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Published Sunday, April 18, 2021 7:02PM EDT Ontario says the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be offered to individuals 40 years old and over in pharmacies and primary care settings starting on Tuesday. A spokesperson for Health Minister Christine Elliott confirmed the change on Sunday evening. There have been growing calls for the provincial government to make the vaccine more widely available as Ontario continues to see record numbers in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations amid a third wave that is mainly driven by variants of concern. "I can confirm that based on current ...

By Colin Perkel TORONTO — Furious criticism of new anti-pandemic powers that allow police in Ontario to stop any motorist or pedestrian and ask where they live and why they’re not home prompted the provincial government on Saturday to reconsider the measures. As the number of infected people in hospital reached record levels, Premier Doug Ford tweeted that the measures, which also included shutting down all outdoor recreational facilities and playgrounds, would be clarified. “Ontario’s enhanced restrictions were always intended to stop large gatherings where spread can happen,” Ford...

��Ontario has officially shut its borders from Canada�� pic.twitter.com/FKQCVdxK9W This is frightening stuff. It’s not that far away in distance from us, or sometimes, it seems, in thought. Could that crazy bleed down here? I think circumstances have already shown that it could. Now, there were enough sane Canadians that there was an immediate and huge backlash to these restrictions. Not just from the public, but also from the police agencies, 39 out of 45 of which told the politicians they could go stuff their new restrictions — they weren’t going to enforce it. FINAL TALLY: Of...

Article content Ontario reversed course on sweeping new police powers Saturday, just one day after Premier Doug Ford announced the measures that triggered a swift and furious backlash. Officers will no longer have the right to stop any pedestrian or driver to ask why they’re out or request their home address, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said in a written statement on Saturday evening. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Ford walks back police powers, playground closures Back to video Instead, she said, police will only be able to stop people wh...

Furious criticism of new anti-pandemic powers that allow police in Ontario to stop any motorist or pedestrian and ask where they live and why they're not home prompted the provincial government on Saturday to reconsider the measures.