Hospital workers exposed to COVID need not isolate if they’re asymptomatic and test negative.

Ottawa plans wage and rent subsidies for businesses and income support for workers if they are subject to capacity restrictions of 50 per cent or more. Ontario says business rebates on property tax and energy costs are coming.

Average rent hit $2,167 in November, as a supply crunch is expected with newly-build homes, according to pair of reports

The federal government is expanding access to its newest pandemic benefits as the latest variant of COVID-19 whips across Canada.

As Omicron cases cluster in the core, health experts say many factors could be playing a role.

Omicron has three to five times more mutations than have been seen in other variants of concern, which seems to inhibit the immune system’s ability to recognize it.

OG Anunoby became the eighth Toronto player to be put under the league’s health and safety protocols, according to an ESPN report.

There are no minor league surgeons.

With eight players in COVID protocols, the Raptors were prepared to rely on a handful of G Leaguers against before the plug was pulled.

York Regional Police said the man in his 30s stabbed himself evening of Dec. 22

Meanwhile, South Africa’s noticeable drop in new cases in recent days may signal that the country’s dramatic Omicron-driven surge has passed its peak.