Ottawa Public Health is reporting 240 more people in Ottawa have tested positive for COVID-19, the highest single-day case count since the start of the pandemic.
KINGSTON One of the officers who found Jude Leyton in a wooded area north of Kingston says it was a team effort to find the three-year-old boy. The toddler went missing in South Frontenac around 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 28. He was found Wednesday afternoon near a beaver pond, following an extensive three-day search by Ontario Provincial Police and search and rescue volunteers. The boy was ultimately found almost a kilometre away from the family cottage by a team of four OPP officers: Const. Greg Verney, Const. Peter Wrigglesworth, Const. Mike Ball, as well as Const. Scott McNames. McNames says the group never lost hope they would bring the child home to his parents.
OTTAWA Ottawa s top doctor says the four-week shutdown is definitely needed in the capital to reduce the spread of COVID-19, and she hopes this is the last shutdown during the pandemic. This is different this time because we have the vaccination program that s started, said Dr. Vera Etches, Ottawa s medical officer of health. What s already happened is we have people in long-term care homes and retirement homes that are well protected and that protection is extending into the community.
Ontario is pulling its emergency brake in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 variants. Premier Doug Ford said the four-week shutdown in all 34 public health regions will begin at 12:01 a.m. Saturday.
Phones at one Ottawa pharmacy were ringing off the hook after the Ontario government announced 350 new pharmacies will begin offering the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as early as Saturday.