Two weeks after Omicron forced Ontarians to again desert city streets with indoor dining closed and in store shopping capped, premier Doug Ford is now eyeing plans to reopen. He stressed on Thursday that Ontario government can be confident that the worst is behind us. At the end of theContinue Reading
The scenes unfolding inside the intensive care unit at Scarborough General Hospital can be tough to watch as nearly every bed is now taken. Life here is incredibly fragile, even for the vaccinated. Dr. Martin Betts is the medical director of critical care for the Scarborough health network. He says:Continue Reading
As kids in Ontario get ready to return to in person learning on Monday, a new poll is now shedding light on how parents feel about sending their children back to school as Omicron cases continue to rise. Some new data from the non-profit angus reed institute reveals more thanContinue Reading
The province says starting tomorrow, children ages 5 to 11 will be able to book their appointment to receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, the Ministry of Health confirms. Officials said appointments could start as soon as Nov. 25, as clinics and mass immunization sites begin to receive their supplies of theContinue Reading
Ontario is reporting more than 600 new COVID-19 cases as the number of breakthrough infections surpasses new cases among unvaccinated individuals today. Provincial health officials logged 627 new COVID-19 infections today, down from 741 on Sunday but up from 552 one week ago. Of the new cases reported today, 286Continue Reading
TORONTO – Several groups of high-risk Ontarians will be eligible to book COVID-19 booster shots starting this morning at 8 a.m. An additional 2.75 million people become eligible for boosters today, following the quarter of a million people already eligible who include certain immunocompromised individuals and residents of long-term careContinue Reading
The Ontario government says it is spending more on schools, students and teachers this year, despite an apparent reduction in base funding for education revealed in the Fall Economic Statement. Thursday’s financial update showed education base funding would be $30.8 billion. That number is down from $31.26 billion earmarked in the initialContinue Reading
The province will be making its new vaccine certificate QR code available for download over the next three days, starting today with those who have birthdays in the first four months of the year. As of this morning, Ontario residents with birthdays in the months of January, February, March, andContinue Reading
WASHINGTON – It’s the news nearly four million Canadians have been waiting to hear: people who received doses of two different COVID-19 vaccines will qualify as fully vaccinated when the U.S. reopens its land borders to non-essential travel next month. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made theContinue Reading
Ontario is reporting an average of 424 new COVID-19 cases on both Monday and Tuesday and two deaths over the past two days. COVID-19 case data was not released on Monday due to the holiday but provincial health officials said Tuesday that 458 new cases were confirmed yesterday and 390Continue Reading
