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Posted: Apr 04, 2021 2:41 PM ET | Last Updated: April 4 Dr. Homer Tien, president and CEO of Ornge Air Ambulance and a trauma surgeon, will be 'operational lead' of the task force as the province prepares to move into Phase 2 of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout, according to Stephen Warner, spokesperson for Solicitor General Sylvia Jones.(Rachel Scott/Ornge) The Ontario government says it has chosen Dr. Homer Tien, the CEO and president of Ornge Air Ambulance, to lead its COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force. Tien, also a trauma surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, will be the "ope...

All 1st doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in remote northern Ontario First Nations © Twitter/Neskantaga Chief Chris Moonias The Ontario government said it's finished administering all first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to people living in 31 fly-in northern First Nations and Moosonee. The 31 remote communities and Moosonee were selected as a part of a vaccine initiative dubbed Operation Remote Immunity, which was set up to offer coronavirus immunizations to Indigenous elder care home residents and First Nations that face a disproportionate risk of COVID-19 infection. Coronavirus: Vacc...

First doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been delivered to all 31 of northern Ontario’s remote fly-in First Nations communities, the ministry said in a press release Monday.

Article content What you need to know, at a glance New federal modelling indicates COVID-19 variants could fuel a surge of 20,000 new cases per day by mid-March if public health restrictions are relaxed further There are now fewer than 33,000 active cases in Canada, a 60 per cent drop from a month ago. Even with current restrictions, the spread of the variants could push Canada’s caseload to more than 10,000 new diagnoses per day by April Federal government extends 12 weeks of eligibility to the Canada Recovery Benefit and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit Ontario reported 47 deaths an...

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...