Tag: pandemic
Ontario rejects TDSB’s request for more time in lifting mask rules...
TORONTO — Ontario's top doctor has instructed schools that sought more time to lift mask mandates and other remaining COVID-19 public health measures to...
Lecce defends end date for Ontario school mask mandate amid calls...
TORONTO — Ontario's education minister is defending the province's plan to end mask rules along with other COVID-19 measures in schools on March 21...
Ontario offering nurses up to $5,000 as job retention incentive
Ontario is offering all nurses incentive pay of up to $5,000 per person to encourage job retention.
Health Minister Christine Elliott said Monday the payments...
Fewer LTC deaths during Omicron wave despite high infections
TORONTO — Ontario long-term care homes, where the majority of residents have third or fourth COVID-19 vaccine doses, have been spared mass deaths during...
Ontario to end tolls on two Toronto-area highways this spring
Ontario will remove tolls on two Greater Toronto Area highways this spring in a move Premier Doug Ford says will help Ontarians financially after...
Ontario hospitals keeping mandatory vaccination for staff, some for visitors
TORONTO — Vaccination requirements for restaurants, gyms and other public settings in Ontario may soon be lifting, but mandates for staff and even visitors...
Ontario reports 1,342 in hospital, 356 in ICU due to COVID-19
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 1,342 people in hospital with COVID-19 and 356 patients in ICU.
That's down from 1,403 hospitalizations and 364 people in...
Ontario slightly accelerates lifting restrictions on sporting event attendance
TORONTO — Ontario limits on attendance at indoor sports events during the pandemic changed again Monday with Premier Doug Ford slightly accelerating previously announced...
Ontario lowers deficit projection for this year to $13.1 billion
TORONTO — Ontario is projecting a $13.1-billion deficit this fiscal year, down from the province's last forecast, mostly due to higher revenues.
In the third-quarter...
Reopened Ambassador Bridge sees traffic moving freely as city signs emergency...
WINDSOR, ONTARIO — Commercial trucks and other vehicles flowed steadily over the reopened Ambassador Bridge on Monday as the City of Windsor took steps...
