Amid a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario is missing out on hundreds of millions of federal dollars — earmarked for long-term care — because of the lack of an agreement with Ottawa.
Ontario will mandate vaccines for hospital and long-term-care workers and begin targeted COVID-19 booster shots while keeping current pandemic restrictions indefinitely, the Star has learned.
A one-time doubling of gas-tax revenues the federal government gives the city will allow four streets in lower Stoney Creek’s Battlefield North neighbourhood to be repaved earlier than anticipated.
Chad Collins is replacing Bob Bratina as the Liberal flag-bearer in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek in a federal election widely expected to be called on Sunday.
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It’s a critical tool to keep kids and teachers safe: good ventilation. But as in-person learning returns, some ventilation upgrades funded through a federal-provincial cost-sharing program will not be ready in time for September — with projected completion dates spanning into next year.
Dougher Community Fund grants totalling $134,347 to 15 Dundas organizations or programs this year continue significant support that the fund, managed by Hamilton Community Foundation, provides for local seniors, youth, the environment and the arts.
Ontario is reporting another 510 COVID-19 cases and four more deaths. Of the four, two of the deaths being reported are part of a data cleanup from more than two months ago, according to province’s latest report released Friday morning.
With a COVID-19 fourth wave underway and no vaccines available for children under 12, the Stoney Creek Santa Claus Parade has been added to the list of local event cancellations.
When mapping COVID-19 in Toronto, the highest infection rates can be seen in the city’s northwest, where residents are more likely to be newcomers, low income and living in cramped housing — all factors that heightened their risk of death and disease long before the pandemic.
Just four of the 47 public post-secondary institutions in Ontario have mandated COVID-19 vaccines campus-wide so far, with students, staff and faculty obligated to present proof of immunization. They are Seneca College, the University of Ottawa, Western University and the University of Guelph.