Students in grades 7 to 12 in Calgary, Edmonton and Fort McMurray will be switching to online learning again because of increasing COVID-19 cases starting Monday, which means many families will need access to technology. On Sunday, a Calgary charity helped out by getting laptops in the hands of students in need. Read more: […]

This might make Canadians jealous of their American cousins for the first time in a while: the lineup Friday outside a downtown Washington D.C. Apple Store was longer than at one of the city’s largest COVID-19 mass-vaccination sites. Getting the shot at the nearby Walter E. Washington Convention Center — all D.C. residents over […]

Surrey RCMP is reminding the community to keep COVID-19 protocols front and centre, as it prepares to celebrate Vaiskahi. The spring celebration, which marks the Punjabi new year and the foundation of the Sikh faith, has had to forego its iconic mass street festival for the second consecutive year due to the pandemic. Read […]

Confusion abounds in Quebec over whether people with intellectual disabilities are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccination or not. Several families have joined forces and hired constitutional lawyer Julius Grey, who sent a legal notice to the government Friday demanding that people with disabilities be made eligible for COVID-19 vaccines immediately. “It discriminates against the […]

Hamilton’s two public school boards will soon receive a $27.8 million for infrastructure upgrades to protect against COVID-19. The joint funding from Ontario and the Government of Canada will send just over $17.2 million to the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB) and $10.6 million to the Catholic board (HWCDSB). Read more: Hamilton’s public school […]

People with intellectual or developmental disabilities and autism living at home on the island of Montreal have begun getting their COVID-19 shots. Health authorities told Global News Thursday afternoon that rollout for that group began April 12.  In an email statement, Hélène Bergeron-Gamache, spokesperson for the West Island regional health board wrote, “Already nearly […]

A Toronto city councillor and a group of health-care professionals are calling on the province to open COVID-19 vaccine pre-registration to all Ontarians in a bid to improve the rollout of shots. Coun. Josh Matlow and health-care professionals from the University Health Network and the University of Toronto, posted an open letter to Premier […]

Ontario residents are pushing back against big box and discount stores cutting off access to in-store items the province has deemed ‘non-essential’ as part of the the new COVID-19 stay-at-home measures. They argue that many of those items are essential, especially for low-income households who can’t afford to buy supplies online or at pricier […]

The president of the Ontario Hospital Association says hospitals have been directed to “ramp down” all elective surgeries and non-emergency activities starting Monday amid the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. “A major redeployment of staff and resources is required to provide care for a large wave of COVID patients requiring hospitalization,” Anthony Dale […]

As the COVID-19 vaccine supply increases for Ontario, the rollout plan and eligibility criteria has been changing rapidly in recent days. On Wednesday, the provincial government also announced that it will begin to launch mobile teams to administer vaccines in hot spot neighbourhoods in high-risk congregate settings, faith-based locations, residential buildings, and locations occupied by […]