In Ontario there were 1,913 new cases Tuesday from 33,402 completed tests, for a positivity rate of 5.7 per cent. The rate of active cases is 189.58 per 100,000 people. Over the past seven days, there have been a total of 20,254 new cases. The seven-day rolling average of new […]
Canada
OTTAWA – Ontario Conservative MP Derek Sloan says he’ll fight efforts by his party’s leader to boot him from caucus. Sloan says a decision by leader Erin O’Toole that he should be tossed out over a donation to his leadership campaign by a known white supremacist is ridiculous. O’Toole announced […]
Liam Casey The Canadian Press Hospitals in Ontario have received a much-anticipated document that lays out the criteria to be used if intensive care units fill up and medical resources are scarce. According to the document, titled “Adult Critical Care Clinical Emergency Standard of Care for Major Surge” and prepared […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 1,913 new cases of COVID-19 today and 46 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says that due to a technical issue at Toronto Public Health, there is likely an underreporting of cases today. Elliott says that Toronto is […]
Maan Alhmidi The Canadian Press OTTAWA – As new cases of COVID-19 surge across Canada, the federal government and the provinces have been imposing stricter measures to try to limit the illness’s spread. The Canadian Press interviewed three leading Canadian experts in disease control and epidemiology, asking their thoughts on […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 2,578 new cases of COVID-19 today and 24 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 815 new cases in Toronto and 507 in Peel Region. She also says there were 151 more cases in York Region […]
Dirk Meissner The Canadian Press VICTORIA – Using a jackhammer and other home repair tools to save a cat stuck in a tiny drainpipe ranks as the strangest rescue call one Victoria firefighter can recall responding to in his 20-year career. Capt. Tim Hanley said Sunday he and three other […]
Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s premier defended his government’s new stay-at-home order on Wednesday as critics called it unclear and officials in the province’s largest city said they were still seeking details on the rules. A day after plunging the province into its second state of emergency […]
The Canadian Press The Ontario government is imposing a stay-at-home order in an effort to bring down soaring COVID-19 infections. Here’s a closer look at what that means: – When does the order take effect? It comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. – Does it mean no one can […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario has declared a state of emergency and issued a stay-at-home order that will take effect Thursday in response to surging COVID-19 infections that threaten to overrun the health-care system. Residents will be required to stay home, leaving only for essentials like work, food, health-care […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – The Toronto Maple Leafs have scored their own docu-series on Amazon Prime Video. The streaming service and NHL Original Productions have announced “All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs,” which will go behind the scenes of their 2020-’21 NHL season. The Canadian multi-episode Amazon original series […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario has declared a state of emergency and issued a stay-at-home order that will take effect Thursday in response to surging COVID-19 infections that threaten to overrun the health-care system. Residents will be required to stay home, leaving only for essentials like work, food, health-care […]
