Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools

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TORONTO — Calls to vaccinate education workers against COVID-19 grew louder on Tuesday as some health units opted to close schools amid rising case...

Concert venues get shut out as Ontario COVID-19 rules prohibit live...

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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...

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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...

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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’...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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TORONTO — Spring break for Ontario's schools will go ahead as planned next month, at least for now, the education minister said Tuesday, drawing...