Funds are being raised for the funeral of a 13-year-old Brampton girl who is one of the youngest Canadians to die after contracting COVID-19.
Author: MICHAEL RANGER
Military to provide medical personnel to help Ontario
Ontario prepared Monday to receive medical support from the military as the province reached grim new milestones in COVID-19 hospitalizations and spread.
Toronto expected to announce new workplace closures following weekend probe
Toronto is expected to announce its first workplace closures today under new rules meant to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Future nurses, doctors want lessons from pandemic to create better health-care system
Sang Hee Baek started nursing school at the University of Toronto last fall as the second wave of the pandemic was putting health-care staff in parts of the country through an endurance test, making her wonder if she’d made the right career choice.
Canada to get 1.9M vaccine doses this week, including first Johnson & Johnson shots
The federal government says it expects Canada to receive around 1.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week, including its very first shipment of single-dose shots from Johnson & Johnson.
Montreal latest Canadian city to consider granting voting rights to non-citizens
Montreal officials are looking into extending voting rights to more than 100,000 non-citizens in order to better integrate immigrants and encourage more racialized people to participate in municipal politics.
Trudeau to receive AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination Friday
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be receiving a COVID-19 vaccination on Friday after the eligibility for the AstraZeneca vaccine was lowered to 40 years of age and older in Ontario.
‘We got it wrong’: Ford apologizes for controversial COVID-19 measures
Premier Doug Ford has apologized for the heavy handed pandemic measures introduced last week, while also promising to bring in a paid sick-leave program.
Pregnant women being moved to highest risk category for vaccine eligibility: source
Pregnant women will soon be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine as the province plans to move pregnancy from the at-risk category of health conditions to the highest risk category for vaccine eligibility, a source has confirmed to 680 NEWS.
Canada to suspend flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days
The federal government is suspending incoming passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month as cases of COVID-19 surge in both countries.