Coronavirus: What s happening in Canada and around the world on March 1
British Columbia is extending the time between first and second doses of three different COVID-19 vaccines to four months a decision that amounts to a population-level experiment, according to Canada s chief science adviser.
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Posted: Mar 01, 2021 3:05 PM ET | Last Updated: March 2
Gisella Greschner, 97, has a bandage applied after receiving her COVID-19 vaccination at the super site in Winnipeg on Monday, March 1, 2021. (Kevin King/Pool/The Canadian Press)
Ontario’s long-term care minister was aware of the dangers the novel coronavirus posed to the sector long before it was declared a global pandemic, a newly…
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It’s time to care about Ontario’s caregivers
Personal support workers say caring for the elderly is a privilege, but Ontario s workforce is low paid, short staffed and burnt out By Julia Mastroianni
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When Crystal considered getting back into the workforce, she thought about a few different career paths before landing on personal support worker. She just knew she wanted to help people.
She’d heard that the hours could be difficult and that it was not unusual for PSWs to have to work multiple shifts in a row. But “it seemed like a very rewarding job, the kind of job where you feel good going home,” she says.
Ontario LTC COVID-19 Commission reveals their first batch of interviews
by James Mackin
Posted Feb 19, 2021 10:37 pm EDT
Ontario Minister of Long Term Care Merrilee Fullerton answers questions during the daily briefing at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Thursday May 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
The Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission says they will be interviewing several provincial government officials in the coming week.
NEW – The Long-Term Care Commission says it will interview Dr. David Williams on Monday, Health Minister Elliott on Wednesday and Minister of Long-Term Care Merrilee Fullerton on Friday. pic.twitter.com/ephXhMuQD2
On Monday, February 22nd, they will speak with Dr. David Williams, the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health. The following Wednesday, February 24th, they will speak with both Health Minister Christine Elliott, and Deputy Health Minister Helen Angus. And on Friday, February 26th, they’ll interview Long-Term Care Minister M