Tag: covid
Audit flags issues with tracking Ontario pandemic pay program, other COVID...
TORONTO — The Ontario government failed to properly track billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds, including for high-profile programs like pay increases for...
Ontario expects 65% of adults to have first COVID-19 vaccine dose...
TORONTO — Ontario expects 65 per cent of adults to have their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of May and...
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 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...
Popular Keswick barbershop may close for good after latest lockdown
By: Mike Anderson
When Ralph Hirmann heard the news that he would have to close his barbershop again, he got angry.
After all, he thought he...
Opinion: Time to give education workers the jab
By: Mike Anderson
Last week I got my first AstraZeneca shot at a pharmacy. Like many others who have been fortunate to be vaccinated, I...
Third COVID wave will lead to difficult weeks ahead for Ontario...
TORONTO — The president of the Ontario Hospital Association says the province could face a new surge in patient transfers and cancelled surgeries as...
Canada suspends sun flights, insists on COVID tests, quarantine for air...
OTTAWA — Winter-weary Canadians eyeing a vacation were told to spike travel plans Friday as Ottawa cancelled flights to popular sun destinations, and ordered...
‘You don’t want to fall into that three per cent category,’...
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...
