Anyone who is struggling to sort out their vaccination information to comply with the province’s new regulations can turn to the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre (FFPLTC) and a local lawyer for help. On Wednesday, September 29, 2021 from 1 p.m. until 6 p.m., a Vaccine Certificate and I.D. […]
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Toronto Public Health has formed a group to plan for COVID-19 vaccinations of children aged five to 11. It says the city is home to 200,000 children in that age cohort. The unit says health partners, school boards, representatives from the community, and the provincial Health Ministry are involved in […]
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TORONTO – While Toronto Raptors are finally back home, many players are getting their first taste of life in the city. The Raptors opened their training camp at home today after being based south of the border over the past 19 months due to COVID-19 restrictions. General manager Bobby Webster […]
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TORONTO – A union representing workers on university campuses in Ontario is calling for the government to put classroom capacity limits and distancing requirements in place. Ontario announced earlier this month that it wouldn’t require distancing or class caps when post-secondary institutions resume in-person learning. CUPE Ontario represents workers – […]
By Mia Rabson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
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OTTAWA – Further deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada are on pause because provinces already have more doses than they can currently use. Canada was to get 95 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna by the end of September, but is about 20 million doses shy of that […]
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WINDSOR, Ont. – More than 100 staff members at a Windsor, Ont., hospital are being placed on unpaid leave for not receiving their first COVID-19 vaccine doses by a set deadline. Windsor Regional Hospital says the 140 staff members who did not receive their first shots by Sept. 22 have […]
By Allison Jones and Noushin Ziafati
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TORONTO – Premier Doug Ford urged Ontarians not to take their frustrations out on businesses and their staff as a proof-of-vaccination system went into effect Wednesday for indoor dining, gyms, movie theatres and certain other venues. “It’s important that each of us remain patient, especially with business owners and front-line […]
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The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Anti-Rackets Branch (ARB), with assistance from the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), have charged two residents of Toronto, following an investigation into allegations of fraud relating to the Ministry of Education’s Support for Families Program. In August of 2020, the OPP received a referral from […]
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Currently, we have nine active cases of COVID-19 connected to the NWHU catchment area. Since our last update, we have not received report of any new positive COVID-19 test results. NWHU recommends that everyone, including those who have been vaccinated, assume COVID-19 is in their community and practise preventive measures […]
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TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 574 new cases of COVID-19 today and eight more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says that 434 of those cases are in people who are not fully vaccinated or have an unknown vaccination status. Elliott says 330 people are hospitalized with […]
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Pfizer Canada says it plans to provide Health Canada with data showing its COVID-19 vaccine works for children in a bid to seek authorization “as early as possible.” Pfizer said Monday its research shows its product works for children aged five to 11 and that it will also seek U.S. […]
By Edith M. Lederer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK (AP) – In person and on screen, world leaders returned to the United Nations’ foremost gathering for the first time in two years on Tuesday with a formidable, diplomacy-packed agenda of escalating crises to tackle, including the still-raging COVID-19 pandemic and a relentlessly warming planet. Other pressing issues […]
