Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Vaccination sites busy in Ontario regions offering COVID shots to seniors
TORONTO — Some Ontario seniors braved frigid temperatures Monday to get a COVID-19 vaccine as several regions in the province moved ahead with their plans to vaccinate the general public. With the broad launch of a provincial booking portal still two...
Vaccine portal to have ‘soft launch’ in six Ontario regions this week: source
TORONTO — Ontario's website for booking COVID-19 vaccination appointments will begin a "soft launch" in six public health units this week, two weeks before it becomes available across the province, The Canadian Press has learned. But the website will ...
Grumbling about delays as mass COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Montreal
MONTREAL — Quebec's vaccination campaign against COVID-19 accelerated in Montreal on Monday as mass vaccination sites, including at the Olympic Stadium and the downtown convention centre, opened to city residents as young as 70. And while some people g...
Ontario LTC minister says she didn’t go public with concerns because she’s no expert
TORONTO — Ontario's long-term care minister said she didn't go public early last year with concerns about COVID-19 spreading in nursing homes because she didn't consider herself an authority on the emerging threat. Merrilee Fullerton faced criticism fr...
Quebec reports 737 COVID-19 cases, nine deaths as variant cases jump
MONTREAL — The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 variants in Quebec jumped by more than 100 on Sunday, on the eve of a ramp-up in the province's mass vaccination plan. The province is reporting 137 confirmed cases involving variants, with
Ontario surpasses 300,000 COVID-19 infections, allows vaccines for homeless
TORONTO — Ontario has expanded the first phase of its COVID-19 vaccination drive to include residents experiencing homelessness, its largest municipality announced on Sunday as the province eclipsed 300,000 total infections since the onset of the glob...
Quebec reports 858 COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths on one year anniversary of first case
MONTREAL — Quebec's premier issued a caution about a growing number of COVID-19 cases tied to variants of concern on Saturday, but also expressed optimism that an escalating vaccination drive could offer relief from a situation that began playing out
Ontario reports 1,185 new COVID-19 cases as total infections near 300,000
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 1,185 new cases of COVID-19 today and 16 more deaths linked to the virus.Today's figures bring the province's total case count near the sobering figure of 300,000, with 299,754 infections recorded since the onset of
Ontario approaching sobering milestone as COVID-19 variants push cases near 300,000
TORONTO — An Ontario cottage-country mayor called for a more flexible approach to COVID-19 containment on Saturday ahead of both new lockdown measures for his municipality and a sobering milestone in the province's efforts to curb virus transmission. ...
New procurement system stalled restocking of PPE ahead of pandemic: health minister
TORONTO — The Ontario government's switch to a centralized procurement system stalled the replenishment of the province's stockpile of personal protective equipment in the years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, an independent commission heard this ...