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This critical care paramedic worked a week of 12-hour shifts to help keep Ontario’s ICUs from overflowing

In order to make room in crowded hospitals in the Greater Toronto Area, critical care paramedics with Ornge are transferring COVID patients to facilities in Kingston, London, St. Catharines, Barrie, Peterborough, Ottawa, Thunder Bay and Sudbury.The pandemic’s third wave has hard-hit ICUs in Ontario sending patients to hospitals that are less busy. Ornge provides patient…

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Alberta at ‘critical juncture’ with more than 6,100 active cases of COVID-19

Alberta now has 6,110 active cases of COVID-19 after reporting four straight days with new daily numbers well above 500.Alberta chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw updates media on the COVID-19 situation in the province. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press)Alberta has reached a “critical juncture” in the COVID-19 pandemic, reporting 6,110 active cases, says the province’s…

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