Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario students began their winter term by logging on to online classes Monday as COVID-19 case counts remained high during the second week of a province-wide lockdown. As the province recorded another day with more than 3,000 new cases, one parents’ group questioned the government’s […]
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The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Nunavut’s sole MP says she is back on the job after several months away from work due to what she described as “extreme burnout, depression and anxiety.” Mumilaaq Qaqqaq announced in late October that she would be taking eight weeks off on advice from her doctor following […]
Stephanie Levitz The Canadian Press OTTAWA–A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Leger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveyed visited with people outside their households, compared to 52 per cent who said they […]
Adina Bresge The Canadian Press A third of Ontario’s long-term care homes are reporting COVID-19 outbreaks, marking a new record for the province, as advocates say spread among staff has forced some facilities to seek new sources of support to care for residents. According to provincial data, 207 of the […]
The Canadian Press DEBOLT, Alta. – Four people who died in a helicopter crash on New Year’s Day are being identified by loved ones as members of a strong and loving farm family from a small community in northern Alberta. The families of 45-year-old Wade Balisky and 37-year-old Aubrey Balisky […]
Lee Berthiaume The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government mulled the possibility of barring Canadians who travelled abroad from receiving a sick leave benefit aimed at those who must quarantine due to COVID-19 on Sunday amid fresh admissions of foreign excursions from a growing list of politicians and […]
Holly McKenzie-Sutter The Canadian Press TORONTO – Thousands of Ontario education workers set to go back to school next week amid a provincewide lockdown are facing impossible choices, a union representing them argued Friday as it warned many don’t have proper child-care options available to support their return to work. […]
Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press Ontario will lay out the order and timeframe in which specific population groups will be immunized against COVID-19, possibly within the next few weeks. Dr. Dirk Huyer, a member of the province’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force, says the group is working to determine the […]
Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s premier acknowledged Wednesday that he made a mistake in allowing his finance minister to continue a vacation abroad over the holidays as experts warned the incident undermines the government’s messaging regarding COVID-19 measures. In a brief news conference at a Toronto-area hospital, […]
Maan Alhmidi The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The federal government says it plans to require air travellers to test negative for COVID-19 before landing in Canada in response to concerns that people vacationing abroad could bring the novel coronavirus home with them. Cabinet ministers met Wednesday morning following criticism from […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Quebec’s health minister is confirming the province’s first case of a more contagious COVID-19 variant that was first identified in the United Kingdom. Christian Dube said today the person who tested positive is a family member of someone who returned from the U.K. on Dec. 11. The […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–COVID-19 vaccinations in Ontario are expected to return to full operations today after being scaled down over the holidays. The province says five vaccination clinics were open on Sunday, 10 were back in action Monday and all of them are set to resume immunizations today. A spokeswoman […]
