When the pandemic hit, the Ontario government temporarily changed employment laws to create the Infectious Disease Emergency Leave (IDEL). Announced in March 2020, IDEL was meant to provide job-protected leave to employees who needed to take time off work for reasons related to COVID-19. As of June 7, IDEL has been extended to September […]

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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, […]

When Tracy Odell experienced bleeding in her stomach last summer during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, she went to hospital but vowed she would not return. “I don’t feel safe in hospitals and a lot of people with disabilities similar to mine, where you need this much assistance, don’t feel safe in […]

Infectious Diseases Specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch answers the latest coronavirus questions Ontarians are asking.