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
All but two COVID-19 cases at a shuttered Etobicoke secondary school appear to have resulted from student-to-student transmission and it is possible that some were contracted during school events, Toronto’s top doctor says. All 773 students at Silverthorn Collegiate Institute near Bunhamthorpe Road and Mill Road have been switched toContinue Reading
TORONTO — The Ontario government is helping protect communities against racism and hate through the province’s new $1.6 million Anti-Racism Anti-Hate Grant Program. Eligible organizations, including community-based, not-for-profit organizations, can apply for grants of $40,000 over two years for independent projects, or $100,000 over two years for partnerships between twoContinue Reading
Huawei launched a range of new products powered by HarmonyOS 2 today, giving consumers access to a seamless and truly intelligent experience across multiple devices in all different types of scenarios. “One as all, all as one. We are living in a world where all things are connected and intelligent.Continue Reading
Ontario residents 40 years of age and older can access the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine through select pharmacies and primary care Newmarket – The Regional Municipality of York is continuing to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to eligible residents as identified in Phase 2 of the Government of Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Plan. Effective Tuesday, AprilContinue Reading
