Hospitals across Ontario will begin to ramp down all elective, non-emergency surgeries beginning Monday. The instruction, given Friday, was to preserve
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Ontario teacher calls on education workers across Canada: “Join the struggle to make our schools safe!”
The
World Socialist Web Site received the following letter from an Ontario teacher explaining why they will participate in the inaugural meeting of the Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee this Sunday (April 11), and why all education staff and working people should attend. The online meeting will begin at 1 PM Eastern Time. You can register to attend here.
Protest by teachers at Montreal high school against the Quebec government s reckless push for in-class instruction. (Photo Credit: Robert Green)
Dear Teachers, Educational Assistants, Caretakers, Education Support Staff, and workers across Canada,
COVID-19: Ontario reports second-highest daily case count on record
COVID-19: Ontario reports second-highest daily case count on record
Five pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics will run in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park this weekend By NOW Staff
Courtesy of Michael Garron Hospital
A pop-up vaccine clinic in the courtyard of a Thorncliffe Park high-rise apartment building on April 8.
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Michael Garron Hospital setting up pop-up clinics in East Toronto
2:30 pm Five pop-up COVID-19 vaccine clinics will run in Thorncliffe Park and Flemingdon Park to April 11, Michael Garron Hospital said this week.
The locations are: Flemingdon Park Shopping Centre, Masjid Darussalam Thorncliffe Mosque, Iqbal Halal Foods and lobbies and courtyards of select high-rise apartment buildings.
Ontario s health system increasingly overwhelmed by pandemic’s third wave
Ontario Conservative Premier Doug Ford announced a totally ineffectual stay-at-home order yesterday in response to growing warnings from doctors that the surging third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has brought the province’s hospitals weeks, and possibly just days, away from collapse.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announcing State of Emergency (Source: CBC News)
Already there are more than 500 COVID patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs). This is far higher than the number hospitals have warned would severely impact their ability to treat other critically ill patients. On Wednesday, 311 of the province’s 504 COVID-19 ICU patients were on ventilators.