‘Pretty scary scenarios’ as COVID-hit ICUs to begin measures including forced transfers, training doctors to be critical-care nurses Posted on April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 by Ian Burns With COVID patients in ICU expected to reach 600 next week, Ontario hospitals are desperate to keep up with an accelerating case curve.
‘Second chance’ for York Catholic school board as they look to replace director who left after just one month Posted on April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 by Ian Burns Robert Hofstatter left after a controversial first month on the job.
Scarborough mom launches website to simplify province-wide vaccination information Posted on April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 by Ian Burns Anna Carey’s site aims to help residents find resources and information on how to book vaccine appointment in their neighbourhood.
The province offered 5,000 vaccines to reopen shuttered Amazon warehouse. Here’s why Peel’s medical officer declined Posted on April 10, 2021April 10, 2021 by Ian Burns “Getting people vaccinated, even over that weekend, would not have reopened the plant,” says Peel’s Medical Officer of Health Dr. Lawrence Loh.
Focus on pandemic’s future, not the past Posted on April 9, 2021 by Ian Burns For the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canadians were able to say to themselves that no matter how bad things were here, they were worse in the United States.
Ontario reports 3,813 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 more deaths Posted on April 9, 2021April 10, 2021 by Ian Burns Ontario reported another 3,813 cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, down from 4,227 cases on Friday.
Older Ontarians most involved in spreading COVID-19 misinformation online, study suggests Posted on April 1, 2021 by Ian Burns A new study suggests Ontario residents between the ages of 55 and 64 are most involved in spreading misinformation about COVID-19 on social media.
