Big for-profit long-term-care companies paid out more than $170 million to investors through Ontario’s deadly first wave

Big for-profit long-term-care companies paid out more than $170 million to investors through Ontario’s deadly first wave

In the first nine months of 2020 as the COVID-19 catastrophe unfolded across Ontario, the three largest publicly traded long-term-care operators in the province made huge payouts to investors while taking millions in government funds, data shows.

A Star analysis of the financial statements of Extendicare, Sienna Senior Living and Chartwell Retirement Residences shows that in the first three quarters of 2020 (ending Sept. 30), these for-profit companies collectively paid out nearly $171 million to shareholders at the same time they received $138.5 million through provincial pandemic pay for front-line workers, the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) program or other pandemic funding.

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California Has Some Of The Strictest Restrictions In The U.S., Yet COVID-19 Is Surging

California Has Some Of The Strictest Restrictions In The U.S., Yet COVID-19 Is Surging

It’s almost as if lockdowns do nothing to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

California has some of the nation’s strictest restrictions when it comes to COVID-19, yet it is one of America’s epicenters for the virus, Politico reported. The state has at times instituted “a complete ban on restaurant dining to travel quarantines and indoor gym closures.”

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New novel coronavirus variant likely already in Canada, expert says

New novel coronavirus variant likely already in Canada, expert says

TORONTO — A new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 that first surfaced in the U.K. and has since been found in several other countries is likely already in Canada, a health expert says.

“I’d be surprised if it’s not, actually,” Ronald St. John, the former director-general of the Centre for Emergency Preparedness and Response at the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), told CTV News Channel Saturday.

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Glenn Greenwald slams media coverage of coronavirus pandemic as worst incident of ‘media misconduct’

“Suddenly, it all turned to ‘What these people are doing is noble,’” he said. “And not only do you no longer have the obligation to stay at home, you now have the obligation to go and march against racism on the grounds that racism is the worst public [threat] than the coronavirus pandemic.”

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Los Angeles County testing if new coronavirus strain spreading in community

Los Angeles County testing if new coronavirus strain spreading in community

Scientists in Los Angeles County have begun examining samples of COVID-19 found in patients to determine if a new, more infectious strain of the virus from Britain has made its way to the West Coast of the U.S.

The new strain is of particular concern given the ease with which it spreads from person to person, though it is unclear if it is more lethal than the strand that have been spreading for months.

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Ontario reports 2,159 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday & 2,142 new cases on Saturday. 81 Dead.

Ontario reports 2,159 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday & 2,142 new cases on Saturday. 81 Dead.

Ontario reported more than 2,100 COVID-19 cases on both Friday and Saturday, with 81 new deaths over that 48-hour period, as the number of patients in intensive care surpassed 300 for the first time.

The province detected 2,159 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday and 2,142 new cases on Saturday.

“Today, there are 541 new cases in Toronto, 344 in Peel, 262 in York Region, 136 in Hamilton and 131 in Windsor-Essex,” Health Minister Christine Elliott wrote on Twitter.


WARMINGTON: Christmas lights show turned off while Pearson runway lights stay lit

Turns out there’s no light at the end of the tunnel after all — or in the middle of it either.

The popular drive-thru Polar Drive light festival in the parking garage of Pearson International Airport has been ordered shut down.

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Ontario enters provincewide lockdown in effort to curb rising COVID-19 case counts

I hope l don’t have to use this pic again next year.

A provincewide lockdown meant to bring down COVID-19 case counts takes effect today in Ontario.

The restrictions will remain in place for southern Ontario until Jan. 23, but will lift for northern Ontario on Jan. 9.

The move was announced on Monday after the provincial government took part in emergency talks last weekend.

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Democrat Governors Freed the Criminals and Killed the Elderly

Democrat Governors Freed the Criminals and Killed the Elderly

They released criminals to protect them from the virus – and locked nursing home patients in with the virus.

In March, Governor Cuomo’s administration ordered nursing homes to accept infected coronavirus patients and prohibited even testing incoming patients for the virus. The same month that Cuomo began the process of infecting countless nursing home residents with the virus, he also began freeing thousands of criminals from prison to protect them from the virus

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‘We’re Not Doing Anything Wrong’: This Pennsylvania Brewery Refuses To Obey State’s Indoor Dining Ban

It’s a few days before Christmas in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and there is plenty of room at Seven Sirens Brewing Company.

The brewery’s 7,000-square-foot tasting room has a fire code capacity of 320, but during happy hour on Monday, there are only about a dozen patrons scattered around the place, sitting in ones and twos at socially distanced tables and sipping beers served by two masked bartenders. Whether they know it or not, everyone here is engaged in an act of civil disobedience, challenging Pennsylvania’s ban on indoor drinking and dining that will continue through New Year’s Day, at least. It’s a policy that assumes all establishments in the state are equally risky—that a tiny, crowded diner or coffee shop is no different than a massive, mostly empty beer hall.

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Eight Times the UK Govt and Its Scientists Tried to Ruin Christmas

With the UK under some form of lockdown or restrictions since March, many Britons had hoped for a return to normality by Christmas.

However, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s reported plans from as early as September to let Britons have a day off from a long-impending second lockdown for Christmas did not augur well for the festive season ahead. And since October, government scientists have threatened death and further waves of lockdown if citizens tried to enjoy the holy season too much.

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Trudeau pleads with Canadians not to travel abroad, people do it anyway

Trudeau pleads with Canadians not to travel abroad, people do it anyway

In spite of warnings from the federal and provincial governments, Canadians are still heading down south for the Christmas holidays.

Flights left from multiple Canadian airports for Mexico, Cuba and other sunny destinations Thursday morning.

“Let’s be clear: this is not the time for a vacation abroad,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a press conference at Rideau Cottage Wednesday afternoon.

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Windsor pastor charged for breaking COVID-19 rules, church says it’s ‘discriminatory’

Police have charged a Windsor pastor with breaking COVID-19 rules following a church service last Sunday.

On Thursday, Harvest Bible Church said in a news release that lead pastor Rev. Aaron Rock was charged under the Reopening Ontario Act by Windsor police.

“To our knowledge this is the first time that any Ontario pastor has been charged for fulfilling his God-assigned duties at a church,” the news release reads. 

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