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As parents in Ontario prepare to send their children back to school, a group of Ontario doctors is outlining some of the risks that remain in the classroom and how to combat them. The upcoming school year will be the first since the COVID-19 pandemic was officially declared over and …
Read More »Manitoba better prepared for fall COVID-19 resurgence, microbiologist says
A medical microbiologist at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital says Manitoba will be better prepared for a resurgence of COVID-19 this fall. Dr. Philippe Lagace-Wiens told 680 CJOB’s The News that cases of the new EG.5 subvariant of the virus are beginning to show up in the province. EG.5, a fast-spreading …
Read More »Call inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 response, medical journal urges – National
A new series published in the BMJ medical journal is calling for an independent inquiry into Canada’s COVID-19 response. Experts from 13 organizations across Canada, including doctors, nurses, researchers, law and humanitarian specialists, along with Jocalyn Clark, a Canadian who is the BMJ’s international editor, wrote the seven articles published …
Read More »5 charged in Ontario COVID relief funds fraud: police
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Five people have been charged after they allegedly applied for Ontario COVID relief funding using “fictitious or ineligible businesses,” police say. Ontario Provincial Police announced the charges against four Ajax residents and one Ottawa resident Monday after a “lengthy investigation” involving the …
Read More »Long COVID presents ‘unfathomable’ burden as health-care system reaches ‘boiling point’ – National
Dr. Jennifer Hulme thought her COVID-19 infection was just “average.” She recovered in a matter of days and went back to work. Several weeks later she was incapacitated. “I woke up completely disabled, profoundly ill (and) completely changed from my previous self,” the Toronto emergency room doctor said. The avid …
Read More »Ontario government plans to recoup COVID-19 loans to province’s doctors
TORONTO — Ontario doctors who received loans from the province during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to cover increased costs and offset revenue losses stemming from lower patient volumes will now have one year to pay those sums back. The Ontario government laid out plans to recoup the money in …
Read More »Ontario to stop free COVID-19 rapid test program in pharmacies, grocery stores
Descrease article font size Increase article font size An Ontario program that distributes free rapid tests for COVID-19 at grocery stores and pharmacies will end after this month. The Ministry of Health wrote in a memo to the retailers recently that with lower rates of COVID-19, high vaccination rates and …
Read More »Lack of Ontario long COVID strategy risks care: ministry documents
TORONTO — Ontario’s lack of a long COVID strategy has led the health sector to cobble together “fragmented” clinics that are at risk of closure and may lead to little to no support for patients, internal Ministry of Health documents warn. Long COVID is not yet well understood, but the …
Read More »B.C. pastor, fined $2,300 for holding gathering during pandemic, loses appeal – Okanagan
A pastor in B.C.’s Interior who challenged a $2,300 violation ticket for holding a public gathering during the COVID-19 pandemic had his appeal dismissed this week. In a decision posted on April 26, a B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that Pastor Arthur Charles Lucier of Kelowna Harvest Church had indeed …
Read More »After 3 years of COVID-19, here’s how Canada’s ‘endemic’ future may look – National
On March 11, 2020, the world came to a screeching halt when the World Health Organization declared the COVID–19 outbreak a global pandemic. Schools across the world shut down, workplaces turned remote and the fast-spreading virus revealed the fragility of many countries’ health-care systems. Since then, the virus has claimed …
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