All travellers coming to Canada must submit their mandatory information in ArriveCAN (free App or website), including their digital proof of vaccination and a quarantine plan within 72 hours before arriving in Canada. For more information, visit www.canada.ca/arrivecan. If you’re using the ArriveCAN App, make sure you have the most […]
COVID-19
Press release
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU) warns that although travel may be possible, it comes with risk. The origin of many new cases of COVID-19 in the region have come from recent travel. “Since the U.S. border reopening, we have seen a number of cases in people who have recently travelled to […]
By Laura Osman
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Unvaccinated travellers over the age of 12 won’t be able to board a plane or passenger train in Canada beginning today, and a negative COVID-19 test will no longer serve as a substitute for most people. The policy came into effect on Oct. 30, but the federal government […]
Beginning tomorrow, November 30, 2021, Canadian travellers who spend less than 72 hours in the United States do not need to show a negative PCR test result upon re-entry to Canada. The change, announced November 19 and which comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning, removed the requirement to […]
By Nicole Thompson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario detected Canada’s first two known cases of Omicron on Sunday, a new COVID-19 variant of concern that has led to a slate of fresh border restrictions around the world, and is following up on four possible cases. Both known cases of the variant were found in the […]
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 964 new COVID-19 cases today and one more death from the virus. The numbers mark the highest daily case count recorded in the province since May 30, the last time on which new infections topped the 1,000 mark. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 519 of […]
By Laura Osman
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos attended an urgent meeting of G7 health ministers today to discuss the emergence of the highly mutated Omicron variant of COVID-19. The new variant appeared in South Africa, coinciding with an increase in COVID-19 cases in the region. The news prompted border closures as […]
By Noushin Ziafati
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
The number of First Nations people who died from opioid-related deaths in Ontario more than doubled during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s one of the key findings of a report released by the Chiefs of Ontario and the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network on Friday, which examined […]
By Zeke Miller
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden will urge Americans to get vaccinated and receive a booster shot as he seeks to quell concerns Monday over the new COVID-19 variant omicron, but won’t immediately push for more restrictions to stop its spread, his chief medical adviser said. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the […]
By Holly McKenzie-Sutter
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Modelling suggests Ontario intensive care units could be treating around 200 COVID-19 patients by January, but the head of the agency overseeing the health system says a provincewide reduction in services is less likely to happen during this wave of the pandemic. Dr. Chris Simpson, medical vice-president of […]
By Merna Emara
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Parental consent will be required for children aged five to 11 to get vaccinated. Appointments can be booked now through the Northwest Health Unit (NWHU). Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the (NWHU) said it would only be a very extreme or very exceptional circumstance that this […]
By Marie Woolf
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – Almost half of Canadians plan to abandon social distancing during holiday gatherings and hug, kiss and shake hands with friends and family, a new poll shows. The poll by Leger in collaboration with The Canadian Press found that 45 per cent of Canadians say they will “greet others […]
