TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 438 people in intensive care with COVID-19 and 2,467 people hospitalized with the virus in total. Health Minister Christine Elliott shared the figures noting that not all hospitals report data from the weekend. The province reported 9,706 new COVID-19 cases, but Public Health Ontario has […]
COVID-19
By Amy Smart
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
VANCOUVER – Hospitals in several parts of Canada are straining under the weight of the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with Quebec hospitalizations reaching an all-time high on Sunday and Ontario’s admissions to intensive care units surging past the 400 mark. New Brunswick’s hospitals also hovered near their highest levels since […]
By Nicole Winfield
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ROME (AP) – Pope Francis suggested Monday that getting vaccinated against the coronavirus was a “moral obligation” and denounced how people had been swayed by “baseless information” to refuse one of the most effective measures to save lives during the pandemic. Francis used some of his strongest words yet calling […]
By Rod Mcguirk And Mark D. Baker
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – Novak Djokovic returned to the tennis court Monday for training, having won a legal battle to stay in Australia and play in the Australian Open after his exemption from strict coronavi- rus rules was questioned. But the government is still threatening to cancel his visa and […]
Press release
THUNDER BAY — The Ontario government is investing more than $10.6 million to train 500 workers for well-paying and in-demand jobs at hospitals, long-term care homes, and with home care providers in Northern Ontario. This investment will help job seekers get the skills they need to find rewarding careers as […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
A group of Ontario hospitals is urging pregnant people to get vaccinated against COVID-19, citing recent infant hospitalizations due to the disease. Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, McMaster Children’s Hospital, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario and Kingston Health Sciences Centre made a joint statement on the issue Wednesday. “No […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario is re- porting 2,279 patients in hospital with COVID-19, including 319 people in intensive care. That’s up from 2,081 patients hospitalized and 288 people in ICUs one day ago. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 232 intensive care patients are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination […]
By Virginie Ann
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
MONTREAL – Passengers who filmed themselves partying maskless aboard a chartered Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Mexico last week have become pariahs and now face being stranded after two more airlines announced Wednesday they will not fly them home to Canada. Following Sunwing’s cancellation of the return charter flight […]
By Mike Schneider
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
During the first several months of the pandemic in the U.S., Dina Levy made her young daughter and son go on walks with her three times a day. They kicked a soccer ball around at the nearby high school. The children, then 11 and 8, created an obstacle course out […]
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Despite COVID-19, the Fort Frances airport had a strong financial year due to the fire season and all the extra aircraft movement. Tom Batiuk, airport supervisor, said aircraft movement spiked the most during June and July when firefighters were deployed nationally and internationally to help extinguish fires. The airport fuel […]
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
The Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) announced 42 new active cases on Tuesday, just one day before the province entered a modified version of step two on the road map to reopening. Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, said these restrictions are in place due to […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
An Ontario First Nation is requesting military assistance amid a COVID-19 outbreak that has infected half of its on-reserve population and “crippled” daily operations. Bearskin Lake First Nation says 174 people have tested positive, including people in essential jobs with administration and maintenance units for the band. The First Nation […]
