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Article content Good news for independent seniors worried about COVID-19. Rtd. Gen. Rick Hiller, chair of Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force, said Friday 155,000 doses of Pfizer vaccines arrived in Ontario this week ahead of more next week as the province plans to begin vaccinating independent seniors across Ontario starting next month. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Ontario will vaccinate independent seniors over 80 starting in mid-March Back to video Struggling with vaccine shipment delays, Hillier said by mid-March, the pro...

February 18, 2021   ·   0 Comments By Paula Brown, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health (WDGPH) has announced a plan for mass COVID-19 immunization clinics for when new doses of the vaccine become available in the region. WDG Public Health presented the plan for mass immunization clinics to Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force on Feb. 10. The plan presented to the taskforce consists of three clinic structures for the vaccination program which include; Public Health led-hub cl...

Author of the article: Meghan Balogh Publishing date: Feb 09, 2021  •  February 9, 2021  •  2 minute read Article content The Kingston region’s medical officer of health has been selected as one of 12 individuals working to develop a provincewide immunization strategy to deliver the COVID-19 vaccine across Ontario. Dr. Kieran Moore, medical officer of health for Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington Public Health, was added to Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force on Jan. 8 as the public health sector representative on the panel. We apologize, but this video ...

A Western University professor is stepping down from his convocation role at the school in protest of a controversy surrounding a chancellor.

Chiefs of Ontario: Inmates returning home, workers coming onto reserve pose COVID 19 spread concerns, say chiefs  February 5, 2021  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Delegates at the Chiefs of Ontario’s virtual Special Chiefs Assembly Feb. 3 voiced concerns over testing and the need to inoculate a wider range of people as the COVID-19 vaccination program rolls out. While Elders rightfully remain a priority, chiefs said attention needed to be paid to workers coming on reserve to do vital work, personal health workers moving from home-to-home caring for Elders and community members, rele...