TORONTO — Ontario is postponing March break until the week of April 12 in an effort to reduce COVID-19 spread as students return to in-person classes. Education Minister Stephen Lecce…
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Ontario has shut down 61 ‘unsafe’ workplaces since start of COVID-19 pandemic,
Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s minister of labour, training and skills, said Wednesday that the province has shut down 61 “unsafe” job sites and workplaces since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Ontario wants everyone vaccinated by early August, general says
Ontario wants to have everyone vaccinated by late July or early August, the head of its vaccine distribution plan told. For now, a province wide stay-at-home order remains in place…
Coronavirus: Ontario Premier Ford announces state of emergency, stay-at-home order
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced on Tuesday the province was entering a second state of emergency as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, effective immediately, and expected to remain in…
52 dead in COVID-19 outbreak at Scarborough long-term care home
At least 52 residents of a Toronto long-term care home have died due to a COVID-19 outbreak at the facility. Tendercare Living Centre says the outbreak has sickened 122 residents…