From Canada’s response to coronavirus, to weddings and funerals in a pandemic, we’ve selected some of the best long reads of the week from thestar.com. Sign up for the Weekend Long Reads newsletter to get them delivered straight to your inbox every Saturday morning. Province stockpiled 55 million face masks — then destroyed most of themOntario had all the top-grade face masks it needed for doctors and nurses in an unforeseen medical crisis of hellfire proportions. It’s all part of an unprecedented economic slowdown in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic — one that has some workers wondering what will happen to them in the name of cost reduction. Why this renter is suddenly homeless despite Ontario’s order to halt evictionsCaroline John found herself suddenly homeless — in a pandemic.

Source: thestar March 28, 2020 09:04 UTC