'He's in our hearts': Family and friends still seek answers one year after Nathan Wise’s disappearance
It’s been a year since Nathan Wise went missing and his family is no closer to finding out what happened to him.
Doctors are urging caution as health officials suggest the Omicron wave may be hitting its peak across Canada.
“It’s great news right now, but we need to be aware of one thing: this was us influencing this wave,” Dr. Peter Jüni, the scientific director of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, told Joyce Napier on CTV’s Power Play Friday.
“It’s important to keep doing what we’re doing. Open slowly and really, really rush those third doses,” Dr. Jüni said.
In a COVID-19 update Friday, Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam said early indicators suggest Omicron infections may have peaked across the country. However, she warned hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions are rising.
“It’s not just rough in hospitals right now, it’s nigh on people not getting the same quality of care they’d get six months ago,” infectious diseases specialist Dr. Lisa Barrett told Power Play. “That’s not acceptable.”
Ontario has a three-step plan in place to lift its COVID-19 restrictions. That starts Jan. 31, with gyms and indoor dining set to reopen.
“We need to be very careful that we don’t accelerate again and have more growth that will result in even more strain in our hospitals,” Dr. Jüni said.
Dr. Jüni and Dr. Barrett discuss the Omicron wave in the video at the top of this article.
It’s been a year since Nathan Wise went missing and his family is no closer to finding out what happened to him.
Dozens of Ontarians are expressing frustration in the province’s health-care system after their family doctors either dropped them as patients or threatened to after they sought urgent care elsewhere.
An Ottawa pizzeria is being recognized as one of the top 20 deep-dish pizzas in the world.
Amazon's paid subscription service provides free delivery for online shopping across Canada except for remote locations, the company said in an email. While customers in Iqaluit qualify for the offer, all other communities in Nunavut are excluded.
The fire burning near Fort McMurray grew from 25 hectares to 5,500 hectares over the weekend.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin began a Cabinet shakeup on Sunday, proposing the replacement of Sergei Shoigu as defence minister as he begins his fifth term in office.
Police are searching for a male suspect after a man was “slashed in neck” on Sunday morning in downtown Toronto and died.
There were some scary moments for several people on a northern Ontario highway caught on video Thursday after a chain reaction following a truck fire.
Health Canada announced various product recalls this week, including electric adapters, armchairs, cannabis edibles and vehicle components.
English, history, entertainment, math and geography: high school trivia teams could be quizzed on any of it when they compete at the Reach for the Top Nationals in Ottawa in June.
An Ottawa pizzeria is being recognized as one of the top 20 deep-dish pizzas in the world.
A family of fifth generation farmers from Ituna, Sask. are trying to find answers after discovering several strange objects lying on their land.
A Listowel, Ont. man, drafted by the Hamilton Tigercats last week, is also getting looks from the NFL, despite only playing 27 games of football in his life.
The threat of zebra mussels has prompted the federal government to temporarily ban watercraft from a Manitoba lake popular with tourists.
A small Ajax dessert shop that recently received a glowing review from celebrity food critic Keith Lee is being forced to move after a zoning complaint was made following the social media influencer’s visit last month.
The Canada Science and Technology Museum is inviting visitors to explore their poop. A new exhibition opens at the Ottawa museum on Friday called, 'Oh Crap! Rethinking human waste.'
The Regina Police Service says it is the first in Saskatchewan and possibly Canada to implement new technology in its detention facility that will offer real-time monitoring of detainees’ vital health metrics.
Just as she had feared, a restaurant owner from eastern Quebec who visited Montreal had her SUV stolen, but says it was all thanks to the kindness of strangers on the internet — not the police — that she got it back.