Pearson: New COVID variant threatens to open old wounds
We didn’t get things right following the COVID pandemic, and the proof of it is everywhere.
COVID-19
What parents should know about COVID-19 as kids head back to class: Doctors
More than 100,000 London-area kids head back to class in less than two weeks.
‘I am guilty’: Plea by controversial pastor resolves all COVID-related charges
Controversial Aylmer pastor Henry Hildebrandt was defiant to the end when he pleaded guilty Thursday to one count of violating provincial pandemic rules at a virtual hearing and was fined $52,000.
University, ex-public health official trade allegations in $600K lawsuit
Matt Strauss’s former employer says the outspoken doctor’s commentary about the COVID-19 pandemic harmed Queen’s University’s reputation, while Strauss claims the school tried to “cancel” him. Haldimand-Norfolk’s former acting medical officer of health sued Queen’s and the head of the school’s department of medicine, Stephen Archer, last October, alleging “constructive dismissal” while seeking $600,000 in […]
Why local public-health officials urge you to get a COVID booster shot
The new shot is likely to provide good protection against the latest EG.5 subvariant of Omicron.
Stay-at-home mom fined $37K for organizing anti-restrictions protests
The COVID-19 public health crisis may be over, but a stay-at-home mom who organized two large anti-restriction protests in Aylmer in 2020 found out there’s still a hefty cost to thumbing her nose at pandemic emergency measures. Kimberly Neudorf was slapped with a total of $37,000 in fines for attending and organizing demonstrations that helped […]
Cornies: Long COVID sufferers are pandemic’s hidden casualties
The expiry date on the box of COVID-19 antigen tests, tucked away on a shelf in my upstairs closet, reads 2023-07-15.
A COVID-19 snapshot: From pandemic to endemic in London, region
Recorded London-area COVID-19 cases are near zero and deaths are down dramatically, but the virus that once stopped society in its tracks remains here and won’t ever go away, the region’s top public health official says.
Charge against Aylmer pastor who spoke at anti-lockdown rally dropped: Centre
Charges laid against a controversial Aylmer pastor stemming from an anti-lockdown rally in Chatham during the pandemic have been dropped, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says.
Local kids’ choir composed songs, while researcher observed
Members of the Georgian Bay Children’s Choir sang their own compositions Saturday afternoon, after having been studied composing them as part of a doctoral research project. Their post-pandemic effort was shared at a concert at St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Owen Sound for family and friends. The youngsters, four to 14 years old, were observed […]
Church of God seeks to take fight against COVID rules to Supreme Court
Two Southwestern Ontario churches that defied temporary public health laws for indoor and outdoors gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic are seeking to take their fight against the restrictions to the Supreme Court.
Border-crossing COVID tests are long gone, but fines are still being charged
A Sarnia realtor isn’t the only one who’s been slapped with hefty fines for breaking now-gone border rules at the Blue Water Bridge.
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