Ontario News
Speed up vaccine rollout to LTC homes to prevent deaths, cases: advisory group says
TORONTO — Refocusing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout on long-term care residents would prevent 115 deaths and hundreds more cases by the end of March,...
Feds send mobile health units to Ontario to address hospital capacity crunch
TORONTO — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa is sending two mobile health units to the Greater Toronto Area to help address the strain...
Testing, sick leave, enforcement needed to slow workplace spread in Ontario: experts
TORONTO — As Ontario struggles to beat back a dire wave of COVID-19, workplace spread has been singled out by public health experts, mayors...
Ontario COVID-19 rates showing improvement, too soon to say if it’s a trend: Yaffe
TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 numbers are showing improvement, but it's too soon to say if that's the start of a downward trend, one of...
Schools in only 7 southern Ont. regions to open in-person Monday, rest stay online
TORONTO — Schools in just seven public health units in southern Ontario will reopen to in-person learning on Monday while the rest will continue...
Improve working conditions in long-term care homes, COVID-19 advisory group urges
Ontario should improve working conditions in long-term care homes in an effort to retain staff and prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the facilities,...
Two provinces hardest hit by COVID-19 see cases trend downward over last-week totals
TORONTO — Declining new COVID-19 case counts in the two provinces hardest hit by the pandemic offer some hope that newly imposed restrictions are...
Labour minister says 25 tickets issued in big-box store blitz, 242 stores inspected
TORONTO — Ontario's labour minister says 25 tickets were issued during a weekend inspection blitz of big-box stores that found the majority were following...
Ontario reports 2,655 new cases of COVID-19, 89 more deaths, and 13,784 vaccinations
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 2,655 new cases of COVID-19 today and 89 more deaths linked to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there...
Ford appeals to U.S. president-elect Biden for help securing more COVID-19 vaccines
TORONTO — Ontario's premier appealed directly to U.S. president-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday for help securing more COVID-19 vaccines, a request that came as...
