Toronto Introduces New Project to Vaccinate the Homeless Community
The city of Toronto announced a new program that will help protect people in the city’s shelter system from the coronavirus. The city partnered with Unity Health Toronto, University Health Network, and Inner City Health, launching a new COVID-19 vaccination program to provide vaccines to the homeless population and shelter workers. Read more from the […]
Ontario Nurses Not Getting Paid During Self-Isolation
Nurses in Ontario hospitals are only getting paid if they have to stay home due to COVID-19 exposures with a positive test, but if they test negative, they still have to isolate for fourteen days without receiving pay. According to medical staff, it is only another blow to their morale after fighting the COVID-19 pandemic […]
Dr. Eileen De Villa Calls for Mandatory Paid Sick Leave for Workers
On Monday, the Toronto Board of Health is meeting to consider recommendations from the city’s top doctor on paid sick days. According to Dr. Eileen De Villa, chief medical officer, the pandemic has proven that paid sick leave is essential to help protect workers and the community. De Villa requests that employers provide workers with […]
Unifor Members Approve Deal for GM to Invest $1B in CAMI Plant
Unifor members approved General Motors Canada’s plan to invest $1 billion in an electric vehicle plant. On Sunday, 88 members of the union voted online on a tentative deal with GM to transform GM’s CAMI plant in Ingersoll, Ontario, into a hub to produce electric commercial delivery vans. According to the union, 91 per cent […]
Vaccination Site Opens at Metro Toronto Convention Centre
The largest vaccination site that is not in an Ontario long-term care home or hospital opens in Metro Toronto Convention Centre. COVID-19 vaccines have only been given at 19 hospital sites across Ontario, but now the city agreed to open a clinic inside the Metro Toronto Convention Centre to see how it would be if […]
Canadians Seek Sunny Vacations Despite COVID-19 Cases Surge
Although the COVID-19 crisis worsens in many parts of the country, thousands of Canadians ignore the government’s advice to stay home and hop on international flights to sunny destinations. As the health crisis deepens, Canada Air operated more than 1,500 flights from Canada to popular vacation destinations since the beginning of the pandemic. Read more […]
Ontario Reports 2,998 New Cases of COVID-19 and 100 Deaths
On Friday, Ontario reported 2,998 new cases of COVID-19 and 100 more deaths. Health Minister Christine Elliott said, “Locally, there are 800 new cases in Toronto, 618 in Peel, 250 in York Region, 161 in Waterloo, and 153 in Niagara.” Since the pandemic started in March 2020, 5,289 people have died, including 407 in the […]
Toronto’s Speed Cameras Issue More than 53,000 Tickets
According to new data, Toronto’s newly installed speed cameras issued more than 53,000 tickets to drivers speeding during the first round of enforcement. To reduce speeding, raise public awareness about obeying speed limits, and increase road safety, 50 automated speed enforcement devices were scattered across the city last summer. On Friday, the city said that […]
France Declines Takeover Offer for Supermarket Chain
The France government announced that it opposes the proposed takeover of the French supermarket chain Carrefour by the Canadian store group Couche-Tard. On Thursday, labor minister Elisabeth Borne said that she is opposed to a takeover, which followed similar comments by Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, who said that the country’s food sovereignty is at […]
Ontario’s Stay At Home Order is Now in Effect
As health officials struggle to slow down the spread of COVID-19, Ontario’s new stay at home order is now in effect all across the Province. The new stay at home order came into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday after the Provincial government declared a state of emergency. On Wednesday, Premier Doug Ford asked residents […]