Ontario reports 1791 new Covid cases … And Refugee Haircuts

Ontario reports 1791 new Covid cases … And Refugee Haircuts

Ontario reports more than 1,700 new COVID-19 cases for third straight day

TORONTO — Ontario health officials are reporting more than 1,700 new cases of COVID-19 for the third day in a row.

The province confirmed 1,791 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Sunday. The case count comes after officials logged 1,745 more infections on Friday and 1,829 more infections on Saturday.

The case numbers reported over the past three days represent a significant increase from the 1,553 cases recorded on Thursday and the 1,508 recorded on Wednesday.


Big news: I got a haircut yesterday.

I had to leave TO to get one. I’m a covid refugee!

One place I called said they weren’t serving anyone from other more infected zones!

I’m oppressed by the colour of my zone!

Not a bad cut I admit. The place was packed and business was non-stop.

How bizarre to have to travel for a cut.

I feel bad, the guy who has cut our hair for 20 years still can’t open.

I will go in for a trim no matter when he is allowed to open up.

Things were a lot easier when mom or dad just gave you a kitchen brushcut.

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Canada’s pandemic ‘alert’ system failed to operate properly for COVID-19: report

An interim review of why Ottawa’s early pandemic warning system failed to issue a formal alert on COVID-19 has described a lack of detailed knowledge of the system by senior managers.

The audit dated Feb. 26, and released on Saturday, was ordered by federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu after reports the Global Public Health Intelligence Network didn’t operate as intended at the onset of the pandemic.

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Why are We Vaccinating Children against Covid-19?

The acute focus in this writing is on the vaccination of children under 12 years of age with the Covid-19 vaccines as this raises very serious and urgent issues that must be confronted by societies in terms of possible unnecessary harms to our children. SARS-CoV-2 virus that leads to Covid-19 disease may be used interchangeably in this report. Why this focus? Because there is now a major effort to test the new mRNA-based vaccines against SARS CoV-2 virus in young children.

What is the rationale for this and what is the basis? Why would there be a push to vaccinate six-month-old babies? Vaccinate two-year-old infants? Vaccinate six-year-old children? Ten-year-old children? Via an experimental vaccine that delivers genetic code into your cells instructing it to produce a mock portion of the virus? 

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Nearly every India-Toronto flight this month had COVID-positive passengers

Flights from India continue to be Canada’s top source of international passengers testing positive for COVID-19.

And data provided by Health Canada reveals nearly all of the twice-daily flights between Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and Toronto Pearson Airport carried passengers infected with COVID-19.

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Chris Selley: Canadians suffered unnecessarily under COVID because officials got one big thing wrong

Dr. Eileen De Villa, Toronto’s chief public health officer, rarely if ever errs on the side of incaution. So it was interesting this week to see her suggest lightening up a bit. She said the city should remain in “lockdown,” as the province calls the package of restrictions currently in effect in Toronto and several other Ontario jurisdictions. But she recommended some tweaks to the “lockdown” rules. Outdoor activities such as patio dining and group exercise might be fine, she averred.

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Ontario reports 1829 new Covid cases … and a steak in your heart

Ontario reports 1829 new Covid cases … and a steak in your heart


Over 200 diners at Oakville restaurant may have been exposed to COVID-19 variant

Over 200 people who dined at a restaurant in Oakville throughout last week may have been exposed to a COVID-19 variant of concern, Halton Region Public Health (HRPH) says.

The health unit alerted the public on Friday to a possible COVID-19 exposure at Oliver’s Steakhouse at 141 Lake Shore Road East. An outbreak has been declared at the restaurant.

Patrons who ate at the establishment between March 8 and March 13 are being advised to self-isolate and get a COVID-19 test.

My personal Quarantine has ended! Free at Last!

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DETAILS: Trudeau Liberals proposed expanding authority under Emergencies Act

Trudeau’s staff detailed potential changes to the Emergencies Act last year to force price caps on manufacturers and “expand” the authority of the procurement minister, Anita Anand, while the prime minister publicly rejected the need for such amendments.

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FBI reportedly investigating Cuomo role in shielding donors from Covid liability

FBI reportedly investigating Cuomo role in shielding donors from Covid liability

Allegations that the New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, improperly used the power of his office to shield political donors from Covid-19 lawsuits have reportedly become the subject of an FBI investigation.

Federal investigators are said to be looking into how a provision granting immunity to hospital and nursing home executives became a late addition to the state’s budget before it was passed last spring.

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