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May 1, 2021 Watch this week’s highlights from CPAC’s flagship show, PrimeTime Politics, the source for political roundup and analysis of policy issues. Get an insider’s perspective from Ottawa featuring interviews and guest panels from the Hill. Friday, April 30: Martin Stringer looks at the COVID-19 situation in Ontario and Quebec with Dr. Peter Juni of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, and Dr. Jia Hu, a Calgary public health physician. Journalists Ian Bailey (The Globe and M...

How often are Canadian kids actually getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19? cbc.ca 4 hrs ago Lauren Pelley © Evan Mitsui/CBC A Toronto elementary school student wears full PPE before heading into class last September. Schools were later closed in the city over concerns about high rates of community transmission in the pandemics third wave. It would be any parents worst nightmare during this pandemic: a child contracting COVID-19, falling seriously ill and dying. Tra...

/PRNewswire/ -- Versiti has been granted three multi-center research contracts to coordinate nationwide clinical trials aimed at establishing optimal treatment...

The Canadian Press, with files from staff Workers in Ontario will soon be able access three paid sick days to help them self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic, but critics said the policy announced April 28 falls far short of what’s required to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government had for months resisted intense pressure from health experts and advocates who said paid sick leave would reduce workplace outbreaks. The province only shifted its sta...

Shut down travel in and out of Manitoba or risk prolonging pandemic, experts warn cbc.ca 2 hrs ago Sarah Petz © motive56/Shutterstock Last week, deputy chief public health officer Dr. Jazz Atwal said Manitobas first P1 variant case was linked to non-essential travel. With Manitoba health officials seeing more cases of the illness linked to non-essential travel, experts say more needs to be done to discourage it or risk prolonging the pandemic.  Data shows air travel among...

  TORONTO -- Ontario should refocus their vaccinations on essential workers, their families and other residents living in COVID-19 hot spots, the provinces COVID-19 science advisory table suggests. In a report released Friday night, the science table said that prioritizing higher risk neighbourhoods and essential workers will “substantially reduce the overall incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infections,” as well as lower hospitalizations, ICU admissions and deaths. “In Toronto, neighbourhoods...

Posted: Apr 23, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: April 23 Non-essential goods are cordoned off at a Toronto Walmart store as part of pandemic measures in Ontario. Manitoba is being urged to tighten measures here or risk an Ontario-like third wave.(Carlos Osorio/Reuters)

  TORONTO -- Ont. Premier Doug Ford is facing blistering criticism over his governments response to the COVID-19 pandemics third wave, and Nanos Researchs Nik Nanos says its created a significant lack of confidence in the provincial governments messaging. This episode was recorded on April 21. Premier Doug Ford has since held a press conference where he promised a paid sick-leave program. You can read the latest here.  "What people want is some sort of certainty," said Nanos on the latest...

  WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit medical officer of health says the region is seeing an increase in COVID-19 in workplaces. WECHU is reporting seven workplace outbreaks in Windsor-Essex on Wednesday - two in the agriculture sector, three in health care & social assistance and two in manufacturing. Dr. Wajid Ahmed is reminding businesses to follow public health measures. “We are noticing an increase in cases at the workplaces now,” says Ahmed. “With many busin...

This doctor almost quit Ontarios COVID-19 scientific advisory table over Fords response The director of Ontarios COVID-19 scientific advisory table says hes so frustrated by the governments pandemic response that he considered stepping down on Friday. Social Sharing CBC Radio · Posted: Apr 19, 2021 5:44 PM ET | Last Updated: April 19 Dr. Peter Jüni, director of Ontario’s COVID-19 scientific advisory table, says Ontario needs paid sick days if it wants to help stop the spread of COVID-19. ...