Extended online learning could broaden so-called ‘performance gap,’ experts say
Some students will emerge from this year's extended period of online learning lagging far behind their peers, experts and teachers warn as they try...
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocations to Canada already assuming six doses per vial
OTTAWA — Pfizer and BioNTech are already assuming Canada will agree its COVID-19 vaccine vials contain six doses instead of five and are using...
COVID-19 cases down across Ontario but U.K. variant a threat, new data indicates
TORONTO — Ontario says COVID-19 cases are decreasing across the province, but the spread of the U.K. variant of the virus presents a “significant...
‘That’s not how we should be treated’: Local business owners to fight COVID-19 fines...
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...
January 24, 2021 Issue
This issue includes:
Local business owners fined for breaking COVID-19 rulesSkilled Trades Institute launches in GeorginaShould small retailers reopen?Christmas Bird Count Results: Uxbridge hits new...
Ontario reports 2,417 new cases of COVID-19 and 102 more deaths related to the...
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 2,417 new cases of COVID-19 today and 102 more deaths related to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there...
‘You don’t want to fall into that three per cent category,’ says Toronto ICU...
TORONTO — Dr. Jamie Spiegelman at first refused the COVID-19 vaccine.
As a critical care doctor at Humber River Hospital in northwest Toronto, one of...
Bald eagles sighted in Jackson’s Point
By: Mike Anderson
A pair of bald eagles were recently spotted enjoying a shore lunch near Lake Dr. East and Courting House Place in Jackson's...
