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Ontario COVID-19 booster eligibility expands as province reports 508 new cases
TORONTO — Several groups of high-risk Ontarians are eligible to book COVID-19 booster shots as of 8 a.m. this morning.
The expanded vaccine program comes...
Survivors, leaders critical of Ontario residential school burial search fund rollout
Residential school survivors and Indigenous leaders are raising concerns about the allocation process for funds the Ontario government has promised to support searches for...
Ford government changes regulations related to pit bull ban
Doug Ford's government has eased regulations related to the province's pit bull ban, allowing seized dogs that look like the prohibited breed to be...
University vaccine mandates mean some students being barred from campus
TORONTO — Several universities in Ontario are moving to bar unvaccinated students from campus as their mandatory vaccination policies take full effect.
The schools say...
Ontario set to lift COVID-19 measures by March, including mask mandate
TORONTO — Ontario is set to lift all COVID-19 public health measures by the end of March, including mask mandates.
Premier Doug Ford said Ontario...
Ontario announces funds to hire more than 4,000 long-term care workers...
TORONTO — Ontario's long-term care operators welcomed provincial funding announced Wednesday to hire more than 4,000 staff within a year but advocates and employees...
Some Ontario health units tighten immunization rules for indoor youth sports
Ontario health units are starting to take a harder line than the province on COVID-19 vaccination rules for youth sports, but some operators say...
Study: non-melanoma skin cancer rates rose 30 per cent in Ontario...
TORONTO — A study by Toronto researchers says the prevalence of non-melanoma skin cancer is on the rise in Ontario, climbing by 30 per...
Ontario is mandating vaccinations for long-term care staff
TORONTO — Staff at Ontario long-term care homes must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the government announced Friday, reversing a previous vaccine-or-test policy it defended...
Ontario public accounts show spending increase, relief from COVID supports
TORONTO — Ontario reported a record spending increase in the first fiscal year of the pandemic but that figure was still lower than anticipated,...
