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Toronto, Peel to close businesses with 5 or more COVID-19 cases linked to the workplace
Toronto and Peel Region are issuing orders to force businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the last…
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Ontario could see over 18,000 new COVID-19 cases per day by end of May: source
Ontario could see well over 18,000 new daily COVID-19 infections — despite continuing vaccinations — if current trends continue, CBC News…
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Ontario’s pharmacy vaccine rollout leaves some hard-hit communities with limited access to shots
A month after Ontario began shipping COVID-19 vaccines to pharmacies around the province, an analysis by CBC News shows some…
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Ontario health units wasted 100s of vaccine doses in March. That’s not the full story
Most of Ontario's public health units wasted dozens of COVID-19 vaccine doses last month. One wasted hundreds. But they argue that's…
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London, Ont., meat plant shut for 2 weeks amid COVID-19 outbreak affecting 82 workers
A London, Ont., meat-processing plant with 900 employees has been shut down temporarily to deal with a growing COVID-19 outbreak,…
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Toronto hospitals close clinics, halt appointments due to COVID-19 vaccine shortages
Shortages of COVID-19 vaccines have forced major Toronto health networks that serve some of the hardest-hit communities in the province to either…
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Ontario shuts down in-person classes again amid surge in new COVID-19 cases
Ontario is once again shutting down in-person instruction in schools as the province deals with a third wave of COVID-19…
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Laurentian University cuts 100 professors, dozens of programs
The pace of change at Laurentian University, which is in the midst of insolvency negotiations, is speeding up as termination notices…
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Ontario hospitals allowed to transfer patients without consent
The Ontario government’s health agency has issued two emergency orders to help hospitals cope with a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations and intensive care admissions that is…
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These ‘hot spots’ getting vaccine priority are less hard-hit by COVID-19 than Ontario average
Ontario is giving priority access to COVID-19 vaccines to some neighbourhoods that have been far less affected by the pandemic…
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Ontario man believed to be 1st Canadian with COVID-destroyed lungs to get double transplant
Timothy Sauvé was brushing his teeth one morning in December when he was hit by a dizzy spell that knocked…
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Ontario reports 4,227 new cases of COVID-19, nearly topping single-day record
Ontario reported another 4,227 cases of COVID-19 on Friday, the second-most on a single day at any point during the pandemic.…
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Toronto working with hospitals to bring vaccines to hot-spot neighbourhoods, city says
Mayor John Tory says the city is working with hospitals to bring COVID-19 vaccines to hot-spot neighbourhoods in Toronto. Ontario…
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Teachers warn that some students have ‘checked out’ of school, and it will be hard to get them back
Toronto-area high school teacher Kirby Mitchell has long focused his attention on students who’ve been labelled as having behavioural issues,…
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Ontario imposes stay-at-home order as COVID-19 cases surge but stops short of instituting paid sick days
Ontario has declared its third provincewide state of emergency, issuing a stay-at-home order effective 12:01 a.m. Thursday as the number of COVID-19 cases…
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Toronto Public Health to close 22 schools across city due to COVID-19 investigations
Toronto Public Health says it has recommended the closing of 22 schools across the city starting on Tuesday due to…
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Top doctors in Toronto, Peel Region, Ottawa ask Ontario for stay-at-home order to slow COVID-19
Medical officers of health in Toronto, Peel Region and Ottawa urged the province on Monday to impose stronger public health…
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Ontario urged to deploy more rapid COVID-19 tests to slow pandemic’s explosive 3rd wave
Ontario should immediately expand its use of rapid COVID-19 tests if it hopes to slow the pandemic’s worsening third wave,…
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Toronto home sales double from March pandemic low and average price rises to $1.1M
Home prices in the Toronto area continued to climb in March while sales were almost double that of the same…
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Man charged in connection with murder of 64-year-old missing woman found dead in apartment
Toronto police have charged a man with second-degree murder after a missing woman was found dead in an East York…
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Peel Region shutters schools for 2 weeks, moving to remote learning amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Schools in Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga will be closed for the next two weeks, after Peel Public Health issued a…
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Toronto mayor calls for paid sick days as Ontario logs 5,979 COVID-19 cases in 2 days
Ontario logged 2,938 new COVID-19 cases on Monday and 3,041 cases Sunday as two days’ worth of numbers rolled in after Easter…
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Dr. Homer Tien, Ornge Air Ambulance CEO, to lead Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution task force
The Ontario government says it has chosen Dr. Homer Tien, the CEO and president of Ornge Air Ambulance, to lead its COVID-19…
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Ontario could save $42M a year if it lets pharmacists prescribe for minor conditions: UW study
The Ontario government could save at least $42 million a year by allowing pharmacists to prescribe drugs for certain common, minor…
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Use mobile vaccinations to reach Ontario’s 75,000 homebound seniors, says COVID-19 science table
Mobile in-home vaccinations are “imperative” as Ontario looks to dampen the surge in COVID-19 cases, experts warn, noting more than…
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More Ontario pharmacies offering COVID-19 vaccine to those aged 55 and up
Ontario announced Thursday that some 350 more pharmacies will now administer the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and that first doses will…
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Stay-at-home order needed to control third wave of COVID-19 in Ontario, science advisers say
The spread of variants of concern is dangerously outpacing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign, health experts said Thursday, and even with…
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Ford to impose Ontario-wide shutdown as 3rd wave of COVID-19 hits hard
With a record number of COVID-19 patients in Ontario’s intensive care units and its highest-ever rate of new cases in…
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Portuguese community lost one of its Pioneers
Martinho de São José (88) passed away on March 30th, 2021 peacefully in his home, with his family at his…
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Ministro das Finanças diz que orçamento é inclusivo
O Governo de Ontário apresentou na semana passada o orçamento mais importante numa geração. A maioria dos gastos estão…
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