Provincial news for Ontario
A southwestern Ontario hospital has been forced to store bodies in a trailer unit amid a surge in deaths due to COVID-19. It’s the second hospital to do so in recent weeks as the province’s health-care system strains under a …
Read MoreSome Ontario hospitals use temporary morgues as COVID-19 deaths rise
The Ford government has extended in-class school closures and the move to online learning only for elementary students until Jan 25. Students in the 27 Southern Ontario public health unit regions and extending the shutdown in Northern Ontario for another …
Read MoreSchool in-class shutdown extended for two more weeks for elementary students
Ontario faced a shortage of personal protective equipment at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in part because it did not replenish its stockpiles over the previous years, an independent commission examining the impact of the health crisis on long-term …
Read MoreOntario government didn’t replenish PPE stockpiles before COVID-19: LTC commission
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — A physician who travelled internationally over the holidays against public health advice was out of his CEO job at one Ontario hospital Thursday while another hospital board was reconsidering his executive position. Niagara Health said Wednesday …
Read MoreOntario physician out as hospital CEO after Dominican holiday travel