By Sidhartha Banerjee The Canadian Press MONTREAL – Quebec’s updated back-to-school plan requires students in Grade 5 and up to wear masks in all common areas of school buildings, but not in the classroom. Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge said Monday the government’s new strategy does away with the six-student bubble […]
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The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 33 new cases of COVID-19 today – the lowest daily case count in months – but the province’s health minister attributes part of the drop to “routine data clean-up.” Christine Elliott says Toronto Public Health removed 21 cases, including some duplicates, from […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The federal Liberals are defending their decision to have the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. oversee a rent-relief program for small businesses struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic. The opposition Conservatives have questioned why the CMHC, rather than the Canada Revenue Agency, was asked to run […]
By Morgan Lowrie The Canadian Press MONTREAL – It’s highly unlikely Quebec will reimpose a partial lockdown on its citizens this fall if there is a second wave of COVID-19, the province’s top doctor said Friday. Horacio Arruda, director of public health, told reporters that forcing people to stay home […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s primary electricity provider says it’s extending a ban on disconnecting homes from the power grid until further notice. Hydro One first issued the ban towards the beginning of the province’s COVID-19 outbreak, saying customers needed to be able to rely on electricity while they […]
Kelly Geraldine Malone The Canadian Press WINNIPEG – Isha Khan has spent her career upholding human rights. The Winnipeg lawyer may now be facing her most public battle as she takes the helm of a museum under fire for allegations of racism, homophobia, sexism and censorship. “I’m excited about getting […]
The Canadian Press Ontario is reporting 115 new cases of COVID-19 today. It’s the first time in more than a week that the province has seen more than 100 new cases of the novel coronavirus in a day. The total is now 40,161, with 36,381 marked as resolved and 2,786 […]
By Osobe Waberi The Canadian Press TORONTO – The Ontario government began rolling out the first phase of its new program for families with autistic children on Friday, but critics and parents remain skeptical of the plan. The province made the announcement in a news release earlier in the week, […]
By Michelle McQuigge The Canadian Press Politicians and teachers called on the Ontario government to revisit its back-to-school plan on Wednesday as the premier continued to assert the strategy to reopen classrooms does enough to keep students and staff safe from the COVID-19 pandemic. Doug Ford stood firm in the […]
The Canadian Press Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said about getting kids back to classes. British Columbia Education Minister Rob Fleming […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL – Quebec is reporting 122 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death in the past 24 hours. The province has now recorded 59,131 total cases of the novel coronavirus and 5,673 deaths. The number of hospitalizations increased by 18 for a total of 208, and […]
By Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford declined to say Wednesday whether the province’s newly launched commission into the effects of COVID-19 on the long-term care system would be empowered to make binding recommendations, prompting critics to question the value of the initiative. The commission, […]
