Category: Education

After being flooding with calls for vaccine appointments this week, the Middlesex-London Health Unit says it is making an additional 6,900 vaccination appointments available Thursday for those eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The new appointments will be available to adults who are 80 years of age and older, Indigenous adults 55 years of age […]

More than a 1.4 million Canadians have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and many are wondering what’s safe for them now. Can they hug their grandkids? Can they have dinner with the neighbours? Can they travel? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will reportedly release new guidelines for vaccinated […]

Ontario’s education minister is facing criticism for the relatively small number of students and teachers tested for COVID-19 in schools. But Stephen Lecce is defending the government’s plan, saying that testing simply can’t be forced on those who don’t want it. Travis Dhanraj reports.

A London, Ont., family is counting their blessings amid an outpouring of support that’s helping them recover from a weekend fire that tore through their home. The fire broke out early Saturday morning on Bonaventure Drive, just north of Admiral Drive. The blaze burned down one townhouse and left neighbouring homes damaged, including that of […]

Patrick Shaw knows leading by example in his northwest Toronto community can mean the difference between life and death. “One of the first things is when I told people to start taking it, they said ‘Patrick, if you don’t take it, then I’m not taking it,’” Shaw told Global News. The “it” he’s referring to […]

Ontario is reporting 966 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 302,805 Tuesday’s case count is lower than Monday’s which saw 1,023 new infections. On Sunday, 1,062 new cases were recorded and 1,185 on Saturday. It is also the first time in a week that daily cases have been fewer than 1,000. […]

Hamilton’s medical officer of health says public health has increased its sensitivity in contact tracing amid a growing number of COVID-19 variant cases across the city and province in recent weeks. In an update on Monday, Dr. Elizabeth Richardson also said a bump in active outbreaks in Hamilton and a reproductive rate greater than 1.0 […]

As vaccines start to roll out on a large scale in Ontario, health experts are concerned some people are developing preferences about which shot in the arm they want. “People can get this false sense that one vaccine is a lot better than the other,” said Dr. Sumon Chakrabarti, an infectious diseases physician. “I fear […]

Jump to: Hospitalizations – Outbreaks – Schools – Vaccinations and Testing – Ontario – Elgin and Oxford – Huron and Perth – Sarnia and Lambton Health officials in London and Middlesex reported five new coronavirus cases on Monday along with one death that occurred in late January but which had not been reported previously. The […]

TORONTO — Demand for electricity in Ontario last year fell to levels rarely seen in decades amid shifts in usage patterns caused by pandemic measures, new data show. The decline came despite a hot summer that had people rushing to crank up the air conditioning at home, the province’s power management agency said. “We do have […]

Ontario is reporting 1,023 new coronavirus cases on Monday, bringing the provincial total to 301,839. Monday’s case count is slightly lower than Sunday’s which saw 1,062 new infections. On Saturday, 1,185 new cases were recorded and 1,258 on Friday. According to Monday’s provincial report, 280 cases were recorded in Toronto, 182 in Peel Region, 72 […]

All in-person learning at the Ontario Police College (OPC) in Aylmer, Ont., has been halted in response to an outbreak of COVID-19. The outbreak is linked to 65 positive cases of COVID-19 since Feb. 22. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ] All those who have tested positive […]