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Ontario approaches Michigan about possibility of essential workers getting vaccinated stateside

Sue JonesMay 6, 20210104 views

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has approached the governor of Michigan about the possibility of having essential workers who cross the border from Canada vaccinated against COVID-19 stateside.Ontario Premier Doug Ford, seen inside the legislature on Wednesday, spoke to Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer about the possibility of seeing some Canadian essential workers get vaccinated for COVID-19 stateside. (Frank…

Charges laid against 5 from Ontario seen at Walmart less than an hour after arriving on P.E.I.

Sue JonesApril 20, 20210167 views

Summerside police charged five people for failing to self-isolate on Friday night after someone reported an Ontario vehicle at the city’s Walmart less than an hour after the group arrived on P.E.I.When police arrived on the scene there was no one in the vehicle. (Nicole Williams/CBC )Summerside police say five people have been charged for…

Ontario man believed to be 1st Canadian with COVID-destroyed lungs to get double transplant

Sue JonesApril 13, 2021072 views

Timothy Sauvé’s coronavirus infection became so severe that it eventually required a double lung transplant — believed to be the first done in Canada on a patient whose lungs were irreparably damaged by the virus.Timothy Sauvé and his partner Julie Garcia pose for a selfie on Toronto’s Centre Island in a Sept. 7, 2018, handout…

Ontario hospitals allowed to transfer patients without consent

Sue JonesApril 10, 2021062 views

The Ontario government is issuing two emergency orders to maximize system capacity in the province’s hospitals in response to a surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions, the Ministry of Health said Friday.Ontario hospitals will be able to transfer patients without consent, under certain conditions, under one of two emergency orders issued Friday in a…

Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy wants to finally phase out fax machines

Lily WhiteMarch 20, 2021047 views

Bethlenfalvy directed the province’s public service to phase out 1,500 fax lines by the end of the year The Ontario government wants…

Ontario announcing plans to ‘rapidly accelerate’ its vaccine rollout

Sue JonesMarch 6, 2021085 views

Ontario expects to give all adults 60 and older a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine by early June, officials said Friday, as they detailed who will qualify for a shot during Phase 2 of the province’s immunization campaign.The Ontario government has moved up its timeline for COVID-19 vaccination plan targets. (Grant Linton/CBC)Ontario expects to give…

Ontario alerts healthcare workers about counterfeit N95 respirators that slipped detection

Sue JonesFebruary 27, 20210111 views

Ontario’s health ministry said Friday a number of counterfeit N95 respirators were sent to health-care providers and that it’s now investigating how they products wound up in the provincial stockpile.Ontario’s health ministry is scrambling to track down counterfeit N95 respirators that were sent out from the province’s stockpile, it announced Friday. (Nicholas Pfosi/Reuters)Ontario’s health ministry said Friday a…

Ontario sees 1,138 new COVID-19 cases as number of active infections climbs for 1st time in weeks

Sue JonesFebruary 26, 2021061 views

Ontario’s public health measures have decreased COVID-19 transmission and have slowed the spread of variants of concern, according to new modelling released by the province’s Science Table Thursday.The number of active infections provincewide increased for the first time in more than six weeks as Ontario reported another 1,138 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. (Evan…

Why Ontario will ease province-wide COVID-19 lockdown regionally

Sue JonesFebruary 8, 2021044 views

Despite Ontario’s overall downward trend in new COVID-19 cases, sharp regional differences in the rates of transmission make it unlikely that the Ford government will lift public health restrictions uniformly across the province in the coming week.Premier Doug Ford is surrounded by selfie-seeking nurses during his Wednesday visit to the COVID-19 testing centre for international…

Ontario to begin phased reopening of economy next week: CP

Sue JonesFebruary 7, 2021076 views

Ontario will begin to gradually reopen its economy next week, starting with regions that have fewer COVID-19 cases, The Canadian Press has learned.Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce Monday that the state of emergency declared last month will be allowed to expire as scheduled on Tuesday, said a senior government source with knowledge…