Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press TORONTO–Ontario students began their winter term by logging on to online classes Monday as COVID-19 case counts remained high during the second week of a province-wide lockdown. As the province recorded another day with more than 3,000 new cases, one parents’ group questioned the government’s […]
COVID-19
Stephanie Levitz The Canadian Press OTTAWA–A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Leger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveyed visited with people outside their households, compared to 52 per cent who said they […]
Press Release
On January 2, the Northwestern Health Unit declared a COVID-19 outbreak at the Rainycrest Long Term Care Home as a result of one (1) resident testing positive. To further enhance our team’s ongoing efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, additional precautions are being taken. While the Home is already […]
Adina Bresge The Canadian Press A third of Ontario’s long-term care homes are reporting COVID-19 outbreaks, marking a new record for the province, as advocates say spread among staff has forced some facilities to seek new sources of support to care for residents. According to provincial data, 207 of the […]
The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday. Citing an unidentified person close to the family, CNN said the 87-year-old King is undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los […]
Staff
Northwestern Health Unit has received reports of eight new positive COVID-19 test results in the District of Rainy River region and seven new cases in Kenora since new Year’s Eve . One of these cases is associated with an outbreak at Rainycrest Long Term Care. Follow up with the persons […]
Lee Berthiaume The Canadian Press OTTAWA – The federal Liberal government mulled the possibility of barring Canadians who travelled abroad from receiving a sick leave benefit aimed at those who must quarantine due to COVID-19 on Sunday amid fresh admissions of foreign excursions from a growing list of politicians and […]
Press Release
The Northwestern Health Unit has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at Atikokan General Hospital as a result of one (1) staff testing positive. Our hospital team has already put in place many of the recommendations that would minimize the risk to all staff, residents / patients. This outbreak declaration is to […]
Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press Ontario will lay out the order and timeframe in which specific population groups will be immunized against COVID-19, possibly within the next few weeks. Dr. Dirk Huyer, a member of the province’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force, says the group is working to determine the […]
Press release
Due to the Provincewide Shutdown ordered by the Government of Ontario, the Town of Fort Frances closed its facilities to the public as of December 26, 2020. The facilities will be closed until further notice, and once the Province lifts the orders, the Town of Fort Frances will begin to […]
Staff
Case management and contact tracing has revealed that COVID-19 has spread at large in the community of Rainy River, according to the Northwestern Health Unit. The NWHU is urging the public to practise prevention measures to continue reducing COVID-19 in the Rainy River area. All community members are at risk […]
Paola Loriggio The Canadian Press TORONTO – Ontario’s premier acknowledged Wednesday that he made a mistake in allowing his finance minister to continue a vacation abroad over the holidays as experts warned the incident undermines the government’s messaging regarding COVID-19 measures. In a brief news conference at a Toronto-area hospital, […]
