With Omicron cases rapidly rising in Ontario and other provinces, public health experts and policy-makers are revising quarantine and isolation rules, due to newly emerging data on the variant and to avoid staffing shortages at hospitals.
The federal government is doing the very least it had to do to support workers and businesses as Omicron forces more and more restrictions on business and, indeed, on daily life itself.
OTTAWA — The federal government is expanding access to its newest pandemic benefits as the latest variant of COVID-19 whips across Canada, sending thousands of people into isolation and forcing business to slash capacity.
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.
Ward 15 Coun. Judi Partridge has been appointed to the Hamilton police services board for the remainder of the 2018-22 term of council.Partridge was appointed to the board effective Nov. 26 and in a statement following her appointment said she wa
The news about the Omicron wave has been so ubiquitous, it’s easy to forget that the new variant was first identified less than a month ago. There is a lot we don’t know, even as new data — and cases — come in each day.
OTTAWA — Public health officials have given up tracing close contacts of people who test positive for COVID-19, saying they’re overwhelmed as case counts soar.
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health said COVID-19 case numbers will likely hit an all-time high in the coming weeks.Dr. Kieran Moore said the Omicron variant has become the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the province and being four to eight