Posted: Apr 03, 2021 1:00 PM ET | Last Updated: April 5
Toronto Public Health says the city cannot make referrals to the shelter hotel at 45 The Esplanade because it has a COVID-19 outbreak. After the outbreak was declared, the city paused its plans to clear encampments in parks.(Sam Nar/CBC)
The city of Toronto has paused its plans to clear encampments in parks next week following a COVID-19 outbreak at a shelter hotel where the city had been offering space to unhoused people.
Toronto Public Health says the city cannot make any referrals at this time to the shelter hotel at 45 The Esplanade because of the outbreak.
Health experts, opposition react to 3rd provincial lockdown: It is a tragic and unequivocal failure
by Lucas Casaletto
Last Updated Apr 1, 2021 at 4:52 pm EDT
Health officials and members of the opposition are reacting to the Ford government’s
On Thursday, Premier Doug Ford said they are fighting “a new pandemic” with the variants and said the virus is spreading faster.
The latest ban, in place for at least four weeks, includes restricting indoor public events and gatherings except for retail and grocery stores.
Schools
There will be a 25 percent capacity limit in retail stores and 50 percent in supermarkets and essential retail, including, but not limited to pharmacies and convenience stores.
From a dancing scientist to an ICU poet, these people are making a bad time better
COVID-19 has been an exhausting onslaught of bad news. But there are slivers of optimism. Meet some of the people making it happen.
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Posted: Apr 02, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 2
COVID-19 has been an exhausting onslaught of bad news. But there are slivers of optimism. COVID scientist Krishana Sankar, left, has been dancing. Dr. Laura Hawryluck, middle, writes poetry about what she sees in the ICU. Hannah Bussiere-Kim makes music in her bedroom, under her alter ego Luna Li.(Krishana Sankar/Jordana Goldman/Luna Li)
TORONTO As COVID-19 case levels rise across Canada, prompting new shutdowns in several provinces and causing doctors to ring alarm bells over ICU capacity, one question is front of mind: what will it take for Canada to rise out of this third wave? Experts are split on which strategy is best, but a common thread is the feeling that governments need to be doing more than they currently are, both in planning and communicating with the public. We ve got two to three months of hard work, Dr. Michael Warner, an ICU physician at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto told CTV News Channel this week.
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