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ONTARIO: Families, Experts say long-term care report shows pandemic lessons can't be ignored

ONTARIO: Families, Experts say long-term care report shows pandemic lessons can't be ignored

The commissioners said the government was ill-prepared for a pandemic, and failed to act as quickly as other jurisdictions to protect the long-term care sector
ONTARIO: Ornge says service will continue despite labour issues with paramedics

ONTARIO: Ornge says service will continue despite labour issues with paramedics

Ornge paramedics have taken issue a provincial law that came into effect in 2019 and caps public sector wage increases to one per cent a year
COVID-19: Thousands of Ontarians book vaccine appointments within hours of expanded eligibility

COVID-19: Thousands of Ontarians book vaccine appointments within hours of expanded eligibility

Christine Elliott says more than 73,000 appointments were booked between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. EDT, despite the frustrations described by some social media users
COVID-19: Ontario may shorten interval between vax doses as more supply expected, Elliott says

COVID-19: Ontario may shorten interval between vax doses as more supply expected, Elliott says

Health Minister Christine Elliott says people will be contacted to arrange a new time for their second appointment if that happens
CANADA: More than 5,000 international air travellers positive for COVID-19 since February

CANADA: More than 5,000 international air travellers positive for COVID-19 since February

Forty per cent of those people were infected with one of the three variants of concern Canada is tracking
CANADA: Action needed to end anti-Black racism in public service, advocates say

CANADA: Action needed to end anti-Black racism in public service, advocates say

'There's a lot of mental health issues associated with the discrimination, the systemic discrimination, that Black workers have faced and continue to face — a lot of racial trauma that Black workers are facing,' advocate says
CANADA: Parliament's language interpreters told no sick pay during COVID

CANADA: Parliament's language interpreters told no sick pay during COVID

Workers recently told they 'wouldn't be entitled to coverage because they are freelancers, not employees, and the same goes if they need to quarantine or isolate,' Association advocate says
CANADA: Time is now for military to finally make real progress on sex misconduct, Arbour says

CANADA: Time is now for military to finally make real progress on sex misconduct, Arbour says

Federal government asked the former Supreme Court Justice and United Nations human rights commissioner last week to lead a year-long review of the military’s approach to preventing and punishing sexual crimes and behaviour
COVID-19: Hospitalizations, ICU admissions growing for younger Canadians in third wave

COVID-19: Hospitalizations, ICU admissions growing for younger Canadians in third wave

As of April 23, eight people under 19 had died of COVID-19 in Canada; more than 40 per cent of deaths of people in their 20s, 30s and 40s have also occurred since February
COVID-19: Canada to receive 2M vaccine doses this week as Pfizer-BioNTech ramp up deliveries

COVID-19: Canada to receive 2M vaccine doses this week as Pfizer-BioNTech ramp up deliveries

Pfizer doses only shots scheduled for arrival in Canada over the next seven days, Moderna slated to deliver next shipment of more than one million doses next week