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“Customers seem to forget that we’re human beings”: A grocery store cashier on working during the current wave
"Everyone I encounter seems to be fuelled by anger and high anxiety"
“Early on in this wave, we had 1,000 staff members off work every day”: UHN’s head of critical care on how ICUs are coping with the hospital crisis
"Everybody’s exhausted. We’ve had people break down in tears in the middle of their shifts"
Lunar New Year: These Toronto restaurants are offering takeout roast duck, noodle dishes and dim sum feasts
All kinds of tasty ways to ring in the Year of the Tiger at home
An updated guide to Toronto’s best new takeout options this winter
Including pho, birria tacos, Hong Kong–style toast and pizza, of course
“I started having work-related stress dreams”: What it’s like to be a pharmacist during the Covid surge
"Because it's harder to see a physician, there are now serious gaps in health care, and a lot of patients are coming to us instead of their doctors"
“We’re seeing triple the number of Covid patients as we did in previous waves”: A Toronto General emergency doctor on what it’s like in the ER right now
"We're seeing younger and healthier patients who feel truly awful with Covid"
“This rink builds relationships”: Five volunteers on the impact natural ice rinks have on communities
They're much more than just places for shinny
“If I am awake, I am working”: A bakery owner on the unrelenting stress of running a small business and parenting in a never-ending pandemic
Ba Noi owner, An Tran, tells us about his uphill battle
“Staff are calling in sick every day”: How this ER nurse is coping with the Omicron surge
"We're running, we're short-staffed, there are children screaming and crying. It's chaotic"
