Sep 8 2021 — Allison Jones — As Ontario college and university students head to campus during a fourth wave of COVID-19, their schools, public health units, cities and police services are grappling with how to keep massive parties at bay. In-person classes are resuming this year at campuses across the province, and videos and pictures posted to social media show large […]
Aug 13 2021 — Allison Jones — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Mayors representing the majority of Ontarians are pushing the province to establish a vaccine certification system as a top science adviser says that without one, the Delta variant may overwhelm the health-care system. The Ontario Public School Boards' Association, meanwhile, urged mandatory vaccinations in schools in order to keep them as safe as […]
Aug 12 2021 — Allison Jones — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario is putting $2.2 billion more toward COVID-19 spending, bracing for the impacts of the Delta variant as the province sees a rising number of cases, largely in unvaccinated people. The province reported 513 new infections on Thursday, with more than 80 per cent of them in unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people. It […]
Aug 10 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario is facing growing calls to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for non-essential activities and health-care workers as infections rise, but the government is urging people to focus less on daily case counts and more on hospitalizations. Health Minister Christine Elliott held the line Tuesday on her government's staunch opposition to both mandatory vaccinations for […]
Aug 10 2021 — Allison Jones — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario is facing growing calls to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for non-essential activities and health-care workers as infections rise, but the government is urging people to focus less on daily case counts and more on hospitalizations. Health Minister Christine Elliott held the line Tuesday on her government's staunch opposition to both mandatory vaccinations for […]
Aug 9 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — COVID-19 cases appear to be on the rise in Ontario again and business groups are calling for a vaccine certificate system as a means to avoid another lockdown. Ontario has reported rising positivity rates and more than 300 new COVID-19 cases for the past four days, with more than 400 on Sunday - […]
Aug 9 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — COVID-19 cases appear to be on the rise in Ontario again and business groups are calling for a vaccine certificate system as a means to avoid another lockdown. Ontario has reported rising positivity rates and more than 300 new COVID-19 cases for the past four days, with more than 400 on Sunday - […]
Aug 5 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Baa Baa Black Sheep is back in Ontario child-care centres as new provincial COVID-19 guidance for the sector allows the return of singing indoors, eases cleaning rules and lets visitors inside. The updated guidance follows calls from parents and operators for the government to review some of the rules that were brought in […]
Aug 5 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Baa Baa Black Sheep is back in Ontario child-care centres as new provincial COVID-19 guidance for the sector allows the return of singing indoors, eases cleaning rules and lets visitors inside. The updated guidance follows calls from parents and operators for the government to review some of the rules that were brought in […]
Aug 4 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — All classrooms in Ontario schools without mechanical ventilation systems will have a standalone HEPA unit upon students' return this fall, the education minister announced a day after his back-to-school plan was unveiled. Stephen Lecce said schools across the province will have improvements in air quality in order to allow kids to return to […]
Aug 4 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario's highest court has dismissed an appeal from the government after a provincial directive making some post-secondary student fees optional was ruled to be unlawful. A lower court had previously struck down the province's so-called Student Choice Initiative, which allowed university and college students to opt out of paying certain ancillary fees, such […]
Aug 4 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — All classrooms in Ontario schools without mechanical ventilation systems will have a standalone HEPA unit upon students' return this fall, the education minister announced a day after his back-to-school plan was unveiled. Stephen Lecce said schools across the province will have improvements in air quality in order to allow kids to return to […]
Aug 3 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario students returning to schools next month will be able to play on sports teams, use instruments in music class, go on field trips and ditch masks outdoors, even if distance can't be maintained. The government released its back-to-school plan Tuesday, which includes extracurricular activities resuming, relaxed rules on using shared spaces like […]
Aug 3 2021 — Allison Jones — TORONTO — Ontario students returning to schools next month will be able to play on sports teams, use instruments in music class, go on field trips and ditch masks outdoors, even if distance can't be maintained. The government released its back-to-school plan Tuesday, which includes extracurricular activities resuming, relaxed rules on using shared spaces such […]
Jul 28 2021 — Allison Jones — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he "won't spare a penny" to help fight the northern wildfires and support evacuees, but he isn't declaring a state of emergency. Ford visited the wildfire command centre in Thunder Bay and met with evacuees and community leaders. He thanked the hundreds of firefighters, as well as other provinces […]