HAMILTON—Seven migrant farm workers are in hospital — three in intensive care — as 164 workers at a Norfolk County farm have now tested positive for COVID-19.
A second investigation has been called into how Ontario nursing homes handled the COVID-19 outbreak that has killed at least 1,652 residents and infected more than 5,000 to date.
Burlington’s TRP Construction General Contractors beat seven other bidders to win both jobs, with its bid of $8,807,000 for the Collegiate addition below the $10.2 million the school board had budgeted in public reports.
OTTAWA—As protesters keep up their anti-racism rallies on both sides of the border, top health officials are hoping they don’t forget about the risk of COVID-19.
A Welland woman is considering legal action against a construction company that has been working in her neighbourhood for about two years, alleging it caused about $25,000 in damage to her home.Kelly Kelly lives on Elgin Street near the south end
The latest novel coronavirus news from Canada and around the world Tuesday (this file will be updated throughout the day). Web links to longer stories if available.
Big Number: $58,340. The average median household income in the 30 neighbourhoods with the highest per capita rates of COVID-19, compared to $82,360 in the 30 least-affected neighbourhoods — a difference of $24,020 per household
The City of Toronto urged the province Monday to immediately begin collecting race-based and occupational data on COVID-19 cases, calling preliminary information showing the pandemic’s disproportionate impacts “disturbing.”
EDMONTON—Alberta’s medical officer of health says there is an increase of active COVID-19 cases in the Edmonton area linked to two private family gatherings.
As the Ford government makes plans for a regional reopening of Ontario’s economy, the latest COVID-19 case numbers from across the province suggest we may be already feeling the effects of loosened restrictions.
The COVID-19 pandemic has burned along in Ontario: rising, dipping, rising again, and now settling in at a still-significant number of daily cases. In recent weeks, a question has been asked in the Ontario medical community: not just who is in charge, but who should be in charge?
FREDERICTON—The 18-bed Alzheimer’s unit at the first nursing home in New Brunswick to report a COVID-19 outbreak has transformed into a “mini-hospital,” according to the facility’s owner.
In the normal course of a big economic downturn, economists would be picking through the detritus right about now in search of what they call “green shoots” – signs of a natural recovery that will sprout and bring jobs and profits, investment and productivity.