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Ontario’s Chaotic Third Wave: A Timeline Rushed decisions, overstretched hospitals and a scramble for vaccines: how the Doug Ford government fumbled its way into the province’s third wave. Fatima Syed Updated (Screengrab: Twitter/@fordnation) On February 11, one of Ontario’s top doctors gave us a bleak picture of the province’s COVID future. Dr. Adalsteinn Brown, co-chair of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, and Dr. David Williams, Ontario’s chief medical...

Community rallies to support 13-year-old Mississauga, Ont., boy orphaned after mother dies with COVID-19 Mazen Kamel, 13, and his mother, Dalia Aly, made it through some tough times together. But after COVID-19 took Aly at just 46 years of age, Kamel will have to learn to live without either one of his parents — and community members are banding together to help. Social Sharing Im still hoping that Ill wake up one day and go to the next room and see my mom, says Mazen Kamel, 13 Posted: Apr 29...

Article content The Ontario government is willing to foot the bill to double an existing federal benefit for paid sick days but it wants Ottawa to administer the program, the provincial labour minister says. Changing the federal program would be the fastest and simplest way to help workers, said Monte McNaughton, who represents Lambton-Kent-Middlesex. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Ontario will double federal sick pay benefits, but only if Ottawa ...

Heres the latest update about paid sick leave coming to Ontario Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. Paid sick days have been quite the hot topic in Ontario as the public weathers yet another full shutdown amid consistently high COVID-19 case numbers.  With stringent restrictions in place and the province finally ramping up vaccination in the limited ways it is able to given Canadas supply, the measure peop...

Coronavirus Disease Weekly News 25April 2021 The news posted last week for the coronavirus 2019-nCoV (aka SARS-CoV-2), which produces COVID-19 disease, has been surveyed and some important articles are summarized here. The articles are more or less organized with general virus news and anecdotes first, then stories from around the US, followed by an increased number of items from other countries around the globe. Economic news related to COVID-19 is found here. Please share this article - Go to...

Balancing Interests When Governing Amid COVID News Analysis Throughout the pandemic, health professionals and advisers have provided crucial service and advice to help manage the pandemic and minimize health risks. But there have also been criticism of elected politicians—who are expected to have a broader view and enact balanced policies to ensure overall societal well-being—acquiescing political decision-making to experts, who have narrower areas of focus. For example, for some experts de...

Article content CTV News reported on Jan. 21: “The mystery of why virtually all of the seniors and 74 workers became infected with COVID-19 at Roberta Place Long-Term Care Home in Barrie is now becoming clear one of the new variants of the novel coronavirus was behind the outbreak.” On Jan. 25, Public Health identified the first variant in Sudbury. I wrote the following day: “To give it the best shot that the B.1.1.7 variant does not spread beyond the city, the province should impose a ri...

Article content The Ontario government is offering to cover the cost of doubling a federal paid sick-day benefit to $1,000 a week, says local MPP Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s labour minister. The Doug Ford government is proposing that the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) be increased from the current $500 a week for a maximum of four weeks. If adopted by the Trudeau government, the new $1,000-a-week benefit would be retroactive for 60 days, McNaughton said. We apologize, but this video ...

Article content The Ontario government is offering to cover the cost of doubling a federal paid sick-day benefit to $1,000 a week, says local MPP Monte McNaughton, Ontario’s labour minister. The Doug Ford government is proposing that the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) be increased from the current $500 a week for a maximum of four weeks. If adopted by the Trudeau government, the new $1,000-a-week benefit would be retroactive for 60 days, McNaughton said. We apologize, but this video ...

Author of the article: Lisa Johnson Publishing date: Apr 26, 2021  •  1 hour ago  •  3 minute read  •  On Monday April 26, 2021 in Edmonton Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley (right) and NDP Labour Critic Christina Gray laid out a proposal for paid sick leave to slow the spread of the COVID pandemic, protect Alberta workers, and speed up Albertas economic recovery. Photo by Larry Wong /POSTMEDIA NETWORK Article content The opposition NDP is calling for the Alberta government to ...