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COVID-19 outbreaks declared at 2 private seniors’ residences in Metro Vancouver

coronavirus outbreaks at two more privately-operated senior living facilities in Metro Vancouver.Fraser Health confirmed Monday that seven people at the Rideau Retirement Residence in Burnaby have tested positive for COVID-19. The five residents and two employees are in self-isolation in their own homes.Two staff members at Brookside Lodge — a long-term care home in Surrey — are also in self-isolation with confirmed cases of COVID-19.

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Multiple countries report UK SARS-CoV-2 variant cases

Over the holiday weekend, more than a dozen countries reported cases involving the UK SARS-CoV-2 variant, with a few reporting their first cases of a similar but distinct South African variant.

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Coronavirus: Ontario ER nurse spends entire pregnancy working the COVID-19 front line

COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging for health-care staff.“There was a huge amount of uncertainty … you never saw emergency patients, you saw all these possible COVID-19 patients,” recalled Michelle Byrne, an emergency department nurse at Trillium Health Partners’ Mississauga Hospital in Ontario.“When the COVID cases did come in, it was all-hands-on-deck,” added emergency attendant, Michael Byrne.

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Limited quantity of Ontario icewine may cause high demand for 2020 bottles

Ontario wineries struggling to find way forward under coronavirus restrictions While a few 2020 table wines have already been released, the 2020 icewines should be available around mid-2021, Macdonald said.The grapes for 2020 icewines have not been harvested yet, as wineries leave them on the vine to be harvested when the temperature drops below -8 C.The regulator’s report said the year was “remarkable” for weather and wine in Ontario, with most wine-growing regions experienced excellent conditions.Macdonald said the 2020 vintage is expected to produce high-quality wines.Wineries are choosing to make table wine, instead of leaving grapes on the vine to make icewine, said Magdalena Kaiser, public relations director of the Winery Marketing

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Over 15,000 people have died from coronavirus in Canada

COVID-19.The grim milestone was reached with the reporting of 37 new deaths in Quebec. Coronavirus cases top 2K in Ontario, Quebec, as more U.K.

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Coronavirus cases top 2K in Ontario, Quebec, as more U.K. variant detected

coronavirus cases on Sunday as more cases of a variant of the virus were announced across the country.Canada added 5,381 coronavirus cases total on Sunday and 65 deaths, bringing its total to 548,993 cases and 14,963 deaths. Canada reports first cases of U.K.

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More cases of new COVID-19 variant confirmed in Ontario and B.C.

British Columbia is the second province to detect the new COVID-19 variant, originally found in the United Kingdom, while a third case was confirmed in Ontario.

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Coronavirus: Multiple cases of COVID-19 variant found in Ontario

The province has confirmed three cases of the new COVID-19 variant, first identified in the UK, have been found in Ontario. Brittany Rosen has more details on where the cases are coming from, and why there could be more.

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Coronavirus: Province-wide lockdown begins in Ontario

Ontario has officially gone into lockdown during what is known as one of the busiest days of the year for retailers. It comes as COVID-19 cases in the province continue to soar. Brittany Rosen has more details.

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‘People are being shown no mercy’: Online evictions raise alarm in Ontario

COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on their lives and finances over the last year.A Toronto mother said she struggled to keep up with bills after losing work in the restaurant industry. A Hamilton man behind on rent payments said he was staying in touch with his landlord about his financial situation after being laid off.“It’s COVID, people struggle,” he appealed to Landlord and Tenant Board member John Mazzilli during the Dec.

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Ontario enters provincewide lockdown in effort to curb rising coronavirus case counts

COVID-19 case counts takes effect Saturday in Ontario.The restrictions will remain in place for southern Ontario until Jan. 23, but will lift for northern Ontario on Jan.

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Coronavirus: Ontario shutdown set to begin on Boxing Day

coronavirus cases comes into effect at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday.While the Ontario government will allow in-person shopping at supermarkets, convenience stores and pharmacies, those businesses must cap the number of customers at 50 per cent of approved capacity.Discount and big-box businesses that sell groceries can operate, but capacity is limited to 25 per cent of the approved capacity “of the particular room.”Other retail businesses, hardware stores and department stores will only be allowed to open for curbside pickup and delivery.

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Peel Region hospitals in need of additional doctors for ‘temporary pandemic support’

pandemic support.”Trillium Health Partners has three hospitals in its network.A news release issued on Tuesday says they are looking for general internists to support the network’s “temporary pandemic needs across our sites.”[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga Hospital and Queensway Health Centre serve more than a million residents in Peel Region and Toronto’s west end.There are currently six COVID-19 outbreaks at Trillium Health sites: four at Credit Valley Hospital, one at Queensway Health Centre and another at the Reactivation Care Centre.Ontario reported 502 new cases of the novel coronavirus in Peel Region today.Peel has been in the grey lockdown level of

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Kingston’s Medical Officer of Health calls for travel restrictions during lockdown

COVID-19 lockdown looming, Kingston’s chief medical officer wants to go one step further — he is calling on the government to impose travel restrictions, backed up by police enforcement.“With travel restrictions both between provinces and within the province … that will really help us,” says Dr. Kieran Moore, Chief Medical Officer for KFL&A Public Health.According Moore, the Ford government’s 28-day lockdown, which goes into effect on Boxing Day, should also have included mandated travel restrictions between cities in Ontario and Quebec.“We’re in a very difficult position, between Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa,” says Moore.

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PSW at Parkview Nursing Centre is first person in Hamilton, Ontario to receive COVID-19 vaccine

About 30 staff from long-term care homes were among the first people to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Hamilton on Wednesday.

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Jump in new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa and one new death

OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health says 48 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19 and one more person has died.

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Ontario’s sport minister says NHL talks ongoing as league looks to announce schedule

Ontario’s minister of sport said that discussions are still ongoing about how the all-Canadian North division will operate.Ontario is scheduled to enter a province-wide lockdown on Saturday that will last for 28 days in its most heavily populated regions. The NHL had previously announced that its new season will start on Jan.

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Ontario reports uptick in new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa

OTTAWA -- Public Health Ontario is reporting 56 new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa, among more than 2,400 provincewide.

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Coronavirus: Ontario hospitals grappling with capacity issues

More vaccine clinics are opening in Ontario as hospitals are grappling with capacity issues. As Caryn Lieberman reports, frontline health-care workers say it’s becoming difficult to care for so many sick COVID-19 patients.

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Ontario shutdown could create child care challenges to start 2021 in London, Ont.

coronavirus shutdown announcement.On Monday, Premier Doug Ford announced a province-wide shutdown will begin on Dec. 26 and last for four weeks in southern areas of the province and two weeks in northern areas.

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Ontario reports 2,202 new coronavirus cases, COVID-19 hospitalizations surpass 1,000

coronavirus on Tuesday, bringing the provincial total to 160,255.Tuesday’s case count is an increase from Monday’s, which saw 2,123 new infections. On Sunday, 2,316 cases were reported and 2,357 on Saturday.

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Here’s what you can and can’t do in Ontario during coronavirus shutdown

coronavirus cases.“We continue to see sharp increases in hospitalizations and occupancy in intensive care units is reaching concerning levels,” Deputy Premier and Health Minister Christine Elliott said in a statement Monday afternoon. Ontario to enter ‘provincewide shutdown’ on Boxing Day “Urgent action must be taken to prevent our health care system from becoming overwhelmed.

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Ontario to enter ‘provincewide shutdown’ on Boxing Day

Ontario has announced that a “provincewide shutdown” will begin on Boxing Day and last for four weeks in southern areas of the province and two weeks in northern areas.The government had previously planned to implement the measures beginning on Christmas Eve, sources told Global News.The shutdown includes a delayed return to in-person classes for both high school and elementary students after the winter break.Officials said elementary-age children will not return to classes as planned on Jan. 4 and will instead engage in remote learning until Jan.

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Coronavirus: More than 300 COVID-19 patients will be in Ontario ICUs within 10 days, modelling shows

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Coronavirus: ‘Hard’ lockdown in Ontario could cut daily COVID-19 case count to less than 1,000, modelling data shows

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Coronavirus: Ontario in ‘challenging situation’ to control COVID-19, health officials say

When presenting new COVID-19 modelling for Ontario on Monday, co-chair of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table Dr.

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More than 300 COVID-19 patients will be in Ontario ICUs within 10 days, modelling shows

COVID-19 cases continue to rise and the province’s ability to control the spread of the virus is “precarious.”The findings come in new data that concludes “hard” lockdowns lasting four to six weeks could cut daily case counts to less than 1,000.The new projections show that under all scenarios the province will see 300 intensive care unit beds filled within 10 days — double the 150-bed threshold where surgeries must be cancelled.

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Ontario reports 38 new COVID-19 cases in Ottawa; sixth day of cases above 2000 provincewide

OTTAWA -- Public Health Ontario is reporting 38 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on the sixth day in a row that more than 2,000 cases were reported across Ontario.

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Initial doses of COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in London, Ont., within days

17 additional hospitals that will be receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine over the next two weeks, local officials are providing further details.LHSC and the Middlesex-London Health Unit say health-care workers in local long-term care and retirement homes, as well as some hospital staff, will be the first in the region to be vaccinated against the coronavirus.

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Here are 17 new hospitals in Ontario that will conduct COVID-19 vaccinations

COVID-19 vaccine over the next two weeks, including in hotspot regions.The first doses of the vaccine were administered earlier this week at University Health Network in Toronto and The Ottawa Hospital.Ontario said it is expecting to obtain up to 90,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine from the federal government before the end of the year.

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Ontario reports nearly 2,300 new coronavirus, highest number of tests processed

coronavirus on Friday — marking the second highest one-day increase to date — bringing the provincial total to 151,257.Friday’s case count is the fourth consecutive day that cases are above 2,000 after 2,432 new infections were recorded on Thursday (a record high), 2,139 on Wednesday, and 2,275 on Tuesday.According to Friday’s provincial report, 691 cases were recorded in Toronto, 361 in Peel Region, 296 in York Region, 207 in Windsor-Essex and 126 in Hamilton.All other public health units in Ontario reported under 100 new cases in the provincial report.

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Watch live: Trudeau to discuss coronavirus crisis in Canada, vaccine rollout

vaccine approval on the horizon, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will address Canadians today about the growing coronavirus crisis in Canada.More than 7,000 confirmed cases of the virus were confirmed just yesterday, marking a new daily milestone as infections continue to climb at a worrying rate.Two of the largest provinces — Ontario and Alberta — hit grim milestones, as well. Ontario marked a new record of daily cases, while Alberta saw its highest number of deaths in a single day since the pandemic began.

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52 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Friday, 2,200 cases across Ontario

OTTAWA -- Fifty-two more Ottawa residents have tested positive for COVID-19, while Ontario has topped 2,000 cases of COVID-19 for a fourth straight day.

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Canada adds over 7,000 new coronavirus cases for 1st time since pandemic began

coronavirus in a single day for the first time Thursday, marking a new daily milestone as infections continue to rise at a dizzying rate.The 7,002 new infections nationwide came as Ontario hit a new record of daily cases, while Alberta saw its highest number of deaths in a single day since the pandemic began.Nearly 3,500 people are receiving care for COVID-19 in hospital, a new record that is putting a strain on many provinces’ health-care systems. Doctors in Ontario are calling for shutdowns, warning of bed shortages and increased deaths from any further surge in patients.Another 117 people died across the country over the past 24 hours, health officials said, bringing the national death toll to 13,916.

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Chapman’s Ice Cream looks to help out with COVID-19 vaccine storage in Markdale, Ont.

COVID-19 vaccine storage in Ontario’s Grey Bruce region as the province continues to battle the second wave of the novel coronavirus pandemic.Chapman’s vice-president Ashley Chapman said his company started to mobilize after hearing that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine needed to be stored at -70 C.

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Durham Region businesses call on province to reconsider full-scale grey zone lockdown

COVID-19 cases in Ontario continue to rise, Durham has not been immune to the spike.This has many concerned about the region entering another lockdown.“Everyday we’re checking the news headlines to see what’s happening,” said Kieran Grant, general manager of Kingsway Hardware in Courtice.Grant is well aware the lockdown could happen any day now. He says larger retailers shouldn’t have the upper-hand and be able to stay open, while small businesses like his are struggling to survive, noting sales for the store are down by nearly half this year.

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Coronavirus: Santa Claus deemed ‘essential service’ by Ontario government

coronavirus pandemic.On Thursday, the Ontario government declared Santa Claus an “essential service” and will be allowed to deliver toys for Christmas.The proclamation, signed by Ontario’s Lieutenant-Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell, includes the elves’ toy workshop as an essential manufacturing business and Santa’s nine reindeer are considered essential transportation.The declaration came as parts of Ontario face strict lockdown measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.“The government is committed to ensuring Santa Claus is able to work in Ontario and visit Ontario households in a safe manner,” the proclamation read.“Santa Claus shall provide services in accordance with the advice, recommendations and instructions of the Chief Medical Officer of

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Coronavirus: Ontario plans travel tax credit for tourism within the province

Ontario no longer offering free COVID-19 tests for international travel The tax credit announcement was part of an ambitious white paper MacLeod unveiled today to help stimulate tourism, sports, and cultural industries in Ontario.She also says that the provincial government will give an additional $100 million in funding to the Ontario Trillium Foundation, with a focus on community-based non-profit organizations.MacLeod also outlined plans to redevelop Ontario Place along Toronto’s waterfront.

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Students across Ontario could switch to online learning after winter break amid rising COVID-19 case counts

Questions remain over whether students in Ontario will return to in-class learning after the winter break or whether students will switch to virtual learning. Marianne Dimain reports.

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Ontario reports more than 2,400 new coronavirus cases setting another one-day record

coronavirus on Thursday — marking a new single-day record to date for the second time this week — bringing the provincial total to 148,967.Thursday’s case count is the third consecutive day that cases are above 2,000 after 2,139 new infections were recorded on Wednesday, and 2,275 cases on Tuesday (the previous daily record).According to Thursday’s provincial report, 737 cases were recorded in Toronto, 434 in Peel Region, 209 in York Region, 190 in Windsor-Essex,142 in Hamilton and 104 in Halton Region.All other public health units in Ontario reported under 100 new cases in the provincial report.

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Bill Kelly: A federal-provincial turf war is brewing over long-term care solutions

Study suggests size determines how COVID-19 affects Ontario retirement homes Both leaders have essentially told the federal government to just hand over more money with no strings attached and then keep its nose out of health care delivery in their provinces.Technically, both premiers are right: health care is a provincial responsibility.The problem is, neither province is doing a good job on the long-term care file.Here in Ontario, the overwhelming number of COVID-19 deaths have been in long-term care facilities, and this pandemic has exposed a frighteningly long list of serious problems, from staffing to living conditions.

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Coronavirus: Ontario students, educators should prepare for possible online learning after holidays

coronavirus cases.The recommendation by Stephen Lecce and Nancy Naylor is contained in a memo sent to all of Ontario’s school boards on Wednesday.“Our chief medical officer of health has confirmed that the transmission of COVID-19 in schools has remained low … however, the public health environment in Ontario continues to evolve rapidly,” the document said.

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Ontario ICUs prepare for surge of COVID-19 patients

Health officials in Ontario are warning hospitals to activate emergency plans to prepare for a surge of COVID-19 hospitalizations after the holidays. As Abigail Bimman reports, hospitals are already overcapacity.

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First doses of COVID-19 vaccines in Hamilton could come in ‘small numbers’ next week

COVID-19 vaccine for Ontario touched down at Hamilton’s airport on a plane Monday morning, it’s still at least a week before any of it will be dispensed in the city, according to officials.Hamilton’s emergency operations centre director says the first of Hamilton’s COVID-19 vaccines could be in the city as early as next week, assuming all goes well with a pilot study going on in Ottawa and Toronto.Paul Johnson went on to tell city councillors in a Zoom call on Wednesday that the number of shots the city will get is expected to be “small.” Premier Doug Ford on hand for 1st shipment of COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario “This is really for health-care workers, because one of the realities is, that this vaccine is not going to be distributed to

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Hamilton city council freezes recreation fees for 2021

COVID-19 pandemic.His motion to freeze all of the city’s fees for recreation programs has been approved by Hamilton City Council.

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Coronavirus: Ford, Ontario officials tour Ornge facility, observe logistics for vaccine distribution

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Health Minister Christine Elliott and Solicitor General Sylvia Jones toured an Ornge facility in Toronto on Wednesday to observe part of the logistics chain involved in transporting the COVID-19 vaccine, as part of the government’s planned roll out throughout the province.

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Ontario hospitals told to prepare surge capacity due to possible increase of COVID-19 during holidays

As hospitalizations continue to rise in Ontario, the government has asked hospitals to prepare to use their surge capacity in the event of soaring COVID-19 cases over the holidays. Shallima Maharaj has the story.

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41 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa; 2,100 new cases of COVID-19 across Ontario

OTTAWA -- As Ontario reports more than 2,000 cases of novel coronavirus for the second consecutive day, there are 41 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0