On Day 9 of Premier Doug Ford’s 14-day self-isolation after being exposed to a COVID case, the Ontario government announced it will provide people with three paid sick days. It’s better than nothing, but it’s not enough. It smacks of a middle ground between two wrong ideas, and so lands, like so much this government attempts, in the middle of nowhere.

It is painfully hard to stomach Ontario’s boast that it “had workers’ backs” from the first — coming so long after Doug Ford cut them off from sick pay and COVID took root.

The Peel District School Board is offering its buildings for use as vaccination clinics in Peel Region’s COVID-19 hot zones.

Ontario fiscal watchdog releasing COVID-19 pandemic insolvency report today

Let’s start with the positive, which frankly takes quite an effort when it comes to Ontario’s cobbled-together plan for paid sick leave:

And, Abby Richardson-Schulte hosts as the HPO brings back two, 60-minute student concerts, Leonard Turnevicius writes.

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Ontario workers will receive three days of paid sick leave as well as access to an enriched federal plan under a $2 billion plan unveiled by Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives.

Family of Quebec woman who died of blood clot after AstraZeneca shot urges vigilance

WASHINGTON—When U.S. President Joe Biden gives his first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday night at 9 p.m., it won’t officially be a State of the Union Address. The initial speech after a president is elected comes later in the year, and doesn’t get that designation, though it serves roughly the same purpose, and carries the same pomp and circumstance.

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Coun. Sam Merulla accused Paul Manning of harassment

Hamilton approved the rezoning application and site plan control on the development in 2018.

Ontario to allow transfer of hospital patients to LTCs without consent

More than 1,000 Toyotetsu workers off the job indefinitely

Ontario's auditor general to report on nursing homes today

While severe COVID-19 remains rare in children, Dr. Christopher Sulowski said parents who are concerned for their children’s health shouldn’t hesitate to seek emergency medical care.

The increase came on a day when officials confirmed 233 new cases of the virus

City of Toronto partners with volunteer group to share COVID-19 vaccine information

Guest: Rosa Saba, business reporter for the Toronto Star

Ontario fiscal watchdog releasing COVID-19 pandemic insolvency report today

The race for the NDP nomination in the Hamilton Mountain riding is heating up.

The development could potentially lead to a host of new ways to treat the condition.

It’s a time of hyper-urgency. Everyday decisions delineate the difference between life and death. Priorities include keeping ICU numbers down, hospitalization rates down, infection rates down.

Pivot is poor excuse for a plan to reinvent a post-COVID world

Four women who grew up in Hamilton are looking for a sister they just discovered was placed up for adoption before they were born

The outbreak at CHCH is one of 38 active outbreaks in Hamilton

Family of Quebec woman who died of blood clot after AstraZeneca shot urges vigilance

VANCOUVER—Amusement park season is upon us, but dates for when Canadians will be able to start riding their favourite roller-coasters or indulging in gut-busting funnel cakes remains as elusive as winning the soda-bottle ring toss.

More than 1 in 10 COVID tests return positive in Hamilton

The Ancaster Farmers Market is returning to the heart of the village in 2021.

Phuoc Hoa Vo is accused of killing his parents

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Graham Rockingham: New memoir by award-winning McMaster grad delves deep into medical burnout

Ontario fiscal watchdog releasing COVID-19 pandemic insolvency report today

It's plausible that Johnson & Johnson's Janssen vaccine causes blood clots in rare cases, but the benefits of receiving the vaccine still far outweigh the risks, Health Canada has said in a new advisory about the vaccine.

The playground event as advertised was in clear defiance of stay-at-home rules and law prohibiting public gatherings

"We regrettably see no other option but to cancel," said Chair Rev. Aaron Gerrard.

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Thie Convery: It’s back to normal rules at the Canada Revenue Agency

A year ago, Yung Chang received an unexpected opportunity: to take hours of footage from a Chinese film crew in Wuhan — where cases of COVID-19 were first reported — and turn it into a film about the lives of ordinary people in a city in the midst of a strict and unprecedented government lockdown.

Mobile health unit aiming to open May 31 in Hamilton will care for up to 80 patients

Dark tales with terrifying storylines with fiendish characters and monsters that are waiting to be read now have a place to call home.

Plan for external probe into FOI process is put on hold.

Advocates calling for ‘bold action’ urge city officials to do more amid crisis

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.

While vaccine pop-ups in Toronto COVID hot spots have been attracting long lines, and helping more people who need them get shots, there have been few options so far for residents in some of Brampton’s hardest hit postal codes.

At the start of the pandemic, Mary Oko feared for her mother who lives in long-term care, as COVID-19 was ravaging the population.

Quebec reports 899 COVID-19 cases, 14 deaths as vaccine program expands

Publisher pulls Philip Roth bio, cuts ties with author