Students will have to wait at least a week longer to move into Stoney Creek’s new South Meadow Elementary School thanks to Ontario’s efforts to contain COVID-19’s surging second wave.
The latest coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday. This file will be updated throughout the day. Web links to longer stories if available.
OTTAWA–After months of praise and kind words for the federal Liberals, Premier Doug Ford accused Ottawa of “shutting the door” in Ontario’s face on testing international travellers for COVID-19.
There haven’t been any cases of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 found in Canada yet, but public health authorities say they are looking for them. And the good news is experts say the mutation should not impact the vaccine.
After dire warnings of a COVID-19 surge that threatens to crash Toronto’s health system, and news that the virus killed a local 30-year-old and hospitalized an 11-year-old, city officials are unsure if new provincewide restrictions are enough.
What an admission of collective failure is summed up in the measures announced on Monday by the Ontario government to stem the seemingly irresistible tide of COVID-19.
(Updated: Mon. Dec. 21, 6:00 p.m.) An ad campaign organized by the provincial government to help promote a ‘Buy Local’ initiative initially excluded over 220 local print newspapers, favouring social media buys with Google, Facebook and national television commercials.
The City of Hamilton has extended the hours of its outdoor skating rinks to run between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. daily. Outdoor rinks continue to have a limit of 25 skaters at a time and require reservations.