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Ontario to add more vaccine clinics for school staff as hospitalizations near 2,600

Ontario to add more vaccine clinics for school staff as hospitalizations near 2,600

Ontario says it is adding 10 additional COVID-19 vaccine clinics to accelerate booster doses for education and child-care workers as the province reported nearly 2,600 people hospitalized with the virus on Saturday.
Families to honour loved ones lost on second anniversary of downing of plane in Iran

Families to honour loved ones lost on second anniversary of downing of plane in Iran

TORONTO — Families are set to commemorate the loss today of loved ones who died after Iranian forces downed a passenger jet two years ago. A Ukrainian International Airlines flight was shot down by Iranian forces two years ago on Jan. 8, 2020.
Ontario renews scholarships in honour of Iran plane crash victims

Ontario renews scholarships in honour of Iran plane crash victims

TORONTO — Ontario has renewed scholarships honouring the victims of the passenger jet that was downed in Iran two years ago.
Pediatrician groups call for Ontario schools to reopen no later than Jan. 17

Pediatrician groups call for Ontario schools to reopen no later than Jan. 17

TORONTO — Three pediatricians' groups are urging the Ontario government to resume in-person learning no later than Jan. 17.
Tory legislator Jeff Yurek to resign Elgin-Middlesex-London seat next month

Tory legislator Jeff Yurek to resign Elgin-Middlesex-London seat next month

LONDON, Ont. — Former environment minister Jeff Yurek says he will resign his seat in the Ontario legislature next month.
Ontario introduces grant for small businesses forced to close

Ontario introduces grant for small businesses forced to close

TORONTO — Ontario is rolling out a new $10,000 grant for small businesses shuttered by the latest round of public health measures, the province announced Friday.
Situation in hospitals expected to worsen as doctors isolate and admissions rise

Situation in hospitals expected to worsen as doctors isolate and admissions rise

The pressure on Ontario's hospitals is expected to worsen in the coming weeks as more staff are forced off the job due to COVID-19 and admissions due to the virus climb, the head of the province's hospital association said, calling it a dire situatio
'I'm dying to see them,' the grief of a Toronto man who lost family in Iran crash

'I'm dying to see them,' the grief of a Toronto man who lost family in Iran crash

TORONTO — Habib Haghjoo cannot look at the only two photographs in his living room at his east Toronto home. But he cannot bring himself to take them down. Nothing else hangs on the walls in that room of his impeccably clean home.
Parents pull children out of daycares in Ontario due to recent COVID testing changes

Parents pull children out of daycares in Ontario due to recent COVID testing changes

TORONTO — Karen Aagaard wanted to send her daughter back to daycare this week but decided to keep her toddler home.
Bearskin Lake First Nation waiting for military help after COVID-19 outbreak

Bearskin Lake First Nation waiting for military help after COVID-19 outbreak

A First Nation in northern Ontario is waiting for military assistance a week after declaring an emergency over a COVID-19 outbreak that has now infected nearly half of its 400 residents.