Ontario won’t make Feb. 5 goal of vaccinating all LTC, high-risk...

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TORONTO — Vaccine supply delays mean Ontario won't meet its goal of giving all nursing-home residents the first dose of a COVID-19 shot by...

‘Kids are not all right,’ mental health among Ontario children deteriorating

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TORONTO — Ceilidh Chopowick says she is not all right, but she's trying.  It has been a difficult year for the Grade 10 student from...

Payette resignation shines light on generous pension, expense account for former...

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OTTAWA — Taxpayers will continue paying Julie Payette a generous pension and an even heftier expense account for the rest of her life, even...

Groundhogs to make predictions virtually as pandemic cancels in-person festivities

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The pandemic is forcing the country’s famous furry forecasters to take their festivities online.  Groundhog Day predictions from Ontario's Wiarton Willie and Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie...

Rapid tests key to reopening remaining southern Ontario schools: Williams

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TORONTO — Ontario plans to bring rapid COVID-19 testing to its schools but online learning in some regions may need to continue until that...

Canada suspends sun flights, insists on COVID tests, quarantine for air...

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OTTAWA — Winter-weary Canadians eyeing a vacation were told to spike travel plans Friday as Ottawa cancelled flights to popular sun destinations, and ordered...

Ontario’s top doctors ask government to reopen schools before other sectors

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Ontario's regional public health officials are asking the government to prioritize opening schools before lifting other public health restrictions aimed at reducing high levels...

Extended online learning could broaden so-called ‘performance gap,’ experts say

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Some students will emerge from this year's extended period of online learning lagging far behind their peers, experts and teachers warn as they try...

Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine allocations to Canada already assuming six doses per...

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OTTAWA — Pfizer and BioNTech are already assuming Canada will agree its COVID-19 vaccine vials contain six doses instead of five and are using...

COVID-19 cases down across Ontario but U.K. variant a threat, new...

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TORONTO — Ontario says COVID-19 cases are decreasing across the province, but the spread of the U.K. variant of the virus presents a “significant...

Doctors, researchers call for long-term care changes from Ontario government

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TORONTO — Ontario must take urgent action to address the rising number of COVID-19 deaths in long-term care, a group of over 200 doctors,...

Cancel travel plans, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urges Canadians

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OTTAWA — Ongoing tensions between the provinces and the federal government over the management of the COVID-19 pandemic pivoted back Tuesday to the question...

Ontario reports 2,417 new cases of COVID-19 and 102 more deaths...

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TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 2,417 new cases of COVID-19 today and 102 more deaths related to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there...

‘You don’t want to fall into that three per cent category,’...

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TORONTO — Dr. Jamie Spiegelman at first refused the COVID-19 vaccine. As a critical care doctor at Humber River Hospital in northwest Toronto, one of...

Speed up vaccine rollout to LTC homes to prevent deaths, cases:...

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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,...