Ontario schools will remain closed for in-person learning for the rest of the academic year, Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday, while hinting the province…
Published Friday, May 14, 2021 5:14AM EDT Last Updated Friday, May 14, 2021 3:21PM EDT TORONTO - Medical experts say Ontario will have to significantly scale up its vaccination effort to achieve its goal of fully inoculating all willing adults against COVID-19 by the end of the summer. They say the province will need far more health-care workers at vaccine clinics, 24-hour sites and clear public messaging to meet its Sept. 22 target. The president of the Ontario Medical Association said the province should use all available vaccine facilities and engage more family doctors to reach its goal. “If we were in a position of unlimited supply and we were able to use all of our resources to provide those vaccines, we d stand a fighting chance,” Dr. Samantha Hill said.
iPolitics By Kady O Malley. Published on May 13, 2021 6:01am Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, seen here in a 2019 photo, will speak with reporters before debate begins on his party s motion. (Prime Minister s Office photo)
The Bloc Québécois are set to spend their first designated opposition day of the spring supply cycle making the case that, when it comes to avoiding a snap election amid a pandemic, “it is the responsibility of the government to make every effort to ensure that voters are not called to the polls as long as this pandemic continues.”
As the Canadian Press notes, Bloc members have “repeatedly (voted) non-confidence in the minority Liberal government” most recently “less than three weeks ago,” when the Bloc not only sided with the Conservatives to reject the plan in
OTTAWA Providing nourishment to a newborn is the number one priority for new parents, but breastfeeding can be a struggle for some. To meet those needs, CHEO launched a lactation consultant pilot-project, offering families advice and guidance. New parents Sumona and Adam Di Tota used this program when their baby girl Sienna was born three months early. We ended up at the General Hospital, said Adam Di Tota. We found out there was a bit of difficulty with some fluid in her ventricles in her brain. As a result they were transferred to CHEO, where Sienne was fed through a tube and IV for the first two and a half months of her life.