Liam Casey The Canadian Press Hospitals in Ontario have received a much-anticipated document that lays out the criteria to be used if intensive care units fill up and medical resources are scarce. According to the document, titled “Adult Critical Care Clinical Emergency Standard of Care for Major Surge” and prepared […]
COVID-19
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 1,913 new cases of COVID-19 today and 46 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says that due to a technical issue at Toronto Public Health, there is likely an underreporting of cases today. Elliott says that Toronto is […]
Press Release
Northwestern Health Unit received a report of one new positive COVID-19 test result in the District of Rainy River yesterday afternoon. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. Anyone who is identified as a contact for this case will be contacted directly. In […]
Maan Alhmidi The Canadian Press OTTAWA – As new cases of COVID-19 surge across Canada, the federal government and the provinces have been imposing stricter measures to try to limit the illness’s spread. The Canadian Press interviewed three leading Canadian experts in disease control and epidemiology, asking their thoughts on […]
Natali Trivuncic
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Dr. Kit Young Hoon, medical officer of health at the NWHU, said they are receiving more information on cases in Fort Frances, with most of them are contacts with previous cases. Young Hoon said that they are waiting on more results which may change the situation but that overall, things […]
Staff
Northwestern Health Unit has received reports of six new positive COVID-19 test results in the Rainy River District and two new positive test result in the Kenora region over the weekend. Four of Rainy River’s cases were announced on Friday, with the remaining two announced yesterday. There was also one […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario is reporting 2,578 new cases of COVID-19 today and 24 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 815 new cases in Toronto and 507 in Peel Region. She also says there were 151 more cases in York Region […]
The Associated Press The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: Cape Verde has become the third team to withdraw from the men’s world handball championships because of coronavirus cases. The International Handball Federation says the African island nation was unable to field the […]
Press Release
The Northwestern Health Unit has declared an outbreak at the Pathways Atelier Day Care in Fort Frances, located in St Mary School, and has issued a closure order. The facility has been closed. An outbreak in a day care is declared when there is one or more confirmed cases of […]
Merna Emara
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
Greg Rickford, MPP for Kenora-Rainy River, said in a media scrum held on Tuesday afternoon that the decision to declare a state of emergency and issue a stay-at-home order was difficult but a necessary one to make. Under this order, all Ontarians are to stay at home expect for […]
Shawn Jeffords The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s premier defended his government’s new stay-at-home order on Wednesday as critics called it unclear and officials in the province’s largest city said they were still seeking details on the rules. A day after plunging the province into its second state of emergency […]
The Canadian Press The Ontario government is imposing a stay-at-home order in an effort to bring down soaring COVID-19 infections. Here’s a closer look at what that means: – When does the order take effect? It comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday. – Does it mean no one can […]
