Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says that the province is doing everything it can to ensure students will be able to return to school safely on Jan. 17.Dr. Kieran Moore said the province is improving access for booster shots for staff a
The city is stepping up efforts to get more education workers and students vaccinated over the coming days to help ensure that schools reopen for in-class learning as scheduled by the province on Jan. 17, said Toronto Mayor John Tory on Thursday.
After the Ontario government announced the province would move back to a modified Step 2 of the province’s COVID-19 response — including closing restaurants, gyms and restricting non-essential retail — Flamborough business owners have been left reeling.
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With gold-standard testing for COVID-19 becoming increasingly difficult to find, debate is swirling over whether a throat swab sample should be collected alongside a nose swab for at-home rapid tests — contrary to some package instructions.
Heritage advocates are concerned the decision by city council to allow Ancaster’s Marr-Phillipo House to be moved could be a harbinger of bad news for heritage in Waterdown.
The Ancaster Horticultural Society is welcoming Adam Shoalts, a professional explorer and bestselling author, as the guest speaker for its Jan. 18 monthly meeting.
Ontario hospitals are seeing a rise in the number of kids, including babies, hospitalized with COVID-19, leading four major hospitals to issue a joint plea for pregnant people to get vaccinated.
On Tuesday Ontario’s premier strolled around the Toronto Congress Centre pretending to be interested in an empty hospital bed, without a nurse in sight. it was a cynical, defensive photo-op: don’t blame us, we added some beds. You know what they call a hospital bed without staff? A bed.
On Tuesday Ontario’s premier strolled around the Toronto Congress Centre pretending to be interested in an empty hospital bed, without a nurse in sight. it was a cynical, defensive photo-op: don’t blame us, we added some beds. You know what they call a hospital bed without staff? A bed.
OTTAWA — Many months remain in the fight against the latest wave of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Canadians on Wednesday, and there will be no “magic bullet” to end it.
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The challenge of ramping up Ontario’s third dose campaign has become even harder with vaccinators in public health settings needing time off because they have contracted COVID-19 or are experiencing burnout.
When Brexit and the coronavirus blurred into a political fog engulfing the U.K. last year, at the centre of it inevitably stood the leader who has been defined by both.
As Omicron continues to spread across the province, Ontario’s top doctor is recommending pregnant people be prioritized for third doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Ontario is reporting 288 people in ICU due to COVID-19 and 2,081 in hospital overall testing positive for COVID-19, according to its latest report released Wednesday morning.