Crowds gather in Ontario and New Brunswick to cheer on parts of trucker convoy
Crowds cheered, waved flags and hoisted signs in Ontario and New Brunswick on Thursday as parts of a large national convoy of truckers headed...
Ontario extends booster deadline for long-term care staff until March 14
Ontario long-term care workers will have extra time to get third COVID-19 vaccine doses as the Omicron variant drives up outbreaks and limits access...
Unions want Ontario to reverse hospital COVID policy that allows sick people to work
Unions are calling for the Ontario government to reverse a pandemic policy that allows hospital workers to return to work while infected with COVID-19...
‘Ontario is closed for business:’ Concert, theatre organizers face new COVID hurdles
TORONTO — Advocates in Ontario's live music industry say upcoming shows big and small hang in the balance as they face provincial restrictions that...
CFIB urges Ottawa to reverse trucker vaccine rule amid driver shortage, higher costs
TORONTO — Canada's largest association of small and medium-sized businesses is urging the federal government to reverse its policy banning unvaccinated truck drivers from...
‘I feel forgotten’: Patients in Ontario wait for surgeries postponed due to COVID-19
The waiting has become excruciating for Shelley Brownlee and her partner, Jonathan Clow.
Brownlee, who's been diagnosed with a form of cancer in her abdomen,...
Ford says Ontario close to child-care deal; province is last to strike an agreement
Ontario is close to a child-care deal with the federal government, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday, as his province remained the only jurisdiction without...
More than 330 Ontario schools report absences of 30 per cent or higher
TORONTO — More than 300 Ontario schools reported staff and student absences of more than 30 per cent by the end of last week,...
Staffing shortages hitting beleaguered home-care sector, organization says
An organization representing Ontario home-care providers says the same factors leading to staffing shortages throughout the workforce have left the already beleaguered sector in...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford holds meeting on rural, remote and northern housing issues
Ontario Premier Doug Ford met Sunday with leaders of rural, remote and northern communities to discuss their housing challenges as issues of rapid price...
