Suspensions and expulsions at Hamilton public schools plummeted last year as COVID-19 forced students to learn from home for extended periods and limit social interaction when they were at school.
The Public Health Agency of Canada is warning shoppers after it has declared a norovirus outbreak and gastrointestinal illnesses involving four provinces, including Ontario.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Friday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
A number of products are being pulled from shelves across some of Canada's more popular stores due to a number of health and safety concerns being identified by Health Canada.
Amidst skyrocketing daily infections as the province enters a sixth wave of the pandemic, the independent COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, formed nearly two years ago to provide scientific advice to the province based on pandemic data, is being folded into the arm’s-length government agency Public Health Ontario.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Thursday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
As pandemic restrictions ease and festivals and concerts return, Flamborough musicians have the chance to get back home — on the stage.That’s welcome news for Waterdown singer-songwriter Ty Baynton, who said it was a rough two years for musicians
The east Mountain’s Ward 6 and upper Stoney Creek’s Ward 9 will share a trustee as part of a realignment of political representation on the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board for this fall’s municipal election.
As COVID-19 cases increase in Ontario and some caution the province is entering a sixth wave, there’s an antiviral oral medication that can help keep high-risk individuals out of the hospital. But doctors warn Paxlovid is not reaching the right people in time.
With Ontario now seeing an estimated 30,000 to 35,000 new daily infections — roughly double the number of daily cases on March 1 when the province dropped vaccine passports — it’s clear Ontario has entered its sixth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say.
Free rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 will be available until “at least” July 31 as infection levels jump following the end of vaccination certificates and mandatory masking in most indoor public spaces in Ontario.
Free rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 will be available until “at least” July 31 as infection levels jump following the end of vaccination certificates and mandatory masking in most indoor public spaces in Ontario.