TORONTO – International travellers arriving at Canada’s largest airport may now be funnelled into different customs lines based on their vaccination status. Toronto’s Pearson International Airport says it may be splitting passengers coming from the U.S. or other international destinations into vaccinated and partially or non-vaccinated queues. A spokeswoman for […]
COVID-19
By Elena De Luigi
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
TORONTO – Canadians are expressing frustration at still being unable to drive across the border to the U.S. for a casual visit, even though their fully vaccinated American counterparts will soon be able to do so. The federal government recently said restrictions on U.S. citizens and permanent residents fully immunized […]
What is a COVID-19 vaccine “breakthrough” case? It’s when a fully vaccinated person gets infected with the coronavirus. A small number of such cases are expected and health officials say they’re not a cause for alarm. COVID-19 vaccines work by teaching the body to recognize the virus. So if you’re […]
By James McCarten
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
WASHINGTON – Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents will be allowed into Canada as of Aug. 9, joined by the rest of the world Sept. 7, federal officials announced Monday as the country prepares to lower border barriers that were erected to limit the spread of COVID-19. However, the […]
Press release
Currently, we have 3 active cases in the NWHU catchment area. Today we received a report of 2 new positive COVID-19 test results in the Rainy River District. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for […]
MONTREAL – The Quebec government is planning two concerts involving a total of 25,000 spectators in September as an experiment to examine the impact of COVID-19 on large gatherings and to help relaunch the entertainment and tourism industries. Researchers at Universite Laval will oversee the two shows, which will be […]
By Joseph Pisani
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Amazon will stop testing workers for COVID-19 at its warehouses at the end of this month, citing the availability of vaccines and free testing. The company began testing warehouse workers last year when tests were more difficult to secure. Warehouse workers, who were considered essential, packed and shipped orders throughout […]
TORONTO – The plan to reopen schools in Ontario for in-person learning is based on the expectation that most of the students and staff will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by September. But the province, school boards and five unions representing teachers and education workers say they don’t know what […]
TORONTO – Ontario post-secondary institutions are being asked to prepare for a fall semester with no capacity limits on in-person classes and activities. The Ministry of Colleges and Universities is also directing schools to finalize and publicly post their back-up instruction plans in the event of a COVID-19 outbreak. A […]
TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 130 new cases of COVID-19 today and no new deaths. Eighteen of the new cases are in Toronto, 17 in Peel Region, 16 in the Region of Waterloo, 14 in Hamilton and 10 each in Grey Bruce and Middlesex-London. There were 11,567 tests completed in […]
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
TOKYO (AP) – An alternate on the United States women’s gymnastic team has tested tested positive for COVID-19 in a training camp in Japan, the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee said Monday. The USOPC did not say if world champion Simone Biles or any of the other favorites to […]
By Colleen Romaniuk
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Sudbury Star
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Sudbury Star
Red Cross has partnered with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry this summer to provide rapid COVID-19 testing for firefighters in northern Ontario. To help ensure the virus does not impact this summer’s fire season, Red Cross has teams spread across 18 different locations in the north that can […]
