Mike Anderson
Three COVID-19 assessment centres open in York Region
By: Mike Anderson
Markham-Stouffville Hospital will open a COVID-19 assessment centre on March 18, according to a media release from York Region Public Health.
It will...
Ontario government plans bill to help workers affected by COVID-19 pandemic
TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford’s office says the government is drafting legislation that would remove employers’ ability to require sick notes for people in...
Georgina’s nurse practitioner clinic to be rebuilt in Jackson’s Point
By: Mike Anderson
After years of on-again, off-again attempts to rebuild a permanent facility for Georgina's nurse practitioner-led clinic, the project is finally going ahead.
The...
While Georgina braces for COVID-19, province introduces new measures to protect...
By: Mike Anderson
While the number of positive cases of COVID-19 has risen to eight in York Region, all of the cases have been travel-related...
Large events should be avoided as seventh case of COVID-19 confirmed:...
By: Mike Anderson
With the number of positive COVID-19 cases rising to seven in York Region, Dr. Karim Kurji, York's Medical Officer of Health, says...
Provincial grant helps local shelter upgrade facilities for women and children...
By: Mike Anderson
Sandgate Women's Shelter in Jackson's Point was the recent recipient of a $78,800 provincial grant, which allowed the shelter to complete much-needed...
Perchin for MS raises $21,000 in its final year
By: Mike Anderson
One of Georgina's local heroes is
calling it a day. After a decade of organizing Perchin for MS, one of Lake
Simcoe's premier ice...
A firm handshake used to be the measure of a person’s...
By: Mike Anderson
York Region’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Karim Kurji wants us to stop greeting people by shaking their hands. Instead, he says...
Newmarket woman with coronavirus did not travel to Georgina
By: Mike Anderson
A 70-year-old Newmarket woman, who tested positive for COVID-19 at Southlake Regional Health Centre on February 29, did not travel to Georgina,...
Ontario reports four new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus
TORONTO — Ontario health officials announced four more cases of the new coronavirus in the province on Sunday, bringing the total diagnoses in Canada...
