COVID-19 Local News

How does it work? Can I still spread the virus after I get a dose? What if I have allergies? You asked, so NewmarketToday spoke to the physician co-lead of our Newmarket hospital's vaccine management committee for some straight answers on the vaccines

'I don't think this is an abandonment of anything, and I don't think anyone is going to look back 10 years from now and say the one-year delay changed the trajectory of cycling infrastructure forever,' mayor says

5 new cases in Newmarket, 1 new school case at Sir William Mulock, 1 more close contact variant case; York Region confirms 86 new cases, 10 more variants, 37 schools have active cases; Ontario daily new cases drop below 1,000 for first time in a week, to 966 , with 11 more deaths and 572 variant cases

Appointments are closed until further vaccine supplies are available

Do you have your appointment and are wondering what to expect? Here's a step-by-step walk through of how it will work

2 more cases Newmarket, 1 more variant, active cases drop to 47; York Region confirms 66 new cases — lowest daily increase since Oct. 12 — with 20 more variants, as incidence rate drops to 60; Ontario reports 1,023 new cases, 6 more deaths, and no long-term care resident cases for 2nd straight day

'I ask that you reconsider this shift in status for Simcoe-Muskoka or at a minimum, adjust the regulations such that all small businesses can operate subject to abiding by appropriate health guidelines,' Rob Keffer said in a letter to Premier Ford

York Region residents aged 80 and over can book appointments

The National Eating Disorder Information Centre helpline has seen a 70 per cent increase in calls and texts; wait-times for the outpatient program at Sick Kids have more than doubled

2 more cases in Newmarket, active cases drop to 50, 1 case at Dr. J.M. Denison Secondary, outbreak declared at Amica; York Region confirms 90 new cases, 2 more deaths, 27 more variant cases; Ontario reports 1,062 new cases, 20 more deaths, 23 more variants