Experts weigh in on shifting public health messaging on ‘learn to...
TORONTO — Ontarians have recently started hearing their top health and government officials speak of "learning to live with COVID-19," but it doesn't mean...
Ontario designing ‘portable benefits’ plan for workers who don’t have coverage
Ontario intends to develop a "portable benefits" system for workers who don't have health, dental or vision coverage, with the package intended to move...
Long-term care visitor restrictions under review, new minister says
A policy restricting social visits in Ontario long-term care homes could soon change, the minister responsible for the sector said on Wednesday after other...
Ontario seeks to expand use of rapid tests in shifting pandemic...
TORONTO — Ontario's official COVID-19 testing volumes have plummeted since PCR access was sharply restricted in the face of an Omicron surge, but rather...
Ontario’s science advisers say easing restrictions will increase COVID-19 cases
TORONTO — COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and ICU admissions will likely increase again following this week's reopening, Ontario's expert science advisers said Tuesday in new...
‘Hopefully this is the last time’: Ontario businesses reopen with cautious...
TORONTO — Ontario restaurants, gyms and theatres welcomed patrons back as restrictions from the latest pandemic-related shutdown eased on Monday, with customers happy to...
Some urge vaccine certificates to require three doses as Ontario set...
TORONTO — Restaurants, gyms, cinemas and many other businesses in Ontario are set to open their doors once again on Monday to fully vaccinated...
Rapid test or medical note OK for COVID workplace claims during...
Ontarians who suspect they caught COVID-19 at work can make claims with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board even without a positive result from...
Ontario to begin resuming non-urgent surgeries on Monday
TORONTO — Some surgeries paused due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Ontario will start resuming next week, when businesses shuttered by public...
Crowds gather in Ontario and New Brunswick to cheer on parts...
Crowds cheered, waved flags and hoisted signs in Ontario and New Brunswick on Thursday as parts of a large national convoy of truckers headed...
Ontario extends booster deadline for long-term care staff until March 14
Ontario long-term care workers will have extra time to get third COVID-19 vaccine doses as the Omicron variant drives up outbreaks and limits access...
Unions want Ontario to reverse hospital COVID policy that allows sick...
Unions are calling for the Ontario government to reverse a pandemic policy that allows hospital workers to return to work while infected with COVID-19...
‘Ontario is closed for business:’ Concert, theatre organizers face new COVID...
TORONTO — Advocates in Ontario's live music industry say upcoming shows big and small hang in the balance as they face provincial restrictions that...
CFIB urges Ottawa to reverse trucker vaccine rule amid driver shortage,...
TORONTO — Canada's largest association of small and medium-sized businesses is urging the federal government to reverse its policy banning unvaccinated truck drivers from...
‘I feel forgotten’: Patients in Ontario wait for surgeries postponed due...
The waiting has become excruciating for Shelley Brownlee and her partner, Jonathan Clow.
Brownlee, who's been diagnosed with a form of cancer in her abdomen,...