E-Learning begins for students across Ontario as COVID-19 closures continue
TORONTO — Students across Ontario began online learning Monday, more than three weeks after COVID-19 shuttered schools in the name of physical distancing.
Teachers will...
Trudeau cites U.S. as culprit in PPE problems, insists deliveries will happen
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is acknowledging that Canada has been having problems with incomplete or non-existent deliveries of critical supplies for its fight...
Ford says Ontario has enough health-care protective gear for one more week
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford says recent restrictions on shipments at the United States border have left the province with just one more...
Non-medical masks can keep people with COVID-19 from spreading it, Tam says
OTTAWA — Canada's top public-health doctor says wearing masks is a way for people who might have COVID-19 without realizing it to keep from...
Changes to emergency-relief program coming to expand eligibility, Trudeau says
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says 240,000 people successfully applied for emergency relief amid the COVID−19 pandemic in the first few hours after the...
Application process for emergency benefits for workers begins this morning
OTTAWA — Applications open today for the new federal emergency aid benefit for Canadians who lost their income because of COVID-19.
The Canada Revenue Agency...
How safe is grocery shopping?
By: James Burrows
Shopping trips are extra stressful these days as epidemiologists and governments try to grapple with how the spread of COVID-19 occurs. It’s...
Long-term care home in Oshawa, Ont., reports six COVID-19 deaths: health officials
OSHAWA, Ont. — Public health officials say six COVID-19 patients at a long-term care home in Oshawa, Ont., have died.
Glendene Collins of the Durham...
Community initiatives pop up during COVID-19 crisis
By: Michelle Poirier
While the COVID-19 crisis brings anxiety and uncertainty, it is also inspires the best in people.
And that's what's happening in Georgina,...
Ontario COVID-19 deaths jump past 100; caseload more than 4,000
TORONTO — Another 25 people in Ontario have succumbed to COVID-19, bringing the provincial death toll for those who have tested positive for the virus to...
