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ONTARIO: Chief medical officer issues new COVID-19 testing guidelines

ONTARIO: Chief medical officer issues new COVID-19 testing guidelines

All health-care workers, caregivers, care providers and first responders should be tested "as soon as is feasible" if they develop any symptoms, including atypical ones, Williams wrote
LIVE: Province launches economic recovery committee to plan for COVID-19 aftermath

LIVE: Province launches economic recovery committee to plan for COVID-19 aftermath

Ontario Jobs and Recovery Committee to consist of cabinet ministers from all sectors of province's economy
COVID-19: 'Dynamic' physical distancing could help balance coronavirus fight, economy

COVID-19: 'Dynamic' physical distancing could help balance coronavirus fight, economy

One potential method could be to change the laws around how many people can gather at once, according to professor at McMaster University
LIVE: Pandemic could last several months, hit its peak by end of spring: Trudeau

LIVE: Pandemic could last several months, hit its peak by end of spring: Trudeau

Prime minister responds to national COVID-19 projections released Thursday
ONTARIO: Break for workers means grocery store closures this weekend

ONTARIO: Break for workers means grocery store closures this weekend

Ford says this break is a way to say thank you to grocery store and pharmacy workers as well as truck drivers
CANADA: StatCan reports 1,011,000 jobs lost in March

CANADA: StatCan reports 1,011,000 jobs lost in March

This puts the unemployment rate up to 7.8 per cent
ONTARIO: English Catholic teachers ratify agreement for new contract

ONTARIO: English Catholic teachers ratify agreement for new contract

The agreement allows the association to continue pursuing a constitutional challenge to the government's cap on compensation increases
CANADA: Researchers to study whether plasma of recovered patients can treat COVID-19

CANADA: Researchers to study whether plasma of recovered patients can treat COVID-19

The study will include 50 Canadian institutions
COVID-19: Answers to this week's commonly asked coronavirus questions

COVID-19: Answers to this week's commonly asked coronavirus questions

Should you wear a mask? How long can you have the virus before showing symptoms? Is it possible to get COVID-19 more than once?
ONTARIO: 'She's everywhere,' says Erie GM of OHL's first female scout

ONTARIO: 'She's everywhere,' says Erie GM of OHL's first female scout

Barrie Sharks alumnus Kiana Scott turned a lot of heads with her 'incredible work ethic'