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Article content They’ve replaced the general with a colonel, the tank commander with the combat surgeon and in doing so, Ontario is also moving up the vaccination of frontline workers. The change at the top of Ontario’s vaccination task force comes as Rick Hillier, the retired general hired to establish Ontario’s vaccine distribution system left his four-month post on Wednesday. On Thursday, Homer Tien, a member of the task force, a colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces and a former combat surgeon was selected to lead the vaccination efforts. Tien, currently the President and CEO of Orng...

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...

Ornge CEO Dr. Homer Tien replacing Hillier as head of vaccine task force by News Staff Last Updated Apr 4, 2021 at 4:12 pm EDT Dr. Homer Tien, trauma surgeon and President and CEO of Ornge Air Ambulance. TWITTER Dr. Homer Tien, CEO and president of Ornge Air Ambulance, will lead the province’s vaccine task force following the end of retired Gen. Rick Hillier’s term. In a statement, Stephen Warner, spokesman for the Solicitor General Sylvia Jones, says the trauma surgeon will serve as the “operational lead” of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force as the province moves into Phas...

Toronto began vaccinating members of its police force against COVID-19 on Monday after the province identified front-line officers as a priority group.

Toronto began vaccinating members of its police force against COVID-19 on Monday after the province identified front-line officers as a priority group.