Ontario tightens restrictions, gives police new powers amid dire COVID predictions
TORONTO — Ontario is extending a stay-at-home order, limiting interprovincial travel and shutting outdoor recreational facilities while giving police new powers to enforce the...
Ontario issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as cases soar
TORONTO — Ontario will allow hospitals to transfer patients without their consent and redeploy home-care workers to the facilities as the number of COVID-19...
Ontario retailers adjust to new rules, non-essential goods off-limits to shoppers
TORONTO — Retailers in Ontario are adjusting to new lockdown restrictions with stores like grocers, discount and big box chains roping off non-essential items...
Ontario reports 4,227 new cases of COVID-19 and 18 new deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 4,227 new cases of COVID-19 today and 18 additional deaths from the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are...
Ontario Premier Doug Ford to receive Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Friday
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford will receive a COVID-19 vaccine today.
He is scheduled to receive an Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine dose at a pharmacy in...
Ontario science table recommends limiting use of COVID drug due to...
TORONTO — An expert group is recommending Ontario clinicians ration doses of a drug used to treat COVID-19 as a supply shortage coincides with...
Third wave of COVID-19 reignites debate over paid sick days in...
TORONTO — The third wave of COVID-19 cases in Canada has reignited debate over sick days, with some calling on provinces to mandate paid...
COVID-19 stay-at-home order takes effect across Ontario today
TORONTO — A stay-at-home order takes effect across Ontario today in response to worsening COVID-19 trends.
Premier Doug Ford announced the move yesterday, saying it...
Education staff in Toronto, Peel hot spots, all special ed teachers...
TORONTO — Education workers in some Ontario virus hot spots will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccinations next week, the government announced Wednesday, amid union...
Plans for ‘life-and-death’ ICU triage decisions not finalized, health minister says
TORONTO — Ontario's health minister says the province has not yet finalized the protocols to deal with who gets life-saving treatment should intensive care...
Ontario imposes four-week stay-at-home order as COVID-19 overwhelms hospitals
TORONTO — Ontario imposed a four-week stay-at-home order Wednesday and promised to start vaccinating young people in COVID-19 hot spots amid mounting criticism that...
Ontario teacher unions call for further protections against COVID-19
TORONTO — Ontario's teacher unions are calling for the mass vaccination of all education workers and more protection in schools against COVID-19 as a...
Ontario to issue four-week stay-at-home order starting Thursday: sources
TORONTO — Ontario will issue a new stay-at-home order Wednesday to try and control a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, sources tell The...
Ontario, Quebec address workforce vaccinations as infection rates rise
TORONTO — Calls are growing for provincial governments to prioritize vaccination rollout for essential workers amid a third wave of the COVID-19 virus across...
Ontario to issue four-week stay-at-home order starting Thursday: sources
TORONTO — Ontario will issue a new stay-at-home order Wednesday to try and control a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, sources tell The...
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