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Medical transport staff arrive at Villa Leonardo Gambin, in Vaughan, Ont., on Feb. 5, 2021. Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities have poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
The spotlight on Ontario s long-term care sector must not be allowed to dim again, observers said the day after the release of a scathing report outlining the province s neglect of the facilities in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Reflections from public health experts and relatives of seniors who died in virus-ravaged facilities poured in after the Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission called for an overhaul of the sector.
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The pandemic has the real estate market heating up. But some buyers say agents are breaking rules
When Carla Vanderdeen-Fenech started shopping for a home in Hamilton in late 2020, she knew it would be competitive. What she didn t expect was to live in a friend s basement for five months while she looked for a new home. Vanderdeen-Fenech contends her family wouldn t be in a basement if agents weren t breaking the rules to milk as much money out of buyers as possible.
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Alberta hit an all-time peak for intensive-care unit admissions and reported 2,007 new COVID-19 cases Friday, its second-highest total ever, trailing only the 2,048 infections tallied Thursday.
Patients with greater chances of surviving beyond the next year should be prioritized if Alberta’s health-care system is overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic, new documents released by Alberta Health Services Friday reveal.
Hundreds of Calgarians who received parking tickets while getting COVID-19 shots in the city’s downtown won’t feel their sting.
Nearly 300 workers at the Cargill meat-packing plant in High River shuffled through the onsite vaccination clinic Thursday morning, receiving their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
Canada could reach the milestone where vaccines appointments are available to everyone, of any age group, about a month after the target was reached in the U.S.