Ontario has logged more than 4,800 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in the pandemic, breaking a record for the most daily infections for a second day in a row.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford will make an announcement Friday afternoon after cabinet considered new COVID-19 restrictions amid rising case counts and hospitalizations.
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Without a stay-at-home order lasting six weeks, a more robust vaccination campaign and support for high-risk communities, the current COVID-19 wave will not flatten and will continue into the summer, new modelling data released by the Ontario government shows.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday that his government is “standing by” to deploy the Canadian Red Cross to help with Ontario’s vaccination efforts.
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In the midst of the province’s third lockdown, it’s hard to imagine life without COVID-19 restrictions, but a former Waterloo resident is living that reality in Australia.
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A petition against a proposed 1-million-square-foot warehouse in the Blair neighbourhood in Cambridge is gaining traction, with hundreds of signatures.
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It’s a little quieter than usual on main streets in Grey-Bruce’s many small towns Thursday, after public health officials urged people to stay home, following a record setting 36 hours of COVID cases.
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Public health officials in Waterloo Region reported its first case of the P.1 variant first identified in Brazil on Thursday, along with 64 more COVID-19 cases.
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Ontario is reporting more than 4,700 new COVID-19 cases for the first time in the pandemic as the total number of people who contracted the disease in the province surpasses the 400,000 mark.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, many employees working from home enjoy the flexibility to set their own hours, avoid commutes and spend more time with their children.
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford's cabinet is actively considering a variety of stricter measures as COVID-19 modelling shows the province could see up to 18,000 new infections per day by the end of May if current trends continue.
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It's been a bad week for Ontario's vaccine rollout. Multiple clinics around the GTA have said that they are either temporarily shutting down or no longer taking bookings because they don't have enough doses to vaccinate people.
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