COVID-19 ONTARIO
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Ontario allows auto insurance companies to provide rebates due to pandemic
Ontario is making a regulatory change that will more easily allow auto insurance companies to provide breaks to their customers…
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‘Loophole’ in Ontario’s COVID-19 long-term care plan allows temp workers in multiple homes
Despite the province issuing an emergency order prohibiting employees from working at multiple long-term care facilities in an effort to slow the…
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Ontario confirms 514 new COVID-19 cases, pushing total to nearly 9,000
Ontario reported 514 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, a six per cent increase that brings the provincial total to…
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Ontario steps up fight against COVID-19 in long-term care homes as province confirms 494 new cases
The province says it is launching an enhanced action plan to contain outbreaks of COVID-19 in long-term care homes, while 494 new cases…
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Home sales fell 14% in March as COVID-19 settled in, CREA says
Home sales fell by 14 per cent in March as COVID-19 lockdowns slowed the market to a crawl, the Canadian…
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Ontario scaled back comprehensive, annual inspections of nursing homes to only a handful last year
People with loved ones in long-term care homes in Ontario might assume those facilities are thoroughly inspected every year to ensure they are…
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Ontario to unveil plan to combat COVID-19 in long-term care homes
The Ontario government is set to unveil an enhanced plan to fight COVID-19 in the province’s long-term care homes today.…
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Ontario to stop caregivers from working at multiple long-term care homes as COVID-19 spreads like ‘wildfire’
Ontario Premier Doug Ford will issue an emergency order prohibiting employees from working at multiple long-term care facilities in an…
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St. Joseph’s Health Centre reports COVID-19 outbreak in intensive care unit
St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto’s west end confirmed an outbreak Monday evening of COVID-19 in its intensive care unit. One…
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483 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases in Ontario as province set to extend state of emergency
Ontario reported 483 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 Tuesday, bringing the provincial total since the outbreak began in January to 7,953.…
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Doug Ford’s mother-in-law in Toronto care home with COVID-19 outbreak
A woman living in a long-term care home in Ontario, which houses 200 seniors including the premier’s mother-in-law, has confirmed…
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GO Transit ridership down 90% as people stay home during COVID-19 pandemic
Ontario’s regional transit agency says ridership on its bus and rail network is down to approximately 33,000 people per day,…
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Ontario accounting firms offering free tax returns to health care workers
Accountants in Ontario are offering to prepare tax returns for frontline healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 pandemic free of charge.…
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Refugee shelter in Toronto reports outbreak of COVID-19
A refugee shelter in Toronto is reporting four cases of COVID-19, and the organization that manages the facility says multiple…
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5 deaths due to COVID-19 at North York retirement home, 23 test positive as provincial death toll rises to 274
Five residents of Chartwell Gibson Long-term Care Residence have died in a COVID-19 outbreak at the North York, Ont., facility, officials…
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COVID-19 in Ontario: Cases top 7,000 as province aims to increase testing
There are now more than 7,000 cases of COVID-19 in Ontario, and just two days to go before the province expects…
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Ontario lost 400,000 jobs in March, but more dire figures may still be on the way
New employment data released by Statistics Canada shows that Ontario lost more than 400,000 jobs in March, but there are…
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City officials provide update as 4 residents die in COVID-19 outbreak at Mon Sheong Home for the Aged
Four residents of Mon Sheong Home for the Aged have died in a COVID-19 outbreak at the downtown Toronto facility,…
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More than 2,000 inmates released from Ontario jails as province tries to prevent spread of COVID-19
More than 2,300 inmates have been released from Ontario jails as the province looks to prevent the spread of COVID-19…
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Brampton hospital worker dies of COVID-19
A health-care worker at Brampton Civic Hospital has died from complications linked to COVID-19. This is the first time an…
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COVID-19 pandemic forces cancellation of Toronto Caribbean Carnival
The 2020 edition of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, organizers announced Wednesday night. “The…
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Ontario reports 483 new COVID-19 cases, bringing total to 5,759
Ontario confirmed 483 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and 4,097 more tests done since the last update, considerably less than…
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How a simple plastic box could protect health-care workers across Canada from COVID-19
For clinicians, inserting a tube into the airway of a COVID-19 patient is a high-risk procedure. It usually means front-line workers are…
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Positive COVID-19 tests at Maple Leaf Foods plants in Hamilton and Brampton
Workers at Maple Leaf Foods plants in Hamilton and Brampton, the company says, have tested positive for COVID-19. “We informed all of…
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Doug Ford blasts ‘unacceptable’ level of COVID-19 testing as Ontario cases top 5,000
Premier Doug Ford blasted the “unacceptable” number of daily COVID-19 tests being done in Ontario as the province confirmed 550 new…
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Ontario conducting fewer COVID-19 tests daily as cases keep climbing
The number of COVID-19 tests completed in Ontario each day has dwindled steadily over the past week, raising concerns that…
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Ontario reports 379 new COVID-19 cases, but testing declines
Ontario reported another 379 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 4,726, but saw testing continue to…
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16 people died at Ont. nursing home before sick residents were separated from the healthy
An Ontario nursing home besieged by COVID-19 didn’t separate healthy from sick residents or staff until after 16 people had…
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Ontario reports 379 new COVID-19 cases as province waits on shipment of N95 masks
Ontario reported another 379 cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 4,726. The official tally includes 153…
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As callers wait days to hear from Telehealth Ontario, province says to call your family doctor
The Ontario government is instructing people to call their primary-care physician, if they have one, instead of its Telehealth system…
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