Category Archives: Ontario/Quebec
Ontario focuses on COVID-19 vaccines for long-term care residents amid dose delay
TORONTO — Ontario is pausing COVID-19 vaccinations of long-term care staff and essential caregivers so that it can focus on administering the shots to all nursing home residents amid a shortage of doses. The province announced the change of focus for
Quebec works to contain jail outbreak as overall COVID trends deemed ‘encouraging’
MONTREAL — A COVID-19 testing operation was underway at a jail north of Montreal on Sunday following an outbreak that has infected more than 60 people. A spokeswoman for the regional health board for the Laurentians said that, as of Saturday,
Military to support vaccination efforts in northern Ontario Indigenous communities
TORONTO — The Canadian military is set to help with COVID-19 vaccine distribution in northern Ontario, as officials investigate the death of a teenager who had the virus and worked at a long-term care home in the province's southwest. Federal Public
Hospitalizations drop as Quebec reports 1,685 new COVID-19 cases, 76 new deaths
MONTREAL — Quebec reported a continued drop in overall COVID-19 case numbers on Saturday, as Premier Francois Legault called on residents to hold strong amid tougher restrictions on daily life. Legault released a message on his Facebook page on Saturda...
U.K. COVID-19 variant found at long-term care home in Barrie, Ont.
TORONTO — Health officials identified a U.K. variant of COVID-19 at a long-term care home reeling from a deadly outbreak in Barrie, Ont., Saturday as the province recorded a slightly lower daily virus case count. The Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit...
Ontario recovers $11M allegedly taken by senior civil servant accused of fraud
TORONTO — A former senior employee with the Ontario government has repaid more than $11 million in COVID-19 benefits the province alleges he took fraudulently, his lawyer said Friday. The unproven civil claim named Sanjay Madan, who had a senior IT
COVID-19 indicators in Montreal, epicentre of pandemic in Quebec, slowly improving
Montreal's COVID-19 indicators are improving but the many health orders in place are likely to remain for weeks to come, the city's public health director said Friday. Health officials reported about 622 new daily infections between Jan. 17 and Jan. 21...
Speed up vaccine rollout to LTC homes to prevent deaths, cases: advisory group says
TORONTO — Refocusing Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout on long-term care residents would prevent 115 deaths and hundreds more cases by the end of March, according to projections from a team of experts advising the government on the pandemic. The repor...
Toronto Mayor John Tory urges Pfizer improve COVID-19 vaccine production
Toronto Mayor John Tory has joined a chorus of Canadian politicians in urging Pfizer-Biotech to produce more COVID-19 vaccine. Tory followed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Doug Ford, among others, in speaking directly to executives f...
Testing, sick leave, enforcement needed to slow workplace spread in Ontario: experts
TORONTO — As Ontario struggles to beat back a dire wave of COVID-19, workplace spread has been singled out by public health experts, mayors and top health officials as a major source of infections.Experts and workers say government measures so