety concerns: Poll 8:28am (2 Mins.)

63 Ossington: Detour via Dundas St W, Dovercourt Rd and College St due to a fire. 8:26am (4 Mins.)

Tokyo Olympic torch relay pulled off streets in Hiroshima 8:12am

Demand for the service, which provides free moving and storage for women fleeing abusive relationships, has increased during the pandemic 8:06am

Fact check: Yes, Nancy Pelosi tweet confused Willie Mays and Willie McCovey via @usatoday 8:05am

A government official says Ottawa has laid out the criteria for airports to access $740 million in capital investments over the next six years 8:05am

Betty White Keeping Busy During Quarantine, But Loneliness Was Real via @TMZ 8:02am

Toronto Zoo loses tiger cub to illness 8:01am

Pipeline shutdown could push gas prices at the pump to the highest since 2014 @CNBC 7:59am

Mexico: Russia's Sputnik V shortages mean limited 2nd doses 7:59am

Ontario teacher candidates say they've been left behind by new mandatory math test 7:58am

Army of fake fans boosts China's messaging on Twitter (from @AP) 7:58am

Gaza militants, children among 24 dead as Israel hits Hamas (from @AP) 7:57am

501 Queen: Regular service has resumed between Neville Park and Kingston Rd. 7:56am

MISSING: Atreyu Holland, 15 – last seen on May 10, at 10:30 p.m. in the Bathurst Street Dewlane Drive area – described as 5'7", slim build, shoulder length hair – last seen wearing grey and white Steph Curry Under Armour shoes #GO864700 ^ep2 7:49am

Drained by COVID fight, some French ICU nurses strike for better pay 7:47am

L Brands to separate Bath & Body Works and Victoria's Secret into public companies 7:47am

Americans are paying off their credit cards at the fastest rates in years. Banks are responding with generous card solicitations and looser underwriting standards. 7:44am

Japanese region says deaths at home surge amid COVID-19 wave 7:40am

EU opens new front in AstraZeneca legal fight that may lead to fines 7:40am

A new landmark study examining treatment for a severe genetic immunodeficiency disease known colloquially as 'bubble boy' syndrome, has found that gene therapy may provide a solution. 7:38am

Ukraine says Russia still has 100,000 troops near its border 7:37am

Forests the size of France regrown since 2000, study suggests 7:35am

The city says at least 7,000 people will receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine today at a number of pop up clinics. 7:33am

8 kids dead. As many as 20 other children wounded. 19 year old arrested. 7:32am

This is an MP with zero legal training. He has spent much of his adult life in Liberal backrooms. 7:29am

People with at-risk conditions in Ontario will be eligible to book their COVID-19 vaccine appointment starting today. 7:27am

Vaccine confidence in Canada holds steady despite AstraZeneca safety concerns: poll – 7:24am

Ford government falls far short on funding for surgeries and tests postponed by COVID-19, watchdog says – 7:19am

Good Morning #Toronto! Officer Edward @PressFromParks is now on duty, and will be delivering today's police news! ^ep2 7:15am

Landmark study shows gene therapy a successful treatment for some with 'bubble boy' syndrome 7:14am

This needs to go province-wide yesterday 7:12am

#QueensSpeech sets out Boris Johnson's post-pandemic agenda 7:11am

What is the holdup here ?@JeffYurekMPP?, Ont Environment minister? 7:08am

#Opinion: You won't see Annamie Paul appearing in TikTok videos to win over young voters. The leader of Canada's Green party wants to remake her movement as less white — and less white-haired. But hypocrisy and diversity don't mix well, @reggcohn writes. 7:05am

FUNNY MONEY: Trudeau's budget numbers don't add up 7:00am

Ontario's plan to overhaul Blue Box program stalls, leaving sector 'on hold' 6:58am

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"I look around this room, and seeing the names that are throughout the lineup, it's cause for excitement." Nick Foligno sees the kind of depth that he knows is crucial for the playoffs. @markzwol 6:50am

Two quarantine hotels in the GTA, where international travellers are required to stay after arriving at Pearson airport, have been hit by COVID-19 outbreaks 6:41am

Rustam Minnikhanov, governor of the Tatarstan republic where Kazan is the capital, said four boys and three girls, all eighth-grade students, died in the shooting. 6:28am

The Raptors were officially eliminated from a spot in the NBA's post-season play-in tournament on Monday with the Indiana Pacers' 111-102 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. 6:17am

A ruling by an Ontario judge confirmed what some lawyers have been saying for more than a year — many businesses may have actually constructively dismissed their employees when enacting temporary layoffs, putting themselves on the hook for severance pay. 6:05am

Mass shooting at school in Kazan, Russia, leaves 8 dead and 21 others wounded: officials 5:46am

On Monday, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams said he too would like schools to reopen first and hopes to do so "as soon as we can." 5:35am

Canadians' confidence in COVID-19 vaccines holding firm despite 'preferred' confusion and AstraZeneca worries 5:30am

Poll also finds Canadians are largely open to the idea of vaccine passports but support them more for travel than for everyday activities 5:23am

#Opinion: Demands for and of nurses have reached unprecedented levels, ER nurse and contributor Enxhi Kondi writes. This #NursesWeek, nurses want action, not accolades. 5:05am

OPP charge cottage country contractor with defrauding more homeowners 4:58am

Mix and match: Canadian officials watching the data on alternating COVID-19 vaccines 4:58am