Tag: Ontario
Proposals to protect Ontario LTC residents rejected as ‘too expensive,’ docs...
A commission examining the impact of COVID-19 on Ontario's long-term care system has heard the government rejected proposals that could have helped protect vulnerable...
Ontario NDP launch environmental platform, pledge to bring back cap-and-trade system
TORONTO — Ontario's New Democrats say they would create a new cap-and-trade carbon pricing system if elected in 2022.
The official Opposition made the promise...
Ontario reports 990 new COVID-19 cases, six new virus-related deaths
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 990 new cases of COVID-19 today and six more deaths linked to the virus.
Health Minister Christine Elliott says there...
Ontario reports 1,185 new COVID-19 cases as total infections near 300,000
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 1,185 new cases of COVID-19 today and 16 more deaths linked to the virus.
Today's figures bring the province's total...
Ontario could have moved faster on COVID-19 vaccine booking site, experts...
TORONTO — Ontario's explanation that ongoing tests are delaying the launch of its vaccine-booking web portal doesn't carry water for experts, who said Thursday...
COVID-19 misery shows in record Ontario job losses; labour groups plead...
TORONTO — The misery inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic beyond its rising death toll was highlighted Thursday by a report showing record-setting job losses...
Ontario ramping up rapid testing in schools, LTC and some workplaces...
TORONTO — Ontario says it will expand the use of rapid COVID-19 testing in schools, long-term care homes and essential workplaces.
Once the program has...
Some parents raise concerns over Ontario’s plan to reopen schools in...
Ontario's plan to reopen schools in COVID-19 hot spots has raised concerns among parents who say the government has failed to implement safety measures...
Ontario’s top doctors ask government to reopen schools before other sectors
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...
Testing, sick leave, enforcement needed to slow workplace spread in Ontario:...
TORONTO — As Ontario struggles to beat back a dire wave of COVID-19, workplace spread has been singled out by public health experts, mayors...
