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Article content By Raywat Deonandan Recently, Solicitor General Sylvia Jones was asked on CBC Radio why Ontario had waited so long to enact COVID-19 restrictions doctors and scientists had been pleading for. Earlier, Ontario’s Science Table had observed a worrying growth trend in cases and ICU usage and had forecast a dire, explosive situation weeks away. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or Deonandan: How Ontario fell for the 'balanced' COVID response myth Back to video Jones replied, “We wanted to make sure that the modelling was actua...

Article content OTTAWA – As the country battles a crushing third wave of COVID-19 that has filled hospitals and led to deaths and crippling economic lockdowns, provinces have declined to use several supports already available from the federal government, including a new drug treatment, rapid tests and help making contact tracing calls. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced military doctors and nurses would be sent to Ontario and the government is also considering requests for more help in other parts of the country. But as this new help arrives, some of the previous supports t...

Posted: Apr 26, 2021 10:23 AM CT | Last Updated: April 26 A GoFundMe page was established to raise money for Ali Syed and his wife, Misbah Zakir. Syed died Sunday from the virus causing COVID-19. His wife, also hospitalized with the virus, delivered their third child by C-section last week, according to the fundraising site.(GoFundMe) Another young father has died in Regina from COVID-19. Ali Syed, a worker at SaskPower's Boundary Dam in Estevan and father of three young children, died Sunday from COVID-19, according to a GoFundMe page set up to raise money for Syed and his family. Syed tes...

The science advisory table says vaccine "hotspotting" is an effective way to target many essential workers in areas disproportionately affected.

Article content BRAMPTON — Gigantic Amazon corporation is the first target of Peel Public Health’s new policy to shut down businesses with more than five COVID-19 cases to control outbreaks. Using Section 22 powers, Peel Public Health announced at noon that sections of two Amazon Fulfillment Centres have been ordered closed. Calling it “partial” closures these measures affect the Amazon operations at 8050 Heritage Rd. in Brampton and 12724 Coleraine Dr. in Bolton. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or WARMINGTON: Two Amazon centres first bus...