Mike Anderson
Non-essential retailers set to reopen on February 22
By: Mike Anderson
Non-essential retailers will be allowed to reopen on February 22, after the provincial stay-at-home order lifts and York Region is allowed to...
‘Everything is up in the air’: Local fish hut operators brace...
By: Ewa Chwojko-Srawley
As soon as Lake Simcoe freezes, a small 'town' of colourful tents and ice huts appears along its 240-kilometre shoreline. Every winter,...
Canada’s sluggish COVID-19 vaccination program won’t get better this week
OTTAWA — Canada's languid vaccination efforts have no chance of improvement this week with just 70,200 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine scheduled to start...
York Region opens free isolation centre for COVID-19
By: Mike Anderson
York Region has opened a free COVID-19 Voluntary Isolation Centre for residents who can't self-isolate safely from others in their household.
The centre...
Top doctor warns of COVID-19 variants taking root across Canada
OTTAWA — Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada is in "a very delicate period" as case counts for fast-spreading COVID-19 variants...
Rapid tests key to reopening remaining southern Ontario schools: Williams
TORONTO — Ontario plans to bring rapid COVID-19 testing to its schools but online learning in some regions may need to continue until that...
Canada suspends sun flights, insists on COVID tests, quarantine for air...
OTTAWA — Winter-weary Canadians eyeing a vacation were told to spike travel plans Friday as Ottawa cancelled flights to popular sun destinations, and ordered...
‘That’s not how we should be treated’: Local business owners to...
By: Michelle Poirier
Local business owners are crying foul after being charged and fined for breaking COVID-19 rules.
So far, a total of eight businesses in...
Doctors, researchers call for long-term care changes from Ontario government
TORONTO — Ontario must take urgent action to address the rising number of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care, a group of over 200 doctors,...
Cancel travel plans, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urges Canadians
OTTAWA — Ongoing tensions between the provinces and the federal government over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic pivoted back Tuesday to the question...
