• Canadian employers, facing labour shortage, accommodate the unvaccinated
• MPs on finance committee ready for review of Liberals' latest pandemic aid package
• Ombud says veterans struggling needlessly as Ottawa ignores her recommendations
• Maxime Bernier, Peoples' Party of Canada founder, handily holds on to leadership
• Hamilton, Peel Region report their first cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant

• Polytechnique anniversary comes as Quebec mourns spate of domestic violence killings
• Kilted Scotsman completes 8,000-kilometre fundraising walk across Canada
• Special weather statement issued for GTA ahead of snow, freezing rain on Sunday
• Ontario reports 1,053 new COVID-19 infections, 8 more deaths
• Woman taken to hospital after being struck by vehicle in west end

• Toronto reports first three cases of Omicron coronavirus variant
• NACI recommends COVID-19 vaccine boosters for people over 50
• COVID-19 outbreak declared at Toronto East Detention Centre as staff member is confirmed to have contracted Omicron variant
• Ontario reports two more cases of Omicron COVID-19 variant in GTA
• Toronto launches new webpage to disclose COVID-19 exposures in large settings

Vaccines

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  Ontario lowers third COVID-19 vaccine dose eligibility to age 50+

• 'We shouldn't call it a booster anymore:' Head of science table says Ontario must accelerate rollout of third doses
• Boosters help, but experts say benefits depend on when they are given, and to whom
• 'I'm excited to feel safe': Child COVID-19 vaccine clinics ramp up in Ontario
• EU regulator authorizes Pfizer's COVID vaccine for kids 5-11
• Over 31,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments booked for kids in Toronto; doses to be administered starting tomorrow