CBC Radio s The House: Making plans for mass vaccinations
On this week’s show: New Brunswick Health Minister Dorothy Shephard outlines her province’s vaccine preparations and Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson talks about his city’s plans to get a head start on inoculations. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault looks at what Australia’s battle with tech giants means for Canada’s own regulatory efforts, and clean energy advocate Merran Smith reacts to a new era of Canada-U.S. climate talks.
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Posted: Feb 27, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: February 27
Minjung Choi, associate director of care at Fountain View Care Community, gets a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Toronto. As Canada prepares for an influx of doses, provinces and territories are also setting their sights on vaccinating the general population.(Evan Mitsui/CBC)
Families plead for help as coronavirus outbreaks worsen at Toronto long-term care homes
Family members of residents in Toronto’s long-term care homes are pleading for more government support as deadly outbreaks continue to surge amid the second wave of COVID-19.
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Posted: Dec 28, 2020 4:33 PM ET | Last Updated: December 28, 2020
Dennis Chu, left, and his grandmother Wai Lo Lin, who died on Dec. 19 at Tendercare Living Centre after testing positive for COVID-19.(Dennis Chu/Submitted)
Sienna Senior Living Inc. Team Members Among First to Receive COVID-19 Vaccinations
MARKHAM, Ontario, Dec. 15, 2020 Sienna Senior Living Inc. (“
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Vaccination of team members from three of Sienna’s long-term care residences
Team members at Sienna are among a select group of healthcare workers in Toronto participating in the initial launch of the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in Ontario. As part of the province’s pilot to test logistics, three Sienna long-term care communities have been allocated vaccines for 15 percent of team members at each residence. Cheltenham Care Community, Fountain View Care Community and Norfinch Care Community are participating.