Tim Hortons is finishing what is likely one of the strangest years in its history. Most of the iconic chain’s decisions have left Canadians scratching their heads. Many of its choices in recent months have been simply inexplicable. Take the Beyond Meat burger and breakfast sandwich: Tim Hortons took the well-promoted plant-based burger off its menu in September, 2019, only two months after introducing it at most of its 4,300 locations across the country. The breakfast sandwich is now only sold at Tims in Ontario and B.C. Proteins are not even Tim Hortons’ strategic focus, but they still...…Tim Hortons is finishing what is likely one of the strangest years in its history. Most of the iconic chain’s decisions have left Canadians scratching their heads. Many of its choices in recent months have been simply inexplicable. Take the Beyond Meat burger and breakfast sandwich: Tim Hortons took the well-promoted plant-based burger off its menu in September, 2019, only two months after introducing it at most of its 4,300 locations across the country. The breakfast sandwich is now only sold at Tims in Ontario and B.C. Proteins are not even Tim Hortons’ strategic focus, but they still...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. President Donald Trump is facing growing criticism over his handling of the new coronavirus pandemic as he continues to play down its seriousness, the U.S. severely lags other countries in testing for the infection and congressional leaders tussle over a relief package. The frustration with the White House mounted a day...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. President Donald Trump is facing growing criticism over his handling of the new coronavirus pandemic as he continues to play down its seriousness, the U.S. severely lags other countries in testing for the infection and congressional leaders tussle over a relief package. The frustration with the White House mounted a day...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. With no explanation, an app told large numbers of foreign residents in Beijing that they could not leave their homes this weekend, a digital quarantine order that was rescinded just hours later after causing widespread confusion in the Chinese capital. The Beijing Health Kit app has been used by millions of people, part...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. With no explanation, an app told large numbers of foreign residents in Beijing that they could not leave their homes this weekend, a digital quarantine order that was rescinded just hours later after causing widespread confusion in the Chinese capital. The Beijing Health Kit app has been used by millions of people, part...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Canadian companies are laying off thousands of employees in what’s expected to be the first wave of massive job losses as global demand dries up and businesses shut down because of the novel coronavirus. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said on Thursday it is laying off 8,900 workers in Canada because of a pause in production,...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Canadian companies are laying off thousands of employees in what’s expected to be the first wave of massive job losses as global demand dries up and businesses shut down because of the novel coronavirus. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said on Thursday it is laying off 8,900 workers in Canada because of a pause in production,...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The Ontario and Quebec governments have announced the near-complete shutdown of their provinces’ economies in a bid to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced plans on Monday for non-essential businesses to close across the province, but said food, medicine and “essential products”...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The Ontario and Quebec governments have announced the near-complete shutdown of their provinces’ economies in a bid to halt the spread of the novel coronavirus. Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced plans on Monday for non-essential businesses to close across the province, but said food, medicine and “essential products”...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. and Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. A pandemic sweeps across Canada in one or two months. It is spread not only by the sick, but by people who show no symptoms. There are shortages of medical supplies and the health system struggles to keep up. The peak won’t come for months, and it will be accompanied by a surge in deaths. Soon after, the country will...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. and Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. A pandemic sweeps across Canada in one or two months. It is spread not only by the sick, but by people who show no symptoms. There are shortages of medical supplies and the health system struggles to keep up. The peak won’t come for months, and it will be accompanied by a surge in deaths. Soon after, the country will...WW…

Johannesburg Six years after an Ebola outbreak led to travel restrictions for many West Africans, the coronavirus pandemic has reversed the situation: A growing number of African countries are imposing restrictions on visits by Europeans. The Ebola epidemic in 2014 led to flight shutdowns, visa bans and quarantine regimes that affected thousands of travellers from the three West African countries at the heart of the outbreak. Today the coronavirus crisis is leading to similar restrictions for many Western visitors to Africa – and a similar rise in fear and suspicion of foreigners, but with...…Johannesburg Six years after an Ebola outbreak led to travel restrictions for many West Africans, the coronavirus pandemic has reversed the situation: A growing number of African countries are imposing restrictions on visits by Europeans. The Ebola epidemic in 2014 led to flight shutdowns, visa bans and quarantine regimes that affected thousands of travellers from the three West African countries at the heart of the outbreak. Today the coronavirus crisis is leading to similar restrictions for many Western visitors to Africa – and a similar rise in fear and suspicion of foreigners, but with...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicentre of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people; millions began travelling through for Lunar New Year celebrations. President Xi Jinping warned...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. In the six days after top Chinese officials secretly determined they likely were facing a pandemic from a new coronavirus, the city of Wuhan at the epicentre of the disease hosted a mass banquet for tens of thousands of people; millions began travelling through for Lunar New Year celebrations. President Xi Jinping warned...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The 2020 U.S. presidential election was always going to be a referendum on Donald Trump. Except for a vocal minority of self-involved Democrats who believed class warfare was their party’s ticket to the White House – either through a Medicare for All platform that would deprive 160 million people of their private health...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. Getting audio file... Audio for this article is not available at this time. This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. The 2020 U.S. presidential election was always going to be a referendum on Donald Trump. Except for a vocal minority of self-involved Democrats who believed class warfare was their party’s ticket to the White House – either through a Medicare for All platform that would deprive 160 million people of their private health...WW…

The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. To view your reading history, you must be logged in. The last 10 stories you viewed are saved here. You must be logged in to use this feature. In depth • • There was a joke more than 30 years ago, when immigrants from the former Soviet Union began settling in Toronto’s North York neighbourhood, that they came here because it was as drab and grey as the Soviet cities they’d left behind. That description still fits parts of this vast and occasionally bleak suburb. But not this tidy,...…The subject who is truly loyal to the Chief Magistrate will neither advise nor submit to arbitrary measures. To view your reading history, you must be logged in. The last 10 stories you viewed are saved here. You must be logged in to use this feature. In depth • • There was a joke more than 30 years ago, when immigrants from the former Soviet Union began settling in Toronto’s North York neighbourhood, that they came here because it was as drab and grey as the Soviet cities they’d left behind. That description still fits parts of this vast and occasionally bleak suburb. But not this tidy,...WW…