Ontario won’t ease any pandemic restrictions for at least four weeks because of a recent spike in COVID-19 cases, based on advice from chief medical officer Dr. David Williams.
Ontario’s new cases of COVID-19 in the last few days are pushing toward 200, double the level of a month ago and at their highest since early July — but the number of patients hospitalized remains low and is not growing anywhere near the same pace.
Watch Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s daily news conference on COVID-19 and the government’s response to the pandemic.In Ottawa, Dr. Theresa Tam, Canada’s chief public health officer, and Dr. Howard Njoo, the deputy chief public health officer, provide an update on the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
The pandemic has changed the face of retailing, perhaps forever. Many small businesses have gone under. Walk down any shopping street and count the number of “for lease” signs in vacant store windows. It’s disheartening.
It’s the start of the Ontario school year and without a budget for hand sanitizer or disinfectant wipes, one kindergarten teacher from Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) worries about keeping her classroom clean and her students safe.
Many students are still waiting for their timetables and some educators still have no idea what they’ll be teaching — they don’t even know if they’ll be in a school or working virtually.
OTTAWA—Canada’s chief public health doctor says a slow but steady increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is a cause for concern.
OTTAWA—Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan is making a pitch to global energy investors that Canadian LNG is their best choice to invest in sustainable and competitive natural gas production.
PARIS—Spectators will be allowed at the French Open this month despite the growing number of coronavirus cases in the country, organizers said on Monday.
Oliver Hunter de Góes is set to start school Wednesday at Mohawk College in Hamilton — from his parents’ living room in Curitiba, Brazil, some 8,250 kilometres away.
SHERBROOKE, QUE.—Two bars in Quebec’s Eastern Townships region have allegedly flouted public health regulations meant to stem the spread of COVID-19, police in Sherbrooke said on Monday, as the province reported over 200 new COVID-19 cases for the second straight day.