Richard Warnica
The Vancouver Sun
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Cheering won't save lives, staying home will: What frontline workers really need
At some point in the pandemic, the nightly cheers and banging and yells of 'Thank you, nurses! Thank you, frontline workers!' stopped → Read More
When the clapping stopped: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
At some point in late spring, the public mood had changed. Frustration had set in, and exhaustion → Read More
Ontario's COVID testing numbers are down, but positive cases are up. Experts are asking: Who are we missing?
Ontario’s daily COVID testing numbers have been up and down since hitting a peak around 48,500 in early October → Read More
Christine Jessop murder case closed with naming of Toronto girl's killer after 36 years
DNA was used to exonerate the man wrongly convicted of Jessop’s murder, Guy Paul Morin. And DNA that eventually led police to the real killer, Calvin Hoover → Read More
False alarm: How Apple OS glitch is causing worry and confusion for COVID app users in Canada
SteveHambleton is one of an unknown number of Canadians who have been fooled by their iPhone's software into believing they've been exposed to COVID-19 → Read More
COVID-19 isn't through with us: Our summer of magical thinking comes to its inevitable end
Changes will come at a cost. There are lives that will be battered by these shutdowns. It is OK to know that, and still believe these measures are overdue → Read More
Cutting through the COVID fog: What experts say you should and shouldn't do during the second wave
The reality is, beyond the high-level fog, most experts on the ground in the hot spots agree on the broad strokes of what everyone should be doing right now → Read More
The hottest new job perk: Skipping the COVID testing line
Provincially-owned Ontario Power Generation set up its own, privately-run COVID testing sites starting for employees and their families. This bothers some… → Read More
Gyms? Bars? Backyards? Why we don't know more about where COVID-19 is spreading in Ontario
Many people don’t really know what’s safe and what isn’t. Messaging on things like bubbles and social circles has always been confusing. Now it’s outright contradictory → Read More
Ontario wasn't ready for the COVID-19 testing surge, even though it was entirely predictable
Right now, getting a COVID test in some parts of Ontario is an experience akin to buying a pair of Levi’s in communist Warsaw → Read More
The strange effect of going eye to eye with Diane Arbus at the AGO
Writer Norman Mailer said that giving Diane Arbus a camera was 'like putting a live grenade in the hands of a child' → Read More
An airplane carrying 44 people vanished in the Yukon in 1950. After 70 years, it has still not been found
Despite decades of searching, including an initial hunt that drew in 98 planes — three of which crashed — and some 7,000 people, there is no trace of the C-54 → Read More
In a year of calamity and outrage, protest and plague, the NBA will be defined by games it didn't play
Wednesday’s events played out like an eerie mirror of the last time the NBA cancelled a game: March 11, when the COVID-19 pandemic became real → Read More
How professors and students across Canada are preparing for a university year like no other
On a recent morning, at just about 9 a.m. Stephen Heard, a professor of biology at the University of New Brunswick, stood in a stream near his Fredericton home, dripping sweat and turning over stones. It was a hot day in the middle of summer, the time of year when Heard, who studies the interaction between plants and insects, would typically be focussing on his own research. But this is not a… → Read More
Canadian federal court ruling could mean the end of Roxham Road border crossings
The ruling affirmed what activists on both sides of the border have been saying, that the U.S., under Donald Trump, is not a safe place for asylum seekers and refugees → Read More
As COVID surges in the U.S., some experts worry about plan to further open up Ontario
Asked about the logic of opening up bars for indoor service now, given what’s happened in the United States, Premier Doug Ford admitted it could be an issue → Read More
Amid a global pandemic, economic collapse and mass protest, Toronto has a new top concern: Your beer
Drinking inside is far more dangerous than drinking outside. But take the risk and you can get hit with a $300-fine → Read More
Public Health Ontario suffered exodus of senior leaders and budget cuts before the COVID-19 pandemic struck
Ontario was undermanned in several areas crucial to pandemic response as COVID-19 swept in, according to multiple former senior PHO officials → Read More
COVID-19: Hugging days are here again as Ontario announces plan for expanded social groups
Under the new guidelines, households will be able to expand into exclusive circles of as many as 10 people from multiple households → Read More
COVID-19: Hugging days are here again as Ontario announces plan for expanded social groups
Under the new guidelines, households will be able to expand into exclusive circles of as many as 10 people from multiple households → Read More