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Article content 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. We apologize,...

Civil libertarians and politicians denounced random stops as overkill

TORONTO — Ontarios government has walked back sweeping new police powers a day after they were announced. Solicitor General Sylvia Jones says officers will no longer have the right to stop any . . .

After false starts and supply glitches, Canadas immunization campaign makes progress cbc.ca 2 hrs ago John Paul Tasker © Evan Mitsui An employee of Apotex pharmaceuticals gets her first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile clinic run by Humber River Hospital on Tuesday. The nationwide vaccination campaign to immunize adults against COVID-19 is now well underway after a series of false starts and severe supply disruptions. Nearly four months to the day after the...

  TORONTO -- Its been a bad week for Ontarios vaccine rollout. Multiple clinics around the GTA have said that they are either temporarily shutting down or no longer taking bookings because they dont have enough doses to vaccinate people. At the same time, some critics charge that there are more than 1 million doses sitting in freezers that could be distributed. They point to the number of vaccines delivered to Ontario and compare it to the number of doses administered. As of Wednesday nigh...

Article content TORONTO — The head of Ontario’s air ambulance service has been tapped to lead the province’s vaccine rollout, the government announced on Sunday. Dr. Homer Tien replaces retired general Rick Hillier as operational lead of Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force, a spokesman for Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said in an email. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Ornge head Homer Tien tapped to replace Hillier as hea...

Hamilton representatives outraged over exclusion of pharmacies from provinces vaccine program Lower City of Hamilton representatives on Monday expressed outrage over a decision by the province to leave some pharmacies out of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Social Sharing CBC News · Posted: Apr 05, 2021 10:55 AM ET | Last Updated: April 5 The representatives, who are from all three levels of government, are calling on the premier and the Ontario COVID Vaccine Distribution Task Force to reconsid...

Ornge CEO Dr. Homer Tien replacing Hillier as head of vaccine task force by News Staff Last Updated Apr 4, 2021 at 4:12 pm EDT Dr. Homer Tien, trauma surgeon and President and CEO of Ornge Air Ambulance. TWITTER Dr. Homer Tien, CEO and president of Ornge Air Ambulance, will lead the province’s vaccine task force following the end of retired Gen. Rick Hillier’s term. In a statement, Stephen Warner, spokesman for the Solicitor General Sylvia Jones, says the trauma surgeon will serve as the �...

The Ontario government is set to launch its online COVID-19 vaccine booking portal on March 15th at 8am ET.

On the eve of provincial launch of online vaccine portal, Ontario's new COVID-19 cases are highest in over a month