Students entering Grade 9 at Hamilton public high schools this September can expect to be issued laptop computers rather than iPad tablets for online learning.
The manager of Toronto’s popular Lakeview Restaurant says restaurants and bars “just need a spark,” as COVID-19 restrictions lift Monday to allow indoor dining with capacity limits.
As restaurants, bars, gyms and other venues reopen to half-capacity on Monday, the Omicron variant is still spreading, and some doctors and scientists say that it’s time for the official definition of “fully vaccinated” against COVID-19 to change.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Sunday. 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 Sunday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
With interest rates about to rise and a lot of restless pandemic people desperate to live in a tottering something that resembles a house in name only, people are still shopping for homes in Toronto, the suburbs, and tiny previously unheard-of towns named Wetslog and Brianburg.
A statue of Terry Fox near the Parliament buildings in Ottawa had signs hung on it Saturday during the protest against COVID-19 restrictions, sparking widespread condemnation.
A statue of Terry Fox near the Parliament buildings in Ottawa was defaced Saturday during the protest against COVID-19 restrictions, sparking widespread condemnation.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Saturday. 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 Saturday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
Physicians and outreach workers at St. Michael’s Hospital are seeing an alarming rise in the number of homeless individuals coming to the emergency department seeking shelter and suffering from severe cold-related injuries, including frostbite, painful foot infections and life-threatening hypothermia.
Toronto parents have started receiving a letter from public health officials when the absentee rate at their child’s school or daycare hits 30 per cent — but it’s unclear what that benchmark means.
NEW YORK (AP) — Just days after the banning of “Maus” by a Tennessee school district made national news, two editions of Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize winning graphic novel about the Holocaust have reached the top 20 on Amazon.com and are in limited supply.
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Ivermectin, an antiparasitic medication with uses in animals and humans, has been widely touted by media personalities, right-wing politicians and even some doctors as a cure and preventative for COVID-19 — despite the evidence that it doesn’t work.
Ontario is reporting 607 people in ICU due to COVID-19 and 3,535 in hospital overall testing positive for COVID-19, according to its latest report released Friday morning.