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A uniquely American mythology gave rise to Donald Trump. As the world watches, has anything really changed?

Right-wing populism can take hold anywhere. But Donald Trump rode a uniquely American wave to power.

Analysis from Washington

The 21 moments that defined Donald Trump’s chaotic and controversial presidency

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On Day One, Biden to undo Trump policies on climate, virus; D.C. on lockdown and on edge before inauguration

Canada will not receive any of its promised COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer next week

The federal government upended its national rollout plans for COVID-19 vaccinations on Monday, telling provinces that manufacturer Pfizer will deliver no vaccines to Canada next week because of curtailed production in Belgium.

New Toronto COVID-19 vaccination clinic ordered immediately shut over vaccine shortage

Ontario’s COVID news is ugly, but there’s good news on the flu front. But even with few cases, here’s why you still need a flu shot

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Today’s coronavirus news: China, WHO should have acted quicker to stop pandemic, panel says; Biden to enact executive order on pandemic response on Day One

Blue JaysOpinion

Gregor Chisholm: The Jays add a little bounce to their step by coming to terms with free agent George Springer

Crisis of care

‘I’d be up that guy’s ying-yang so far with a firecracker’: Doug Ford has advice for Justin Trudeau as Pfizer cuts vaccine shipments

Derek Sloan rejects ‘trumped up charges’ over white supremacist donor as Conservatives consider his expulsion

Against the odds, Justin Trudeau calls on Joe Biden to break a campaign promise

Opinion

Rosie DiManno

Joe Biden inherits a nation infected by conspiracy theories and diseased souls

Shree Paradkar

Erin O’Toole’s dumping of Derek Sloan over $131 donation sidesteps an existential reckoning the Conservative party really needs

Heather Mallick

What is the look you want, Mr. O’Toole?

Dave Feschuk

Former Leafs coach Mike Babcock seems to be trying to position himself as a sympathetic figure. It’s not working

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Technology

Wattpad to be sold to South Korean internet giant Naver for US$600 million

“This is the most important day in the history of the company and an incredible milestone,” said Allen Lau, one of Wattpad's co-founders, in an interview.

Compliance with stay-at-home order results in few COVID-19 tickets in Peel, say officials

Peel Regional Police confirmed that it had issued five tickets and one warning since the stay-at-home order came into effect.

The Toronto Star Short Story Contest offers aspiring writers up to $5,000 cash and a chance at a creative writing scholarship

No Frills turned grocery shopping into a super power. Why everyone is talking about its new ‘Haulerverse’ ad campaign

COVID-19 news and resources

‘The most difficult shift of my career.’ A Scarborough ER doctor describes work at the hospital some call Ontario’s COVID ‘ground zero’

Personal Finance

Did you receive a benefit like CERB? Here’s how to minimize the tax you pay on that

One dose is delayed — but where are Canada’s other COVID-19 vaccines?

VACCINE TRACKER

COVID-19 vaccine tracker: tracing every dose of the coronavirus vaccine administered in Canada

VACCINE TRACKER

When will you be vaccinated? This calculator can help you to figure that out

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The lives they lived: Remembering the Canadians lost to COVID-19

Business

Bank of Canada to update economic outlook with first rate announcement of 2021

Buy America: How Biden’s Made-in-America plan could impact Canadian companies

‘The most asymmetrical recession in Canadian history’: New analysis shows low-income workers were hammered by COVID-19 — while high earners flourished

Canada

As flight service collapses in Atlantic Canada under strain of COVID-19, some worry the region’s being cut off from the rest of the country

Ban non-essential travel and beef up surveillance of COVID-19 quarantines, Quebec tells Ottawa

‘The calls have turned dark’: Pandemic leaves small business owners with mental health distress

COVID separated them, but Canadians and their foreign spouses are now being reunited by the thousands

‘We’ll have stores on pretty much every block’: Noticed a sudden surge in the number of pot shops in Toronto? Here’s why.