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Thu, 11 Mar 2021 21:36:00 EST
Six charts that show what’s been happening in your public health unit — and colour category — since Ontario started easing COVID-19 restrictions
Three weeks after stay-at-home orders were lifted for most of Ontario, many experts fear a third wave of COVID-19. Here are the case levels in Ontario’s 34 public health units, according to their restriction level in the second half of February.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 15:07:45 EST
Doug Ford under fire after accusing Indigenous MPP of jumping the vaccine line
Premier Doug Ford is facing calls to apologize after accusing Ontario’s only Indigenous MPP of “jumping the line” for a COVID-19 shot he was invited to get by local medical authorities in hopes of easing vaccine hesitancy in remote First Nation...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:11:00 EST
‘There is still much danger ahead:’ COVID-19 variants are spreading fast across Ontario, top doctor says
Ontario’s progress in lowering COVID-19 has “stalled” and cases are up at a faster rate of 15 per cent in a week with more people out and about as more contagious variants take deeper hold, says a leader of the science table advising Premier Do...

Fri, 12 Mar 2021 00:24:00 EST
Biden marks coronavirus anniversary, pledges every American will be eligible to receive vaccine by May 1
Hours earlier, Biden signed the American Rescue Plan, his COVID-19 $1.9-trillion economic relief package.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:12:00 EST
Ontario bureaucrat fired for alleged $11M COVID-19 fraud says ‘incompetent’ province to blame for missing money
The theft of $11 million in pandemic relief aid was due to Ontario government incompetence not any “conspiracy,” insists the computer manager fired over the alleged fraud.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:47:00 EST
Premier Doug Ford’s blatant attempt at scapegoating MPP Sol Mamakwa also reveals his profound ignorance of First Nations customs
I am particularly struck by this claim that Indigenous people are being treated better than we ever have been by Doug Ford’s Ontario.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:30:00 EST
Voices from the vaccination line: Ontarians 80 and over on booking appointments, getting the first dose and what they look forward to the most
The Star visited a mass immunization site in Scarborough to hear from people who received the COVID-19 vaccine, and their families, about their experiences and what they’d improve about the process.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 18:44:00 EST
‘The bubble is suffocating the residents’: Why calls are growing to loosen COVID-19 restrictions at nursing homes
With most LTC residents vaccinated against COVID-19, their loved ones and advocates are hoping the province will soon issue updated visitation guidelines.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 05:21:00 EST
Today’s coronavirus news: ‘No indication’ that AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots, health authorities say; Ontario reports 1,092 more cases, 10 deaths
Mississauga Mayor wants fewer restrictions, regardless of higher case numbers in neighbouring areas; Opposition leaders demand Ford apologize for saying NDP legislator jumped vax line; Cambodia confirmed its first death from COVID-19 since the pandem...

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 19:35:00 EST
Confusion, health concerns and short supply mar Ontario’s AstraZeneca vaccine pilot rollout
The provincial pilot project that rolled out Thursday quickly became a sources of confusion, leading to questions for the Doug Ford government at Queen’s Park.

Thu, 11 Mar 2021 14:30:00 EST
How Black health leaders took on COVID’s impact on Black communities and vaccine hesitancy
Dr. Allen Upton talks to "This Matters" host Saba Eitizaz about how Black health leaders pushed for a grounbreaking pilot project to find out why COVID-19 was disproportionately impacting Black communities and what the research has revealed so far. H...



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