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In-person learning is essential for students: Ontario Science Advisory Table by Todd Hayes and maleeha sheikh Posted Jul 19, 2021 10:24 pm EDT Last Updated Jul 19, 2021 at 11:16 pm EDT In-person learning for school children is essential, says Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, and schools should only be closed again due to a catastrophic scenario. The group, made up of doctors, scientists and experts from a myriad of disciplines has released a report that includes a list of recommenda...

Our lives have been turned upside down over the past 15 months. We look back at the three waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa.

Advocates, who have long complained that children have been afterthoughts during the pandemic, say it is crucial they not be forgotten now.

Scarborough Health Network administered second doses this weekend in Delta variant hot spots across the community as the province accelerates doses for those living in hard hit postal codes.

Months ago, Canada was especially concerned about the Alpha variant which was driving case numbers up and packing ICUs with sick patients. Now, the focus has shifted to the Delta variant and broader questions come to mind: As COVID-19 continues, how concerned we should be about Delta, and future variants?

Months ago, Canada was especially concerned about the Alpha variant which was driving case numbers up and packing ICUs with sick patients. Now, the focus has shifted to the Delta variant and broader questions come to mind: As COVID-19 continues, how concerned we should be about Delta, and future variants?

In a news conference at Queen’s Park, Adalsteinn Brown (co-chair of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table) and Dr. Barbara Yaffe (Ontario’s [...]

Ontario has entered the first step of its reopening plan, which will see limited retail shopping and patio dining.

As restaurant patios and non-essential businesses open in Ottawa for the first time in two months, the citys top doctor is urging residents to "proceed cautiously" as the COVID-19 restrictions are eased.

Public health experts and local politicians are arguing that individuals who received a shot of AstraZeneca in Ontario shouldn’t have to wait 12 weeks in order to get a second vaccine dose.