Being an automatic door company, we thought it would be useful to explore the benefits of automatic doors and how they can help reduce contamination during the Coronavirus pandemic. Did you know that viruses can live for some time on surfaces outside of the body? In fact, it’s alarming how long they can last for… [...]

The Town of Cobourg has once again closed its popular Victoria Park Beach amid Ontario’s stay-at-home order. During a special emergency council meeting on Thursday, council voted to temporarily close public access to the Lake Ontario beach until June 7. Council said the move is to assist in the mitigation of community spread of […]

Most City of Peterborough services will be closed over the Victoria Day long weekend and camping has been delayed at two area campgrounds. The following will be closed on the holiday Monday; most remain closed as part of Ontario’s ongoing stay-at-home order: City hall (services are available at peterborough.ca) Arenas and Sport and Wellness […]

Quebec is officially opening appointments to children aged 12 to 17 as the province’s COVID-19 immunization rollout ramps up. Health Minister Christian Dubé outlined during a news conference Thursday how and when shots will be administered, calling the initiative “good news” in the fight against the pandemic. Children can start getting vaccinated as early […]

New Brunswick’s largest beach will once again be open to the public starting Friday and visitors to Parlee Beach Provincial Park will notice some changes that include improved access for those with disabilities. “We have been lobbying for years now to make the entire province accessible,” said Mathieu Stever, the manager of the ParaNB […]

A group of workers from the non-profit community organization CARI St-Laurent is pounding the pavement in the borough going door to door to remind residents that COVID-19 still poses a high health threat and encouraging people to get vaccinated as soon as possible. The message can’t be delivered fast enough. The borough has the […]

A Toronto woman has been charged in connection with an Airbnb rental in Innisfil, Ont., after gatherings were reported to be taking place at the address amid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Ontario’s current emergency orders, short-term rentals are only allowed for people who are in need of housing. All gatherings […]

TORONTO — An Ontario court is expected to rule today on if the province’s COVID-19 vaccination rollout was discriminatory. The constitutional challenge turns on whether vulnerable people have had fair access to the vaccine. Those would include some people with disabilities, homebound seniors, residents of hot-spot neighbourhoods and the homeless. David Daneshvar, of Toronto, […]

In what marks a first for Quebec, a new drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination clinic will open at the Montreal’s Trudeau International Airport. The centre, which was unveiled Tuesday morning, comes as the province gradually expands inoculation access to the general population. “It’s a great initiative and it will contribute to the success of wanting to […]

The Canadian Mental Health Association has launched a report that shows most Ontarians are continuing to deal with negative emotions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The report was released in time for Mental Health Week, which launched Monday. The report, which surveyed roughly 3,000 people across Ontario in January, says 84 per cent of […]