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TORONTO — Ontario golfers have been pushing the province to reopen courses ordered closed while the province is under stay-at-home orders, but some observers…

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Canada’s largest province, Ontario, on Tuesday announced that they would stop offering first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca-University of Oxford citing evidence that the risk of rare blood clots is higher than previously estimated. Ontario’s chief medical officer for health Dr David Williams said the decision was made out of an abundance of caution because of increased instances of the rare blood clotting disorder linked...

  TORONTO -- For many people, going for a walk is one of the most reliable ways to get some fresh air and alleviate stress during the COVID-19 pandemic. But for people like Claudia Tersigni, the closure of public washrooms during lockdowns has made leaving the house even to go to the park a struggle. The 25-year-old has ulcerative colitis, a condition which, among other things, causes her to be struck with more frequent and urgent needs to use the washroom. "It is an inflammatory conditio...

Amazon cancels Prime Day in Canada due to COVID and people have thoughts Stay in the loop Sign up for our free email newsletter. Unsubscribe anytime or contact us for details. Amazon has announced the indefinite postponement of its popular "Prime Day" sale event, but only in India and Canada, where the COVID-19 pandemic remains enough of a problem to have closed down entire distribution centres (at least in the GTA.) Prime Day, which is similar to Boxing Day or Black Friday ...

Why Equitable Health Care Became This Canadian Activists Lifelong Mission Naheed Dosani, a palliative care physician from Toronto, is passionate about health justice. Why Global Citizens Should Care Addressing structural barriers to health care is essential to achieving the United Nations Global Goals — including Goal 3 for good health and well-being for all. You can join us in taking action on this issue and many more  Looking back, it seems natural that Naheed Dosani turned to activism. B...

  TORONTO -- The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is being accused of creating confusion about COVID-19 vaccines after it restated that mRNA vaccines were “preferred” over the viral vector-based ones. On Monday, NACI doubled down on its position that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were “preferred” over the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca shots, and that Canadians should weigh the risks before they decide which one to receive. The viral vector-base...

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Posted: May 02, 2021 8:40 AM ET | Last Updated: May 2 Medical transport staff arrive at Villa Leonardo Gambin, in Vaughan, Ont., on Feb. 5, 2021. Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities have poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector.(Evan Mitsui/CBC) The spotlight on Ontarios long-term care sector must not be allowed to dim again, observers said the day after the release of a s...

Article content The spotlight on Ontario’s long-term care sector must not be allowed to dim again, observers said the day after the release of a scathing report outlining the province’s neglect of the facilities in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector. It laid out its recommendatio...