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."
Coun. Maria Pearson says she expects the decision to freeze Hamilton’s urban boundary will see more controversial proposals in Stoney Creek like the one for three massive condominium towers near the lakeshore.
More than 900 employees of the Toronto District School Board seeking COVID-19 vaccine exemptions are still working with kids in schools while the board reviews their requests, a situation experts say puts unvaccinated students at risk.
With COVID-19 cases climbing in Ontario, and ICU cases starting to tick up, a new report warns the province’s critical care system is more strained than in previous pandemic waves and does not have the capacity to cope with surges of critically ill patients.
As has become a pattern during the throes of the pandemic, the Canadian economy rebounded again in the third quarter of the year, making up for the pit that was Q2. But don’t tell that to Janet McLeod.
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After a one month grace period that allowed for negative COVID test results in place of proof of vaccination, unvaccinated travellers will, for the most part, no longer be allowed to get on a plane or passenger train in Canada.