As several school boards debate masking, Ottawa’s public board has voted to reinstate mandatory face coverings in their buildings — but the province says it doesn’t have the authority to enforce this and students can go maskless if they choose.
COVID-19 cases in Ontario have likely plateaued around 100,000 new infections a day, according to new wastewater signal analysis by the province’s science advisory table.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Wednesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Wednesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Discussions over paid parking have resumed in downtown Stoney Creek, more than a decade after an unpopular decision to bring parking meters to King Street West was reversed.
Residents of neighbourhoods hit hard by COVID-19 must be prioritized as the province expands its rollout of the antiviral Paxlovid, advocates and front-line community workers say.
Everyone deserves a vacation. You deserve a vacation! It’s been a hard two years, and life wasn’t necessarily a picnic before that. Take a couple days off, and tell ’em I said it was OK.
Everyone deserves a vacation. You deserve a vacation! It’s been a hard two years, and life wasn’t necessarily a picnic before that. Take a couple days off, and tell ’em I said it was OK.
Premier Doug Ford is under fire for claiming Dr. Kieran Moore had a COVID-19 conference call with local health officials and was “on the job 24/7” when the chief medical officer was on a Caribbean holiday.
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What are the psychological effects of Ontario Premier Doug Ford ending mask mandates and opening up a pre-election province just in time for the long-predicted blossoming of springtime Omicron like so many yolk-coloured crocuses?
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Repairs to the Sydenham Road bridge sidewalk and railing were recommended to be completed within a year by a contractor after 2020 inspections of half the city’s bridges, as well as longer-term repairs to the Newman Road bridge in Pleasant View, previously identified by the province for rehabilitation.