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Ontario extends emergency order to April 13

Closes all outdoor recreational amenities across province

Mar 30, 2020 10:23 PM Read more >

Number of health care workers with COVID-19 doubles in York Region

Additional confirmed COVID-19 cases push region's total from 205 to 241 today, March 30

Mar 30, 2020 9:49 PM Read more >

COVID-19: Home becomes school and workplace as students switch to online learning

President of the Canadian Teachers Federation says her main concern is that some students won't have access to the technology they need to continue schooling at home during the COVID-19 pandemic

Mar 30, 2020 8:55 PM Read more >

Clusters of COVID-19 cases identified at Vaughan gyms, Markham seniors homes

Help 'break the chain of transmission' by staying home, practising good hand hygiene, and keeping a physical distance of six feet when going out for essentials only, region's medical officer of health urges

Mar 30, 2020 7:54 PM Read more >

What happens when touch is essential for communication?

'We are all in it together, taking it day-by-day,' DeafBlind Ontario official says

Mar 30, 2020 5:47 PM Read more >

Seneca College donates much needed medical supplies to Southlake

The school of nursing sent ventilators, surgical gowns, masks and sanitizer to the Newmarket hospital, as well as hospitals in Markham and North York

Mar 30, 2020 3:47 PM Read more >

York Region reporting 2 additional COVID-19 deaths

A resident of Markhaven Home for Seniors in Markham, and a 100-year-old woman from Vaughan are the region's third and fourth COVID-19 related deaths

Mar 30, 2020 2:13 PM Read more >

Newmarket homeless shelter extends overnight stays; isolation centre opening

'We don’t feel alone at all, we feel a part of a bigger community that’s really trying to address some complicated new issues, that’s been a lifeline,' executive director of Newmarket's only homeless shelter says

Mar 30, 2020 1:55 PM Read more >