Thousands of Ontarians are getting their COVID-19 vaccines not at pharmacies or doctors' offices, but at a clinic pulled together by a construction company through a public-private partnership. The clinic run by Mississauga, Ont.-based EllisDon has seen more than 15,000 people book appointments, scheduled between May 19 and 26. “We're completely...
Ottawa Public Health is reporting the city's busiest week for COVID-19 vaccinations on record since the rollout began, including a major jump in the administration of second doses. According to OPH's COVID-19 vaccination dashboard, 67,166 doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in Ottawa between May 16 and 22. The previous...
EDMONTON,AB- Representatives with the Alberta Teachers Association say they have no confidence in the current education minister Adriana LaGrange. In a no-confidence motion held this morning at their annual assembly, 99.9 per cent voted in favor, according to a tweet posted on Twitter. Issues surrounding, the province’s handling of COVID-19 transmission...
At around 1 p.m. on Sunday, Montreal police received calls about a bear spotted on the loose in Dorval. Six hours and four tranquilizer darts later, the animal was captured safely. After receiving reports of the bear roaming around backyards in the West Island neighbourhood, police launched a search operation...
There is a sense of relief this week as Canada's two most populous provinces — Ontario and Quebec — announced gradual and cautious plans to reopen. But the road to get here has been difficult, in particular for Ontario where COVID-19's third wave dealt a crushing blow to its...
Canada is set for a relatively quiet few days on the COVID-19 vaccine front with only about 600,000 Pfizer-BioNTech doses set to arrive this week. The two pharmaceutical firms were originally scheduled to deliver two million shots in the next seven days, but shipped 1.4 million of those doses last...
Canada is set for a relatively quiet few days on the COVID-19 vaccine front with only about 600,000 Pfizer-BioNTech doses set to arrive this week. The two pharmaceutical firms were originally scheduled to deliver two million shots in the next seven days, but shipped 1.4 million of those doses last...
The North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit is offering youth and family focused first dose Pfizer-BioNTech clinics during the weeks of June 14 and 21. Appointments for those clinics can be made starting May 31. Youth between the ages of 12 and 17 are now eligible to book a COVID-19...
It’s the lowest daily COVID-19 new case count that local residents have seen in a long time. The data posted by Halton Public Health on Sunday (May 23) shows there are 49 new COVID-19 infections, down from yesterday’s total of 77 and notably lower than the triple-digit daily new cases...
Youth across Ontario and the region 12-years and older can begin to book a COVID-19 vaccine following an announcement by the province on Friday. The province had previously said that it planned to begin administering the Pfizer vaccine to children between the ages of 12 and 17 during the week...