The first 100 LCBO outlets that will have COVID-19 rapid tests has been released.Available on a first come, first served basis, the free take-home rapid tests will be available at the following stores to anyone without symptoms or who has not rec
The City of Hamilton is closing some facilities and cancelling some programs — including two in Flamborough — to redeploy 100 approximately staff to help with COVID-19 vaccination to curb the spread of Omicron.
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.
From humble beginnings as a single hangar in 1972 at what was then Hamilton Civic Airport, the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum has grown into an internationally renowned aviation museum featuring the only flying Lancaster bomber in North America.
Already unable to cover staff shortages, Hamilton’s public school board won’t proceed with a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy that could put more employees on unpaid leave.
“Serious restrictions” will help keep Ontario schools open despite the surge of COVID-19 cases due to the Omicron variant, says the co-chair of the province’s science table — news that comes as parents’ worries about the possibility of shutdowns continue to grow.
So now we wait. On Thursday, Ontario’s independent volunteer science table gave its first presentation since June, as Omicron washed over the province. Co-chair Steini Brown laid out indications on severity, on transmissibility, and what might be needed. He said, at one point, “This will likely be the hardest wave of the pandemic.”
So now we wait. On Thursday, Ontario’s independent volunteer science table gave its first presentation since June, as Omicron washed over the province. Co-chair Steini Brown laid out indications on severity, on transmissibility, and what might be needed. He said, at one point, “This will likely be the hardest wave of the pandemic.”
Ontario health officials are changing a key recommendation on the use of hospital personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to the “potential” that the highly-transmissible Omicron variant can spread at a distance through the air.
The science table advising Premier Doug Ford says more “circuit breaker” measures are needed in addition to ramped up COVID-19 booster shots to slow the speedy spread of the new Omicron variant in Ontario.
NEW YORK (AP) — The former Facebook manager who startled the world this fall by leaking tens of thousands of internal documents and accusing her former employer of caring more about money than about public safety has a book deal.
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.