Ontario soared to 1,575 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, setting the fifth record in six days as the government comes under fire on a new front – for rejecting advice from Public Health Ontario on its controversial new framework for restrictions that weakens triggers for taking action.
Taking care of an infant while juggling work as a freelance writer would be stressful enough in a normal year. Add in the additional stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, and 39-year-old Ayano Hodouchi Dempsey feels much older.
The majority of Canadians are aware of the public health risk of COVID-19, but 15 per cent say they don’t believe the virus poses a big health risk to the population or are undecided, according to a new survey by Morneau Shepell.
A Norfolk county farm fired a migrant worker and tried to send him back to Mexico as reprisal for raising concerns about a massive COVID-19 outbreak, the provincial labour board has found — a historic ruling highlighting the power imbalance between seasonal labourers and their employers.
The province rejected advice from its own public health agency when it created its new colour-coded framework for COVID-19 restrictions, and the executive leading the organization’s pandemic response says she only learned of crucial details when they were released publicly last week, the Star has learned.
Ontario’s Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls received good news this week when the province allowed an exemption for high-performance athletes to continue to train despite restrictions for others as governments across the country fight the coronavirus pandemic.