Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Quebec to deploy sound trucks in Montreal to announce mobile vaccine clinics
MONTREAL — Quebec will deploy sound trucks in hard-hit Montreal neighbourhoods to announce the presence of mobile clinics offering Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines, Health Minister Christian Dube said Friday. There will be more than 20,000 doses of that vac...
COVID-19 situation in Ontario described as ‘dire,’ cabinet debates new restrictions
TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 situation is "dire," one of the province's top doctors said Thursday as the government considered new restrictions to deal with an alarming rise in cases. Hours after the province set a new record for daily infections –
COVID-19 situation in Ontario described as ‘dire,’ cabinet debates new restrictions
TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 situation is "dire," one of the province's top doctors said Thursday as the government considered new restrictions to deal with an alarming rise in cases. Hours after the province set a new record for daily infections –
COVID-19 situation in Ontario described as ‘dire,’ cabinet debates new restrictions
TORONTO — Ontario's COVID-19 situation is "dire," one of the province's top doctors said Thursday as the government considered new restrictions to deal with an alarming rise in cases. Hours after the province set a new record for daily infections –
Quebec officials satisfied with AstraZeneca rollout despite empty vaccine centres
MONTREAL — Quebec's health minister said Thursday the province may soon expand access to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to more age groups as the government sought to assuage concerns over seemingly empty vaccine sites in the Montreal area. Currently, ...
Quebec officials satisfied with AstraZeneca rollout despite empty vaccine centres
MONTREAL — Quebec's health minister said Thursday the province may soon expand access to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to more age groups as the government sought to assuage concerns over seemingly empty vaccine sites in the Montreal area. Currently, ...
Quebec officials satisfied with AstraZeneca rollout despite empty vaccine centres
MONTREAL — Quebec's health minister said Thursday the province may soon expand access to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to more age groups as the government sought to assuage concerns over seemingly empty vaccine sites in the Montreal area. Currently, ...
Pandemic ‘crashed’ nursing home staffing; operators say ‘crisis’ has only grown
TORONTO — An ongoing exodus of nurses and other key workers from long-term care has exacerbated what was already a critical staffing shortage before the COVID-19 onslaught, representatives of the sector said on Thursday.The critical lack of personnel, ...
Quebec health experts criticize vaccine rollout for high-risk people
MONTREAL — Health experts in Quebec are criticizing the provincial government for what they say is a confusing vaccine rollout for people with chronic conditions. Holly Witteman, a professor at Universite Laval's faculty of medicine, said Wednesday the...
Quebec health experts criticize vaccine rollout for high-risk people
MONTREAL — Health experts in Quebec are criticizing the provincial government for what they say is a confusing vaccine rollout for people with chronic conditions. Holly Witteman, a professor at Universite Laval's faculty of medicine, said Wednesday the...