The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Quebec is reporting 1,203 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 12 that occurred in the past 24 hours. The Health Department said today hospitalizations dropped by six, to 1,321 and 217 patients were in intensive care, a decrease of […]
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Jordan Press The Canadian Press OTTAWA–A new report on billions of dollars the federal government has sent to provinces to help safely reopen the economy suggests much of the money is sitting unused. Today’s report also suggests that federal efforts to stretch the financial impact of those dollars is falling […]
The Canadian Press Ontario is reporting 1,740 new cases of COVID-19 today and 63 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 677 new cases in Toronto, 320 in Peel Region, and 144 in York Region. More than 30,700 tests have been completed since Ontario’s […]
Holly McKenzie-Sutter The Canadian Press TORONTO–Public health officials in Ontario are taking further measures to trace a more contagious strain of COVID-19 that’s been found in a number of regions since it was first detected in the Toronto area a month ago. As of Monday, 38 cases of the new […]
Mia Rabson The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Canada’s anxiety-laden COVID-19 vaccine programs are facing further threats as Europe warns drug makers it might impose export controls on European-made vaccine doses. All of Canada’s current vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are made in Europe, potentially putting at risk the entirety of Canada’s […]
Holly McKenzie-Sutter The Canadian Press TORONTO – Refocusing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout on long-term care residents would prevent 115 deaths and hundreds more cases by the end of March, according to projections from a team of experts advising the government on the pandemic. The report predicted that giving a first […]
Stephanie Levitz The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says it’s not appropriate for former governor general Julie Payette to receive the customary benefits afforded to those who’ve left the post. Payette resigned last week ahead of the release of a report concluding she oversaw a highly toxic […]
Victoria Ahearn The Canadian Press TORONTO – The Canadian military is set to help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution in northern Ontario, as officials investigate the death of a teenager who had the virus and worked at a long-term care home in the province’s southwest. Federal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 1,958 new cases of COVID-19 today and 43 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 727 new cases in Toronto, 365 in Peel Region, and 157 in York Region. She says nearly 36,000 tests were completed […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak is leaving the upper chamber three years before her mandatory retirement. Named to the Senate on the advice of Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper in 2013, she says she was committed to serving just eight years. That is the term limit […]
Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press Ontario should improve working conditions in long-term care homes in an effort to retain staff and prevent the spread of COVID-19 within the facilities, a new report from a group of health experts advising the province suggests. The immense toll the pandemic has taken on […]
The Canadian Press Ontario is reporting 2,632 new cases of COVID-19 today and 46 more deaths linked to the virus. A technical issue from earlier this week was resolved, adding 102 cases from Toronto Public Health to today’s total. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 897 new cases in […]
