The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Quebec is reporting 1,934 new cases of COVID-19 today and 47 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 13 within the preceding 24 hours. It’s the second day in a row – and the third day since Dec. 17 – Quebec has reported fewer than 2,000 […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada has secured an extra 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the virus that causes COVID-19, saying a faster rollout is the key to returning to some version of normality. He says that means Canada will receive 80 million doses […]
Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario’s health system will be overwhelmed and deaths from COVID-19 will exceed those in the pandemic’s first wave unless there is a significant reduction in contacts between residents, data released Tuesday indicates. Projections from the province show that under current restrictions, daily deaths from the […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has conducted a small shuffle of his ministers before holing up later in the day for a cabinet retreat to plot strategy for the resumption of Parliament. The shuffle is due to the departure of Navdeep Bains, who stepped down as […]
John Chidley-Hill and Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford warned that “turbulent waters” are ahead in the fight against COVID-19 on Sunday as Ontario set yet another single-day high for new diagnoses. He said the health-care system is “on the brink” of being overwhelmed as cases […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL – Police forces across Quebec handed out dozens of tickets to people protesting the province’s new COVID-19-related curfew shortly after it went into effect at last night. Quebec City police spokesman Const. Etienne Doyon says approximately 20 people protesting the curfew were ticketed around 8:20 p.m. […]
John Chidley-Hill The Canadian Press TORONTO – RCMP officers, custodial and clerical education workers and postal staff are among the expanded list of essential workers cleared to receive free child-care while thousands of Ontario students attend school remotely in the coming weeks, the province’s education minister announced Saturday. Stephen Lecce […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s cabinet is set to meet later today to consider new measures to combat skyrocketing rates of COVID-19. A government source says officials worked on new recommendations through the weekend that will be presented to cabinet tonight. The meeting comes ahead of new COVID-19 projections […]
Colin Perkel The Canadian Press TORONTO – A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots. While most of those on the pandemic front lines are eager to get their doses, a […]
The Canadian Press SIOUX LOOKOUT, Ont. – Residents at an extended care home in Sioux Lookout, Ont., will be vaccinated against COVID-19 today. A spokeswoman from Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre says staff will administer the shots at its William A. George facility this afternoon. Residents and staff […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford says the province will make an announcement later today on whether schools will reopen for many students next week. Ford says he received new data Wednesday night that indicates COVID-19 positivity rates amongst children have been increasing. He says that data has […]
Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario defended its COVID-19 vaccination efforts Monday as the province confirmed three more cases of a contagious new strain of the virus. The provincial government has faced criticism for its vaccine rollout in recent weeks, with observers noting the province has so far administered roughly […]
