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As COVID-19 cases keep rising, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is "staring down the barrel of another lockdown." Others warn it's already inevitable, but what a lockdown looks like this time around isn't yet clear.
Premier Doug Ford will be joined by the province’s health minister and top doctor Friday after hearing a loud, clear warning that Ontario faces more than 6,000 COVID-19 cases per day by mid-December if it doesn’t add more public health restrictions.
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Ontario will release updated modelling on Thursday forecasting the course of its second wave of COVID-19, as some epidemiologists already project the province to surpass 2,000 new cases per day in early December.
A group of advocates, lawyers and families with loved ones in long-term care have issued a joint call to the Ford government to amend legislation they say makes it "significantly harder" to hold homes responsible for illness or death stemming from exposure to COVID-19.
Premier Doug Ford told reporters nothing is confirmed at this time when asked how parents should prepare.
With COVID-19 cases surging in Ontario, the Doug Ford government is ruling out sending the province’s students home early for Christmas break, while leaving the door open for a tweak of the school schedule in the new year.
As COVID-19 cases keep rising, Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is "staring down the barrel of another lockdown." Others warn it's already inevitable, but what a lockdown looks like this time around isn't yet clear.
Premier Doug Ford will be joined by the province’s health minister and top doctor Friday after hearing a loud, clear warning that Ontario faces more than 6,000 COVID-19 cases per day by mid-December if it doesn’t add more public health restrictions.
- covid cases (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- COVID & What’s New In The US (Category: Breaking News)
- COVID Briefing (Category: USA, Maryland)
- COVID & What’s New In The US (Category: Breaking News)
Ontario will release updated modelling on Thursday forecasting the course of its second wave of COVID-19, as some epidemiologists already project the province to surpass 2,000 new cases per day in early December.
A group of advocates, lawyers and families with loved ones in long-term care have issued a joint call to the Ford government to amend legislation they say makes it "significantly harder" to hold homes responsible for illness or death stemming from exposure to COVID-19.
Officials are debating whether additional public health measures are needed to rein in a COVID-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom that is now spreading in Ontario.
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- The Latest: Slovakia begins COVID-19 vaccinations (Category: USA, South Dakota)
- The Latest: Slovakia begins COVID-19 vaccinations (Category: USA, South Dakota)
The Doug Ford government's decision to expropriate downtown Toronto properties once home to Upper Canada's first parliament came as a surprise, city officials say — prompting one councillor to insist the land is "not for sale."
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Here’s what an Ontario Medical Association panel had to say about some of the most common myths out there about COVID-19 vaccines.
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Ontario reported another 2,655 cases of COVID-19 and 89 more deaths of people with the illness on Wednesday, as the government said it is expanding its workplace enforcement effort to include farming operations and essential businesses in the service sector.
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Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Premier Doug Ford called the news that Canada will receive no new Pfizer vaccines next week "troubling" and "a massive concern." Ford even went as far as asking the incoming U.S. president to send a million doses to the province.
A new online poll suggests Ontario Premier Doug Ford's popularity has dropped in the last three months, along with his government's approval rating, and a market research firm attributes the decline to the province's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has kicked York Centre MPP Roman Baber out of the Progressive Conservative caucus for sending an open letter that calls for the province's lockdown and COVID-19 restrictions to end.
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As of tomorrow, residents will have to stay home except for essential purposes such as grocery shopping, accessing health care and exercising.
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- Navajo Nation reports 117 new COVID-19 cases, 4 new deaths (Category: USA, New Mexico)
- ICU beds nearing capacity on Navajo Nation as virus surges (Category: USA, New Mexico)
With Ontario facing dangerously high rates of COVID-19 that could result in many more deaths, Premier Doug Ford declared a second provincial emergency Tuesday and announced a slate of new restrictions in an effort to bring the virus under control.
The province is set to release new COVID-19 modelling projections, which sources have told CBC News will show that Ontario's intensive care units are projected to be over capacity by early next month.
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Oakville Mayor Rob Burton has resigned as chair of the Halton Police Board after he approved a trip to Florida by the regional police chief in late December.
Ontario’s latest COVID-19 modelling will project the province’s intensive care units to be be filled beyond capacity by early February, and will also show how a new more contagious variant of the coronavirus risks accelerating the spread of infections, sources tell CBC News.
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- COVID & What’s New In The US (Category: Breaking News)
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With Ontario still in lockdown and COVID-19 cases at a record high, Woodbine Entertainment CEO Jim Lawson is wondering why the provincial government signed off on NHL games being played at a time when many other sports aren't allowed to operate.
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Premier Doug Ford is scheduled to hold a news conference this morning after a record-breaking day for new COVID-19 cases and warnings to hospitals around the province to prepare for a potential influx of patients in coming weeks.
- Tuesday, December 1st: From Trees to Treasure (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
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- Tuesday, December 1st: From Trees to Treasure (Category: USA, New Hampshire)
Premier Doug Ford says he 'condemns all individuals and groups that incite violence and hate including the Proud Boys.' The statement comes after NDP MPP Laura Mae Lindo called on Ford to denounce the white supremacist group Proud Boys.
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When Retired Gen. Rick Hillier received a call from Ontario Premier Doug Ford asking him to oversee the province's COVID-19 vaccine rollout, he knew he couldn't say no.
Following an auditor general's report that found Ontario’s pandemic response is being driven by political staff atop a command structure developed by a US consulting agency, Premier Doug Ford is insisting that medical experts and Ontario’s top doctor are calling the shots.
Former health reporter and current physician assistant in infectious diseases at Michael Garron Hospital, Maureen Taylor talks about the Auditor General's report, the lessons not learned after SARS and who she thinks Premier Doug Ford should be putting in charge of the pandemic.
Ontario's response to the COVID-19 pandemic was hampered by poor emergency preparedness, inadequate lab capacity and a disorganized public health system, according to a report issued Wednesday by the province's auditor general.
Ontario reported 1,009 more cases of COVID-19 this morning, an artificially low number resulting from a data error that affected daily counts today and yesterday.
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