For many, the third week of March 2020 marked the beginning of the end — the start of COVID-19 entering our lives, changing everything, and the end of “normalcy.” In Ontario, lockdown orders were implemented on Mar. 17, 2020.
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.
The ongoing investigation into a Courtice retirement home — after an unknown number of residents had their door handles removed — is illustrating the need for better whistleblower protection for workers, according to the union.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stepped to a podium at the end of December, flanked by a pair of Union Jacks and bearing some game-changing pandemic news.
Eight schools across Toronto have been linked to COVID-19 variants of concern — new versions of the virus believed to be more contagious, the city said in a release Wednesday night.
Ontarians 80 and older are already getting their COVID-19 vaccines — weeks ahead of schedule — in at least one health unit, while the province’s online booking portal doesn’t open until mid-March.
Vaccination was always going to be messy, because just as COVID-19 isn’t the flu, COVID-19 vaccination is not the flu shot. It’s more people, new vaccines, created on the fly, and everyone wants one. There are going to be bumps.
Vaccination was always going to be messy, because just as COVID-19 isn’t the flu, COVID-19 vaccination is not the flu shot. It’s more people, new vaccines, created on the fly, and everyone wants one. There are going to be bumps.
Several international travellers arriving at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport have refused to comply with a new rule requiring a three-day hotel quarantine, local police said Wednesday.
The majority of Toronto public school students aren’t worried about catching COVID-19 in the classroom. But new survey results reveal this may be at the expense of staff’s well-being.
COVID-19 is spreading faster again in Toronto after a sustained decline, highlighting the need to vaccinate residents as quickly as possible before a surge in the deadly virus.
For eight years, Waheeda Giga has struggled with an eating disorder that was triggered by the death of her father. She viewed food as an enemy that needed to be restricted, and if she failed, she’d throw herself into a punishing routine of vigorous exercise.
Canadian media organizations are heralding Facebook’s decision to back away from its news sharing ban in Australia as a win for financially struggling news publishers across the world.