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ONTARIO: Province two years behind goal of 15,000 new LTC beds by 2024, fiscal watchdog says

ONTARIO: Province two years behind goal of 15,000 new LTC beds by 2024, fiscal watchdog says

FAO projects the province will not reach 15,000 beds until the 2025-26 fiscal year
CANADA: 50 per cent vaccine milestone a psychological boost to keep going, experts say

CANADA: 50 per cent vaccine milestone a psychological boost to keep going, experts say

Canada's rollout reached a major milestone on Saturday with 50 per cent of its overall population at least partially inoculated, though 58 per cent of the country's adult population had received at least one dose as of Friday
ONTARIO: Fiscal watchdog to release new LTC spending report

ONTARIO: Fiscal watchdog to release new LTC spending report

The Financial Accountability Office says the new report is based on the province's 2021-22 expenditure estimates
ONTARIO: Top doc wants students back in classrooms before provincial reopening

ONTARIO: Top doc wants students back in classrooms before provincial reopening

Williams said most public health units in the province support the reopening of schools, which have been shut to in-person learning since early- to mid-April
BEYOND LOCAL: How COVID-19 has affected baseball betting odds

BEYOND LOCAL: How COVID-19 has affected baseball betting odds

What’s happening in baseball, it seems, is the rich get richer and those less fortunate struggle to compete, financial analyst says
COVID-19: Ontario reports first blood clot death in AstraZeneca vax recipient

COVID-19: Ontario reports first blood clot death in AstraZeneca vax recipient

A man in his 40s who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the end of April passed away a few weeks later
COVID-19: Four ways to fill the need to socialize during the pandemic

COVID-19: Four ways to fill the need to socialize during the pandemic

In this time of crisis, we must remember that we need others in our lives because social connection is fundamental
BEYOND LOCAL: Tiny nanotechnologies are poised to have a huge impact on agriculture

BEYOND LOCAL: Tiny nanotechnologies are poised to have a huge impact on agriculture

Nanotechnology can improve farming efficiency without the need for new infrastructure
ONTARIO: Why thousands of Toronto COVID-19 patients had to be transferred to other cities' hospitals

ONTARIO: Why thousands of Toronto COVID-19 patients had to be transferred to other cities' hospitals

Leader of Queen's University department of medicine says root causes began long before the pandemic
OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

What is the state of animal welfare more than a year into the crisis?