More than 2,400 people are currently hospitalized with COVID-19, marking a new record for hospitalizations throughout the pandemic. The Ministry of Health says 2,472 patients are in Ontario hospitals with the virus, up from 2,279 yesterday and breathing the previous record of 2,360 hospitalizations on Apr. 20, 2021. Compared toContinue Reading
Just over 59,000 tests were processed by Ontario over the past 24 hours, resulting in a test positivity rate of 29.2 per cent. Ontario recorded 20 more deaths linked to COVID-19 today, the highest single-day death toll logged since late May, as virus-related hospitalizations continue to climb in the province.Continue Reading
The Ontario government is extending its Worker Income Protection Benefit program, which provides paid sick days, until July 31, 2022 to continue keeping workers safe and ensure they do not lose pay if they need to miss work for reasons related to COVID-19. Employees can continue to access this paidContinue 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
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
An Independent member of Ontario’s legislature has apologized for a post in which he used names and photos of people who had died to suggest without evidence that they had died due to COVID-19 vaccination. Randy Hillier, who represents Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston, has frequently posted COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories throughout theContinue 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
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
The Canadian Women’s Amateur Championship is set for July 27-30 at the Edmonton Petroleum Golf and Country Club in Spruce Grove, Alta., for the 107th installment of the event. The 72-hole tournament returns for the first time since 2019, after the pandemic caused the cancellation of Golf Canada’s 2020 competitiveContinue Reading
VANCOUVER, BC, June 29, 2021 /CNW/ – From June 29-30, Meng Wanzhou will seek to introduce into evidence before the BC Supreme Court various HSBC documents. These HSBC documents demonstrate the false and misleading nature of the US’s Record of the Case, on which the Canadian courts are being asked to rely. IfContinue Reading
