Key updates on COVID-19 in the region
Apr 22, 2021
What’s the latest?
Ontario Premier Doug Ford has apologized for some of the pandemic measures imposed last Friday, admitting the province moved too fast. Ford also reiterated his government’s commitment to develop some sort of special sick pay.
Joanne Chianello writes that it’s hard to think of a time when local authorities have so directly and publicly defied directions from the province as they have over the past week.
Mike Crawley shares the inside story about what led to those decisions.
A Peterborough, Ont., man with symptoms typical of COVID-19 long-haulers has filed a human rights complaint against his former employer for firing him.
Here’s the latest weekly checkup on vaccinations in the area: another week with about 100,000 doses administered for a total of about 600,000 doses given.