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  OTTAWA -- Jurisdictions across the country have been following a national vaccine panel’s recommendation to prolong the time between the first and second doses of two-shot COVID-19 vaccines to up to four months. However, with Canada’s vaccine supply set to increase, will provinces start to shorten the interval between shots? CTVNews.ca looked into several provinces’ current policies and whether some have plans to change their approach anytime soon, and where things stand w...

Ontario is reporting its first case of a rare blood clot connected to the AstraZeneca vaccine.

  TORONTO -- Ontario says the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be offered to individuals 40 years old and over in pharmacies and primary care settings starting on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Health Minister Christine Elliott confirmed the change on Sunday evening. There have been growing calls for the provincial government to make the vaccine more widely available as Ontario continues to see record numbers in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations amid a third wave that is mainly driven by var...

Ontario reversed course on sweeping new police powers Saturday, just one day after Premier Doug Ford announced the measures that triggered a swift and furious backlash. Officers will no longer have the right to stop any pedestrian or driver to...

Published Sunday, April 18, 2021 7:02PM EDT Ontario says the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be offered to individuals 40 years old and over in pharmacies and primary care settings starting on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Health Minister Christine Elliott confirmed the change on Sunday evening. There have been growing calls for the provincial government to make the vaccine more widely available as Ontario continues to see record numbers in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations am...

By Colin Perkel TORONTO — Furious criticism of new anti-pandemic powers that allow police in Ontario to stop any motorist or pedestrian and ask where they live and why they’re not home prompted the provincial government on Saturday to reconsider the measures. As the number of infected people in hospital reached record levels, Premier Doug Ford tweeted that the measures, which also included shutting down all outdoor recreational facilities and playgrounds, would be clarified. “Ontario’s ...

��Ontario has officially shut its borders from Canada�� pic.twitter.com/FKQCVdxK9W This is frightening stuff. It’s not that far away in distance from us, or sometimes, it seems, in thought. Could that crazy bleed down here? I think circumstances have already shown that it could. Now, there were enough sane Canadians that there was an immediate and huge backlash to these restrictions. Not just from the public, but also from the police agencies, 39 out of 45 of which told the politician...

Article content Ontario reversed course on sweeping new police powers Saturday, just one day after Premier Doug Ford announced the measures that triggered a swift and furious backlash. Officers will no longer have the right to stop any pedestrian or driver to ask why they’re out or request their home address, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said in a written statement on Saturday evening. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Ford walks back police powe...

Furious criticism of new anti-pandemic powers that allow police in Ontario to stop any motorist or pedestrian and ask where they live and why theyre not home prompted the provincial government on Saturday to reconsider the measures.