On the verge of recording its 3000th COVID-19 death, and also of administering its millionth dose of vaccine, Toronto hopes to speed up vaccinations at its clinics, including the mobile and pop-up varieties.

The expected consistency of the Pfizer deliveries could mean that Ontario is better positioned to meet its rollout target of providing every adult who wants one a first dose by June 20.

His government under siege for its pandemic response, Premier Doug Ford is in seclusion at his late mother’s home after an aide tested positive for COVID-19.

“They know the incredible desire for this vaccine,” said Rob Falzon, head of engineering for Check Point Research in Canada.

Local health experts believe more outdoor amenities should be open after the provincial government ordered many to shut in its stay-at-home order.

Andrea and Gary Dyck are speaking out about the horrors they witnessed, when around them, an estimated million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities were forcibly taken to internment camps for “re-education.”

The complaint is calling on the federal research ethics panel to stop the study, while the study’s lead researcher said it’s an ethical and important examination of an unanswered question regarding health-care safety equipment.

Ornge, Ontario’s air ambulance and medical transport service, and local paramedics have transported 570 so far in the month of April, including 243 since April 14. That’s a 135 per cent increase from March when 242 patients were transported.

Corporations in Canada will soon lose the ability to mask their owners’ identities in a federal government bid to crack down on money laundering and tax evasion.

“What are you doing? He’s 12 years old,” a bystander shouted at the officer.

Kids are being “sextorted” by online predators who are editing images of them onto sexual videos or photos and threatening to spread on them on the internet, warns the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.

With 90,000 permanent residence spots up for grabs under Canada’s new one-time special program, immigration hopefuls are scrambling to register for the English proficiency tests they need to pass to qualify.

The region’s success in driving down cases prompted provincial officials to say “We all have to be like Thunder Bay.”

The generation that lined up for concert tickets and kids’ swim classes is now lining up for the vaccine snubbed by boomers.

Meanwhile: The number of COVID-19 patients in Ontario hospitals and ICUs has increased nearly 112 per cent since the beginning of April; Ontario government says a paid sick-leave program is coming.