personal protective equipment

• Experts urge caution as Canada’s COVID-19 waste washes up on coastlines

  While disposable masks may look like they are made of paper or natural fabric, they are manufactured using polymers that sometimes take decades or centuries to decompose.

  Environment

  Jun 19
• Ottawa investing as much as $29M in company to make PPE mask material in Montreal

  The factory is expected to supply enough fabric to produce over half a billion masks per year.

  Economy

  Jun 17
• Advertisement
• Canada’s efforts to buy pandemic PPE to be assessed by auditor general

  The federal government spent more than $7 billion last year to buy everything from personal protective equipment, to hand sanitizer and rapid tests.

  Canada

  May 26
• Advertisement
• Securing PPE in the COVID-19 pandemic was like the Wild West

  As COVID-19 first made its way around the globe, UHN joined the free-for-all international marketplace for masks and other personal protective equipment, writes Rebecca Repa.

  Commentary

  Mar 23
• Police reveal trailer with $1M in surgical masks stolen from Hamilton airport last July

  Detectives from the Hamilton Police Service's break, enter, auto theft and robbery unit say the investigation into the missing shipment of PPE is still ongoing.

  Crime

  Mar 5
• Nova Scotia company that retooled factory to make medical gowns loses new tender

  All nine of the successful bidders on a new request for proposals for medical gowns are in Canada's three most populated provinces: Ontario, Quebec and B.C.

  Consumer

  Mar 4
• Calgary volunteers help Sikh seniors accommodate religious wear and masks

  Calgary volunteers are helping Sikh seniors accommodate religious head ware with masks.

  Health

  Feb 21
• Senior Liberal staffers discussed withholding details about COVID-19 response: Internal emails

  Emails from senior Liberal political staffers detail discussions about withholding information about Canada's COVID-19 response.

  Politics

  Feb 6
• Advertisement
• Province invests in development, testing of Ontario-made PPE at Hamilton’s McMaster University

  Ravi Selvaganapathy, director of McMaster University's centre for excellence, says they've partnered with 'upwards of 50' PPE manufacturers since launching eight months ago.

  Economy

  Jan 26
• Advertisement
• London company among 12 winners of sustainable, Canada-made supply challenge

  A London company is among the winners of a challenge to 'to build a sustainable, made-in-Canada, cost competitive supply of critical products.'

  Health

  Jan 22