Canadian snowbirds have been flocking home during COVID-19. But for many, especially those coming via RV, coming home early means having no place to go.
London’s transit agency is warning customers that buses on 15 routes won’t be showing up on time, another consequence of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
A long list of cancellations stemming from the coronavirus pandemic now includes several environmental events in London, including the longstanding Thames River Clean Up.
London firefighters responded to 65 calls for open burns, averaging 13 a day, in the first five days after the prohibition was put in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The social and economic response to the coronavirus threat is changing by the hour in Southwestern Ontario and across Canada. Here is a rundown of our latest coverage on the London-area fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic
A First Nation in southwestern Ontario says one of its members has died of COVID-19.
Six Nations of the Grand River’s elected chief, Mark Hill, says the community is grieving the death.
STRATFORD – An assault charge may loom for a man who is accused of deliberately coughing in the face of an LCBO liquor store employee earlier this week, police here say.
Calls to the national Kids Help Phone line have increased by more than 50% over the past few weeks as the Coronavirus pandemic ramped up in Canada, says a senior official with the national charity.
Testing for COVID-19 will be dramatically ramped up immediately in Ontario, Premier Doug Ford vows.
“What is unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable, are the numbers of testing we’re doing … My patience has run thin and no more excuses,” Ford said Wednesday, adding he wants to see 13,000 tests a day instead of the roughly 3,200 currently being conducted.
The race is on.
Scientists worldwide are working to develop rapid result COVID-19 tests.
Some tests produce yes or no answers: Do you have coronavirus or not?
And those who test positive can be isolated, which is crucial to controlling the spread of the illness when so many people with COVID-19 have no symptoms.
Ontario’s overly cautious approach to COVID-19 testing is endangering lives and hindering efforts to rein in soaring infections that are ravaging long-term care facilities, filling ICU beds and lurking silently in communities, say critics alarmed by the province’s admission that labs can handle nearly four times the number of tests they receive.
OTTAWA — Members of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association have ratified an agreement for a new contract following months of contentious negotiations and four one-day strikes.
Go on, everybody, mask up.
As soon as Canada’s top public health boss Theresa Tam indicated non-medical masks could assist in limiting coronavirus spread this week, the race was on for do-it-yourself types to create face coverings from fabric at home.
A London Transit driver has tested positive for COVID-19, The Free Press has learned.
The news – which was posted for employees to see on Wednesday – comes as drivers grow increasingly worried about their safety on the job.