Skip to content

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Local News

Quick contact tracing to limit COVID infections remains challenging, says doc

Quick contact tracing to limit COVID infections remains challenging, says doc

'We have to do all that we can to keep up immunization because that ultimately is the way out of this situation,' says Gardner
Read more >
Georgian paramedic students to provide remote vaccination assistance

Georgian paramedic students to provide remote vaccination assistance

Two Georgian paramedic instructors and four students will travel to Eabametoong First Nation to administer second doses of the Moderna vaccine
Read more >
The business of dying: Funeral industry adapts to life with COVID

The business of dying: Funeral industry adapts to life with COVID

It can be hard to express condolences from a distance
Read more >
Ontario reports 1,791 new COVID cases Sunday

Ontario reports 1,791 new COVID cases Sunday

Today's report includes 1,353 recoveries and 18 new deaths.
Read more >
One year of COVID-19: Pandemic pushback based on ideology, not science

One year of COVID-19: Pandemic pushback based on ideology, not science

Science North staffer brings us through the ‘infodemic’ of pandemic misinformation, and the resistance to public health guidelines
Read more >
Ontario reports 1,829 new COVID cases Saturday

Ontario reports 1,829 new COVID cases Saturday

Today's report includes 1,261 recoveries and 11 new deaths.
Read more >
If you received a COVID vaccine before March 10, your second dose has been postponed

If you received a COVID vaccine before March 10, your second dose has been postponed

Health unit says more information about how to book the second dose appointment will be shared in early May
Read more >
<updated>WATCH: </updated>People 75 and over can start online booking for COVID-19 vaccinations starting March 22

WATCH: People 75 and over can start online booking for COVID-19 vaccinations starting March 22

Vaccine rollout through pharmacies will be ramped up to more pharmacies in the coming weeks
Read more >
Province says rapid antigen test makes it easier to do workplace testing

Province says rapid antigen test makes it easier to do workplace testing

Ontario is expanding the testing program to more sectors include remote communities in the North
Read more >
Six Midland residents among 41 new COVID-19 cases in region today

Six Midland residents among 41 new COVID-19 cases in region today

Two of the Midland cases are youth under 18 while three others involve men between 18 and 34 years old. One case is attributed to community transmission
Read more >