Concert venues get shut out as Ontario COVID-19 rules prohibit live...
TORONTO — Ontario concert venue owners are facing another setback after the provincial government outlawed live streaming shows for the second time this year...
Top public health doctors call for stay-at-home orders amid surge in...
TORONTO — The top doctors of three COVID-19 hot spots in Ontario are urging the province to impose tougher restrictions, including a stay-at-home order,...
Top public health doctors call for stay-at-home orders in letter to...
TORONTO — The top doctors of three COVID-19 hot spots in Ontario are urging the province to impose tougher restrictions, including a stay-at-home order,...
Ontario reports over 6,000 COVID-19 cases over two days as ‘shutdown’...
Ontario's daily COVID-19 case count surged back up over the 3,000 mark on Saturday, hours after a new provincewide "shutdown" took effect in a...
Ontario expands pharmacy vaccine sites to all health units, lowers minimum...
TORONTO — Ontario residents aged 55 and older can now book Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine appointments at pharmacies across the province, the government announced Thursday.
Premier...
Ontario imposes four-week ‘shutdown’ to combat surge in COVID-19 cases
TORONTO — An Ontario-wide "shutdown" will be put in place to combat an "alarming" surge in COVID-19 infections, Premier Doug Ford said Thursday as...
Restaurants and small businesses demand compensation as Ontario lockdown expected
TORONTO — News that Ontario is going back into widespread lockdowns to control the COVID-19 pandemic is leading to demands for compensation from small...
Ontario to announce 28-day provincewide ‘shutdown’ today: source
TORONTO — The Canadian Press has learned that Ontario is expected to announce a 28-day provincewide "shutdown" today to stop the spread of COVID-19...
Older Ontarians most involved in spreading COVID-19 misinformation online: study
TORONTO — Misinformation about COVID-19 is being spread online by six per cent of people in Ontario, most of them between the ages of...
Announcement on possible new restrictions coming Thursday, Ford says
TORONTO — Ontario will announce measures on Thursday aimed at fighting the pandemic's third wave, the government said, as the number of COVID-19 patients...
Paramedics, care providers give in-home vaccinations to homebound Ontario seniors
TORONTO — It's hard for Prentice Scott to choose a highlight from a day spent vaccinating seniors against COVID-19 in the lobby of their...
LTC residents social and emotional needs being ignored, TRO says
By Sarah Grishpul
Therapeutic Recreation (TR) specialists, who provide recreational activities for LTC residents, say they have been left out of the provincial government’s long-term...
‘It’s beyond appalling:’ LTC residents beg for release from COVID-19 confinement
TORONTO — Residents of Ontario's long-term care homes begged on Tuesday to be allowed outside, saying anti-pandemic restrictions that have confined them indoors for...
Ontario’s education minister says April break to go ahead as planned
TORONTO — Spring break for Ontario's schools will go ahead as planned next month, at least for now, the education minister said Tuesday, drawing...
Ford says Ontario is considering additional restrictions as COVID-19 cases rise
TORONTO — Ontario is considering additional restrictions to combat a surge in COVID-19 cases, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday as he warned people against...




















































