Beyond Local

Ontario's school reopening plan requires parents to screen their children for COVID-19 symptoms

Up to 60 pharmacies will start offering testing by appointment only

Plans for child care, health care, affordable housing, economic impacts of pandemic to be laid out

Recruitment to begin in October, increasing number of inspectors from 409 to 507 across the province

Ford has been facing pressure to release the plan

Canada is joining a vaccine sharing program connected to international organizations including the World Health Organization and the Vaccine Alliance of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

An online petition by members of the Ontario Medical Association says there's already "unprecedented strong interest amongst parents for the influenza vaccine"

Doctors and researchers believe there are a number of possible explanations as to why “long haulers” are experiencing chronic symptoms

An associate professor of philosophy at University of Guelph says anti-mask sentiment is likely a symbol of a larger uncertainty "of what the pandemic will do to us in the long term"

The announcement comes after Ford tightened restrictions on private gatherings