toronto covid-19

• John Tory ends Toronto’s COVID-19 emergency declaration

  "The City’s efforts in fighting COVID-19 have placed Toronto in a position where the emergency declared in response to the pandemic can be terminated," a City news release said.

  Canada

  May 9
  
• Hybrid model being embraced as GTA workers return to the office

  Many employees are returning to GTA offices, but not for the traditional five-day work week. Some are adopting hybrid models of work,

  Health

  Mar 22
  
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• Meet the sewage sleuths tracking Toronto’s COVID levels

  The samples are key to tracking the rise and fall of infection rates, which are no longer accurately recorded by individual testing.

  Canada

  Mar 9
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• ‘Nice that you have somewhere close by’: Toronto libraries host COVID vaccine clinics

  "It's nice that you have somewhere close by, you don't have to go downtown. I just feel lucky. Finally I got it."

  Health

  Mar 4
• City of Toronto workers to start heading back to the office next week

  City officials said that workers will begin returning to offices on Tuesday under a "hybrid model."

  Canada

  Feb 16
• ‘I’m just exhausted’: Inside a Toronto hospital during the Omicron wave of COVID-19

  The Canadian Press spent 12 hours inside the hospital, talking to dozens of nurses, doctors and respiratory therapists about how the latest wave is impacting them.

  Canada

  Feb 1
• Toronto holds ‘super supportive,’ accessible COVID-19 vaccine clinic

  In a press release issued Monday, the city said the vaccine clinic will be held in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre at 255 Front Street West from 2 to 8 p.m.

  Health

  Jan 31
• Mass COVID vaccine clinic opens at Toronto Zoo

  The clinic, run in partnership with FH Health, is set to administer 5,000 shots per day, a statement from the zoo and the health organization said.

  Health

  Jan 12
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• Toronto public library to temporarily close 44 branches due to COVID-related staffing shortages

  The library says the closures will take effect next Monday, and staff from those branches will be reassigned to locations that are still open.

  Canada

  Jan 4
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• Toronto Mayor John Tory calls for hope after year of upheaval in 2021 retrospective

  Sitting down with Global News for a year-end retrospective, John Tory says though 2021 has been tough, the city is in a much better position than it was this time last year.

  Politics

  Dec 27, 2021