As COVID-19 infections and deaths soared at Tendercare Living Centre in December, the families of sick seniors and a doctor who volunteered to combat the outbreak came to a troubling realization: no one seemed accountable.
The city’s University Health Network (UHN) has rescheduled about 800 appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations as they wait for more delivery of vaccines from the province.
Health care may be a provincial responsibility, but advocates are united in demanding that the federal government take a more active role in fixing the country’s long-term care crisis.
Doug Ford sounded desperate. Desperate for people to listen, after he has signalled for so long that this isn’t all that serious, not really, go to work, go Christmas shopping. Desperate for COVID-19 vaccines, which while wonderful aren’t going to solve his problem. Desperate to blame somebody, anybody: the federal government, Ontarians who don’t stay home, long-term-care workers. It must be someone else’s fault.
NEW YORK—The New York police officer who sodomized Abner Louima with a jagged wooden handle in 1997 wants out of federal prison early because of COVID-19.
Pregnant, breastfeeding and immunocompromised people will now be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario, if they choose to, according to new guidance from the Ministry of Health.
The Mount Hamilton branch 163 of the Royal Canadian Legion has received nearly $11,000 from the federal government to help defray utility and other costs amid the coronavirus pandemic.“We are so appreciative,” said branch 163 president Melanie Ai
The Mount Hamilton branch 163 of the Royal Canadian Legion has received nearly $11,000 from the federal government to help defray utility and other costs amid the coronavirus pandemic.“We are so appreciative,” said branch 163 president Melanie Ai
In a news conference at Queen’s Park, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and provincial cabinet ministers Christine Elliott (health) and Stephen Lecce (education) provide an update on their government’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) pandemic. They are joined by Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Ontario’s associate chief medical officer of health.