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Georgina woman tests positive; public health continues its investigation of the case
By: Mike Anderson
York Region Public Health is currently investigating the case of a Georgina woman in her 30s who tested positive for COVID-19.
Public health...
Georgina woman tests positive as York Region sees 13 more COVID-19 infections.
By: Mike Anderson
A Georgina woman in her 30s has tested positive for COVID-19, according to York Region Public Health.
The York website reports the case...
Three new cases and second fatality reported as York Region’s COVID-19 total rises to...
By: Mike Anderson
York Region Public Health reports three new infections and its second fatality from COVID-19.
This follows a disappointing week as cases spiked, with...
Number of patients in intensive care more than triples as COVID-19 infections rise by...
By: Mike Anderson
The number of patients in intensive care units across the province has more than tripled since Wednesday, according to Ontario’s Ministry of...
Local caremongers rally to help isolated seniors and others in need during pandemic
By: Mike Anderson
They are called caremongers; people who volunteer to get food and essentials to vulnerable residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
And Danielle Trautman, a...
12 health-care workers test positive as new COVID-19 cases bring total to 137 in...
By: Mike Anderson
Twelve health-care workers have tested positive for COVID-19 in York Region, according to York Region Public Health.
This comes as York...
Eight health care workers test positive as total COVID-19 cases climb to 97 in...
By: Mike Anderson
Eight health care workers - either physicians, nurses or paramedics - have tested positive for COVID-19, according to York Region Public Health.
York...
All Lake Simcoe Conservation areas closed to public
By: Mike Anderson
All conservation areas managed by Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority are now closed to the public, according to a media release issued...
John Sibbald, community leader and champion of the arts, dead at age 92
By: Karen Wolfe
John Drinkwater Sibbald III (1928 - 2020) was a charming friend who had an iconic presence in our community. With a legacy...
First COVID-19 related death in York Region
By: Michelle Poirier
The Regional Municipality of York has had its first death related to COVID-19, a female in her 70s who had recently returned...
