COVID-19 Press Room

May 2021

• Long-Term Care COVID-19 Commission report receives thumbs up from RNAO; Will government act?

April 2021

• On the National Day of Mourning, RNAO issues statement in response to the Auditor General's special report
• RNAO applauds Ottawa's pandemic role and child care proposal, wants faster action on national standards for long-term care and new funding for pharmacare
• RNAO statement on paid sick days
• RNAO says government chooses ideology over science in its response to a rapidly escalating and deadly third wave
• RNAO says latest public health measures will help curb COVID-19 variants, urges greater utilization of nurses in vaccination rollout
• Nurses, other health professionals and the public call on the premier to enact stronger public health measures to control runaway pandemic
• RNAO says government’s “shutdown” announcement doesn’t go far enough to confront third wave of COVID-19

March 2021

• Results of nursing survey point to an alarming exodus from the profession following the pandemic, says RNAO
• Government’s reopening plan threatens the health of Ontarians
• Provincial budget fails to deliver urgent nursing investments to care for Ontarians and to sustain the profession through the pandemic and beyond
• Canada’s parliamentary poet laureate to provide tribute on the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic

February 2021

• Vision for Tomorrow: RNAO’s Nurse Practitioner Task Force report makes recommendations to enhance and expand the role of NPs to improve timely access to quality care
• RNAO statement on the government’s re-opening announcement

January 2021

• Distribute COVID-19 Vaccines Through Community Providers NOW
• RNAO calls on Premier Ford to implement four measures to smother COVID-19

December 2020

• Health Care Associations Express Gratitude to Those Working Today to Keep Us All Safe
• RNAO invites journalists to submit their outstanding reporting for annual Media Awards competition
• Nursing Now Ontario Awards nominations now open
• RNAO says Ontario government, taking belated and delayed action, is failing Ontarians as virus runs rampant and endangers lives and our health-care system
• Long-Term Care staffing plan welcomed, but lack of urgency and legislated action will continue to devastate residents, their loved ones, and staff for years to come
• As New Modelling Confirms ICU Cases Climbing Toward Devastating Levels, Health Organizations Re-issue Plea for Tougher Government Restrictions and Help from Each Ontarian
• With ICU Cases Climbing Toward Potentially Devastating Levels, Health Organizations Plead for Ontarians to Celebrate Holiday Season Safely
• Nurses urge dedicated funding for infection prevention and control to combat wave of COVID-19 outbreaks in long-term care homes

November 2020

• RNAO says government’s measures too late and insufficient to break the transmission – but we must enact them fully within a COVID-Zero strategy
• Fall 2020 provincial budget once again leaves vulnerable populations to fend for themselves
• RNAO statement in response to the government’s announcement on increasing direct care for long-term care resident to four hours per day

October 2020

• RNAO endorses Bill 13: Time to Care Act and urges government to pass into law promptly
• Providing compassionate nursing care in an age of artificial intelligence
• RNAO relieved that Premier Ford engages late, but essential, action to lessen spread of COVID-19
• RNAO urges stricter measures to combat rapidly rising number of COVID-19 infections

September 2020

• Nurses say throne speech advances A Just Recovery for All
• RNAO joins global movement A Just Recovery for All

July 2020

• LTC staffing study highlights what RNAO has been saying for two decades: Government must immediately mandate hiring to avert second tragedy
• Thousands join call for the Nursing Home Basic Care Guarantee
• RNAO calls on government to immediately reunite families with their loved ones in all long-term care homes in Ontario
• RNAO launches new social media campaign #Maskathon
• RNAO’s 95th Annual General Meeting marks an impactful Year of the Nurse amid COVID-19

June 2020

• RNAO calls for a “Nursing Home Basic Care Guarantee” and provides staffing formula to Minister Fullerton for her July 31 report to legislature 
• RNAO releases list of 35 reports and recommendations dating back 20 years documenting the government’s failings of Ontario long-term care sector

 May 2020

• RNAO calls for Immediate Action in Response to the Canadian Armed Forces’ LTC report with Minister Fullerton’s July 31 Report to Legislature
• RNAO applauds government's announcement of expert commission to address long-standing systemic shortfalls in long-term care post-COVID
• RNAO saddened by the loss RN Brian Beattie to COVID-19
• Pandemic puts health system to the test: Nurses have answers for shortfalls

April 2020

• RNAO welcomes COVID-19 facility for persons experiencing homelessness, and arrival of Doctors Without Borders to Toronto's fight against the virus

March 2020

• RNAO response to Ontario economic statement
• RNAO public statement on COVID-19: personal protective equipment (PPE) & ventilators
• A Joint Message to Ontario's Doctors, Nurse Practitioners and Pharmacists
• Statement: RNAO and OMA Stress Personal Protective Equipment for Frontline Workers Is an Urgent Priority 

For a full list of our media releases, visit our newsroom.

March 2021

• RNAO to release results of its work and wellbeing survey of RNs, NPs and nursing students
• Health organizations ask everyone to mark the one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic with a candlelight vigil

February 2021

• 130 RNAO leaders to highlight critical issues related to COVID-19 with Ontario’s political leaders

November 2020

• Media conference: Another crisis in long-term care
• Cross Country Meeting: Mobilizing Collective Action for Long-Term-Care Reform in Canada

October 2020

• Compassionate nursing care in an age of artificial intelligence

September 2020

• RNAO CEO and president available to media after today’s Speech from the Throne

May 2020

• Pandemic puts health system to the test and nurses have the framework for improvements post-COVID

April 2020

• RNAO CEO to hold media conference about COVID-19 updated projections

March 2020

• RNAO asks everyone to join the #TogetherWeCanDoIt campaign
• RNAO CEO to hold media availability about COVID-19 today in Toronto

For a full list of our media advisories, visit our newsroom.

May 7:

• Lake 88.1: Perth’s Dr. Drummond among those calling for second doses for ER doctors and nurses

May 6:

• Brampton Guardian: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge
• CP24: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge Ontario government
• CTV News: Front-line medical workers call for vaccine prioritization as many remain with one dose
• FM96 London: COVID-19: 18-year-old among 3 deaths reported in London-Middlesex; 94 cases reported
• InsideOttawaValley.com: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge
• ParrySound.com: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge
• Simcoe.com: Give health-care workers second dose, groups urge
• The Wellington Advertiser: Deafening silence

May 5:

• CBC News: Windsor nurse wants province to look closer to home when bringing health-care professionals to Ontario
• CHOK Radio: COVID - 19 Doris Grinspun CEO Of The RNAO May 5th 2021
• Global News: Pandemic taking mental health toll on front-line medical workers
• Ottawa Citizen: Partially vaccinated, working in ER: Calls grow to give second doses to front-line health workers

May 4:

• CityNews: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for May 4, 2021(begins at 23:38)

May 3:

• CP24: Thousands of Ontarians book vaccine appointments within hours of expanded eligibility
• CTV News: Conestoga College receives nearly $5M to graduate 500 long-term care support staff
• QP Briefing: ‘We have to move forward’: Minister responds to LTC report finding that seniors died of dehydration and neglect
• The Chronicle Journal: Thousands of Ontarians book vaccine appointments within hours of expanded eligibility
• Toronto.com: Thousands book shots as Ontario widens eligibility

May 1:

• CBC News: Ontario reports 3,369 new COVID-19 cases as ICU admissions climb to 900
• InSauga: COVID-19 claims life of Mississauga nurse
• Niagara Falls Review: Brampton nurse who died of COVID-19 remembered as ‘fierce activist’ and loving mom
• The Globe and Mail: COVID has taken a devastating toll on Canada’s nurses. But the pandemic offers a chance to heal a broken system
• Toronto Star: Brampton nurse who died of COVID-19 remembered as ‘fierce activist’ and loving mom

April 29:

• CityNews: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for April 29, 2021 (begins at 33:40)

April 28:

• BramptonGuardian.com: Ontario’s long-term care is in recovery mode, but experts warn system is fragile
• CityNews: Ontario introduces 3 paid sick days for workers, offer to boost federal sick leave to $1,000
• DurhamRegion.com: Ontario’s long-term care is in recovery mode, but experts warn system is fragile
• OrilliaMatters.com: Ontario to give all workers three paid sick days, reimburse businesses
• QP Briefing: Ontario gives overcrowded hospitals power to transfer patients to seniors’ homes without their consent
• WaterlooChronicle.ca: Ontario to provide 3 paid sick days for workers
• Zoomer Radio: A closer look at auditor general's report on long-term care in Ontario & hospitals given new emergency orders (begins at 13:25)

April 27:

• The Conversation: How Ontario can recover from Doug Ford’s COVID-19 governance disaster
• Toronto Star: Nurses demand swift, effective action from Ford right now
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Frontline health workers experiencing COVID burnout

April 26:

• CBC News: Nurses needed to help hospitals cope with increased patient demand
• Global News: ‘I couldn’t take it anymore’: Why some medical staff are calling it quits amid COVID-19

April 25:

• Global News: Nurses in Ont. hospitals can now give care outside of ‘regular scope of practice’

April 24:

• Le Devoir: Les hôpitaux de Toronto submergés par la troisième vague
• The Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton’s active COVID cases soar; nearly one in 10 tests coming back positive

April 22:

• CP24: Ontario authorizes workers from other provinces, outside hospitals amid ICU strain
• Global News: COVID-19: Ontario emergency orders pave the way for more workers to help hospitals
• GuelphMercuryTribune.com: Ford 'sorry' for COVID rules, vows paid sick leave
• OrilliaMatters.com: WATCH: Ford promises new program to bridge the gap between job loss and collecting benefits for sick time
• The Chronicle Journal: Premier Ford apologizes for widely panned rules, pledges paid sick leave
• The Record: Local hospital administrator pleads for more nurses to deal with growing number of COVID-19 patients in ICU

April 21:

• Global News: COVID-19: Critical care nurses in high demand in Ontario as 3rd wave puts pressure on hospitals
• Ottawa Sun: COVID-19 cases top 4,200; Ornge activates surge team
• Toronto Sun: COVID-19 cases top 4,200; Ornge activates surge team

April 20:

• Maclean's: How Ontario's health advisors handled the 'darkest day' of the pandemic
• Toronto Star: Besides COVID-19 vaccines, we need to fix long-standing poor work conditions in Ontario. Here are some solutions
• Toronto Sun: ICU triage protocol could be days away, warns nurses' association

April 19:

• Global News: Growing calls for Ontario Premier Doug Ford to resign amid worsening COVID-19 3rd wave
• 980 CFPL: Getting a reaction on the new COVID-19 restrictions from the CEO of the Registered Nurses Association - London Live with Mike Stubbs

April 16:

• CBC News: Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Friday
• The Globe and Mail: Deluge of COVID-19 patients risk overwhelming Ontario Hospitals

April 15:

• CP24: Ont. must close all non-essential services: RNAO
• Radio-Canada: COVID-19 : des experts de la santé demandent des mesures plus strictes en Ontario
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Ontario nurses claim they have been muzzled by college
• Toronto Sun: Ontario sets new daily COVID record as ICU cases rise
• Windsor Star: Ontario sets new daily COVID record as ICU cases rise

April 14:

• CTV News: Huge number of nurses needed for new ICU beds
• CTV News: More than 1,000 ICU nurses wanted across Ontario as COVID-19 patients hit record high
• Newstalk 1010: More than 1,000 ICU nurses wanted across Ontario as COVID-19 patients hit record high
• Sudbury.com: Good morning, Sudbury! Here are eight stories to start your day

April 13:

• BayToday.ca: ‘Constant state of burnout’: Pandemic stress causing nurses to leave the profession in droves
• ElliottLakeToday.com: ONTARIO: ‘Constant state of burnout’ - Pandemic stress causing nurses to leave profession in droves
• Sudbury.com: ‘Constant state of burnout’: Pandemic stress causing nurses to leave the profession in droves

April 12:

• CityNews: Ontario hospitals ramp down elective surgeries to increase ICU capacity
• Global News Radio "ON Point with Alex Pierson": Doris Grinspun - Delayed announcing Stay-At-Home order so ICU numbers to rise
• ParrySound.com: These organizations, municipalities and health units are calling for paid sick days in Ontario
• QP Briefing: Staffing issues loom as ICU needs escalate
• Radio-Canada: Des travailleurs de la santé pourront être transférés d'une région à l'autre
• Radio-Canada "Ohdio": Les informations régionales avec Lyne-Françoise Pelletier
• Toronto Star: Ontario promises 350 new ICU beds this week as COVID-19 cases surge
• WaterlooChronicle.ca: These organizations, municipalities and health units are calling for paid sick days in Ontario

April 11:

• CHCH News: CHCH Evening News at 6 | Part 1 (begins at 8:09)
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Vaccine hesitancy must be addressed

April 10:

• Toronto Sun: Ontario issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as cases soar

April 9:

• Orangeville.com: Ontario issues orders to help hospitals
• Pique News Magazine: Ontario issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as cases soar
• QP Briefing: Ontario hits record new COVID cases, ramps down surgeries as doctors warned of ‘incredibly difficult decisions’
• The Chronicle Journal: Ontario issues emergency orders to bolster hospital capacity as cases soar
• Toronto.com: Ontario issues orders to help hospitals
• Toronto Sun: Premier Doug Ford receives first dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
• 570 News: KITCHENER TODAY WITH BRIAN BOURKE - Friday, April 9th, 2021 (begins at 22:22)

April 8:

• Automotive News Canada: Ontario dealers to remain open amid 4-week provincial stay-at-home order
• "The Arlene Bynon Show": Birgit Umaigba Joins Arlene Bynon

April 7:

• Brampton Guardian: Ontario imposes four-week stay-at-home order
• QP Briefing: Stay-at-home order to take effect Thursday, adults in hot spots bumped up vaccine queue
• Toronto Star: Ontario imposes four-week stay-at-home order as COVID-19 overwhelms hospitals
• Toronto Star: Registered practical nurse from the GTA dies after contracting COVID-19

April 6:

• CityNews "The Rob Snow Show": Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for April 6, 2021 (begins at 12:58)
• Ottawa Citizen: More restrictions coming as province extends mass COVID vaccination to 60-year-olds
• The Pointer: Ford gets an F: Peel's top doctor forced to close all schools down
• The Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton’s top doctor calls for stay-at-home order
• 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work with Leslie Roberts for Tuesday April 6th, 2021 (begins at 44:25)

April 5:

• QP Briefing: Peel schools switching to remote learning, as calls mount for more regions to follow suit
• QP Briefing: Three regions plead for stay-at-home order, frustrated health experts issue extraordinary warnings

April 4:

• Caledon Enterprise: Dr. Homer Tien, president of Ornge, to lead Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine task force
• Toronto.com: Dr. Homer Tien, president of Ornge, to lead Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine task force
• Toronto Star: ‘Please don’t let your guard down.’ Inside the third wave and why variants have changed everything, in the words of 7 front-line health workers

April 2:

• Alaska Highway News: Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them
• Castanet: Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them
• CollingwoodToday.ca: Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them
• OrilliaMatters.com: Essential workers worried Ontario's latest COVID-19 'shutdown' won't protect them

April 1:

• AM 650 CKOM: Ontario imposes four-week ‘shutdown’ to combat surge in COVID-19 cases
• Brampton Guardian: Did a pension change leave some Ontario hospital units understaffed during COVID’s 2nd wave?
• CBC News: Ontario to enter provincewide lockdown Saturday, sources say
• Kamloops This Week: Ontario imposes four-week 'shutdown' to combat surge in COVID-19 cases
• Kitchener Today:  Almost 95 per cent of Ontario nurses reporting high stress levels: RNAO study
• Our Windsor:  Did a pension change leave some Ontario hospital units understaffed during COVID’s 2nd wave?
• Sudbury.com: Almost 95 per cent of Ontario nurses reporting high stress levels: RNAO study
• The Globe and Mail: Ontario’s ‘emergency brake’ not enough, critics say, as Doug Ford announces new four-week COVID-19 restrictions
• The LTC Chronicles Podcast: CEO Doris Grinspun of the RNAO
• Yahoo! Finance: RNAO says government's "shutdown" announcement doesn't go far enough to confront third wave of COVID-19

March 31:

• Canadian Medical Association Journal: Hospitals grappling with nurse exodus
• CBC News: Ontario Morning from CBC Radio with Julianne Hazlewood
• iHeart Radio: The Afternoon News - Government's reopening plan threatens the health of Ontarians
• QP Briefing: Ontario risks exodus of nurses post-pandemic: Survey
• Toronto Star: Record number of Ontario nurses may leave the profession after COVID-19: Survey

March 30:

• InSauga: Ontario nurses warning of risks associated with easing COVID-19 restrictions

March 29:

• CBC News: The World at Six with Susan Bonner (begins at 6:05 mark)
• CTV News: Barbershops, salons may not open in two weeks if COVID-19 cases continue to climb, Toronto mayor says

March 28:

• CBC News: CBC Toronto News March 28, 2021 (begins at7:30 mark)
• Global News: Global News at 6: March 28 (begins at 6:17 mark)
• Narcity: Ontario Nurses Org Says Our Reopening Plan Is 'Threatening People's Lives'

March 27:

• CTV News: 'Stronger' measures needed across Canada to suppress COVID-19 resurgence: Tam
• Global News: Ontario easing COVID-19 restrictions is ‘threatening people’s lives’: nurses’ association

March 26:

• CBC News: 'You have patients say the N-word': Black nurses call for support against racism on the medical frontlines
• Global News Radio: RNAO CEO reacts to Ontario 2021 budget
• InsideHalton.com: Salons, outdoor gyms to open in Ontario hot spots 
• Toronto.com: Salons, outdoor gyms to open in Ontario hot spots

March 25:

• OrilliaMatters.com: Ontario pledges billions in pandemic recovery spending, faces years of deep deficits
• The Lucknow Sentinel: 'Historic’ investments announced for senior care in Huron-Bruce

March 24:

• AirDrieToday.com: Ontario pledges billions in pandemic recovery spending, faces years of deep deficits
• Global News: Ontario budget to spend billions on emerging from COVID-19 pandemic

March 23:

• The Globe and Mail: Routine COVID-19 testing for LTC staff not useful, Ontario science table argues

March 19:

• Global News: COVID-19: Retired health-care workers answer call to help on front lines
• GuelphToday.com: ONTARIO: Province plans to spend $933M on increasing, improving long-term care spaces
• Y108: COVID-19: Retired health-care workers answer call to help on front lines

March 18:

• CP24: Ontario continues 'band-aid' approach in LTC
• Newstalk 1010: Ontario plans to spend $933M on increasing, improving long-term care spaces 
• XinhuaNet: Canada sees surging contagious COVID-19 variants

March 17:

• CTV News: 'No doubt': Experts warn third wave is upon us
• CTV News: RNAO discusses third wave concerns in Ontario
• QP Briefing: Health-care unions excluded from long-term care staffing supply group, predict it will fail

March 16:

• Belleville The Intelligencer: QHC prepping in case of local third wave
• Ontario.ca: New Action Group to Help Implement One of the Largest Health Care Recruiting and Training Programs in Ontario History

March 15:

• NiagaraThisWeek.com: Niagara West MPP Sam Oosterhoff to speak at anti-abortion event
• Sault This Week: Rule-breaking nurses should face fines and discipline
• Toronto.com: Hillier leaving role at vaccine task force: Ford

March 11:

• CBC News: CBC Toronto News March 11, 2021 (begins at 11:28 mark)
• CTV News: CTV News Toronto at noon (begins at 22:27 mark)
• QP Briefing: Your morning briefing

March 10:

• Global News Radio: Ontarians asked to light a candle, remember those lost on one year anniversary of WHO declaration of coronavirus pandemic

March 9:

• InSauga: Virtual candle-light vigil being held on anniversary of pandemic
• Muskoka411: Health Organizations Ask Everyone To Mark The One-Year Anniversary Of The COVID-19 Pandemic With A Candlelight Vigil
• North Bay Nugget: Candle vigil to mark COVID-19 anniversary
• Timmins The Daily Press: Candle vigil to mark COVID-19 anniversary

March 8:

• Daily Mail: Maskless Canadian nurse is slammed for refusing to take a COVID test or quarantine after trip to Tanzania - insisting she's 'a frontline worker and a HERO' so she 'can do what she wants'

March 7:

• Daily Dot: ‘I’m a frontline worker. I’m considered a hero’: Nurse Karen refuses COVID testing

March 6: 

• CBC News: Registered nurse could face discipline after refusing COVID-19 testing, quarantine at Toronto airport
• The Globe and Mail: As COVID-19 vaccine supply grows, scientists debate priority ranking for ‘essential workers’ to get shots
• Toronto Sun: Defiant unmasked nurse refuses COVID testing, quarantine at Toronto airport

March 5: 

• Global News Radio: Vaccine supply news positive, but mobilizing rollout will be the true challenge: CEO of RNAO

March 2:

• Toronto Star: TTC drivers want support for homeless riding transit during COVID-19 crisis

Feb. 28:

• Toronto Star: Toronto will begin vaccinating city’s homeless to relief of advocates: ‘Wins and good news for our community don’t come often’

Feb. 26:

• QP Briefing: ‘Let’s get a number on the table,’ says Premier Ford as RNAO calls for more nurse practitioners in Ontario

Feb. 25:

• CHCH News "Inside the Story": History repeating: Lessons learned from past plagues and pandemics

Feb. 23:

• NiagaraFallsReview: Is Niagara ready to reopen its economy? Not according to Public Health Ontario

Feb. 21:

• CBC News: Ontario has filled nearly all 625 public health nursing positions in schools, but is that enough?

Feb.19: 

• Radio-Canada: Le Radiojournal19 février 2021
• Toronto Star: Ontario extends stay-at-home order for Toronto, Peel Region, North Bay

Feb. 18:

• CHCH News: Hamilton Health Sciences implements temporary self-isolation pay
• Maclean's: More COVID vaccines are coming to Canada. Who will get them first?

Feb. 17:

• CBC News: Hamilton hospitals and surrounding areas providing staff self-isolation pay
• CTV News Ottawa: Vaccines arrive; is Ontario ready to deliver?

Feb. 16:

• CBC News: Rapid testing will add to strain on long-term care sector, advocate warns
• CTV News: 'Healthcare system is really ready to step up': Ontario's doctors, nurses and pharmacists await details on vaccination plans
• CTV News: Who will be involved in vaccine rollout?
• OHS Canada: Ontario reopening must be cautious because of variants: Barrie mayor

Feb. 15:

• OrilliaMatters.com: Ontario reopening must be cautious because of variants, mayor of hard-hit city says
• Toronto.com: Ontario reopening must be cautious: Barrie mayor
• Toronto Star: Ontario reopening must be cautious because of variants, mayor of hard-hit city says

Feb. 12:

• CBC News: Hamilton health-care workers wore at least 1,000 expired N95 masks in 2020
• Toronto Sun: Letters to the Editor, Feb. 12

Feb. 11:

• TVO: COVID-19: What you need to know for February 11

Feb. 10:

• London Free Press: Sims: Why are seniors living on their own not a higher vaccine priority?
• Radio-Canada International: Ontario doctors, nurses, hospitals alarmed at loosening restrictions

Feb. 9:

• CityNews: Province's gradual reopening could mean more travel between regions
• CTV News: Registered nurses' association calling on province to delay reopening
• GuelphMercuryTribune.com: Stay away! Prince Edward County health unit says tourists aren’t welcome at local vineyards
• Toronto Star: Stay away! Prince Edward County health unit says tourists aren’t welcome at local vineyards
• 580 CFRA: Ottawa at Work - Doris Grinspun interview "How long can we go with a severe lack of nurses, and why is this problem so difficult to fix?"
• 680 News: 'There is very much a lot of concern': Province's gradual reopening means more travel between regions

Feb. 8:

• CBC News: Nursing vacancies high despite interest
• Global News 980 CFPL: RNAO reacts to Ontario's plan to lift lockdown restrictions
• QP Briefing: Government announces business reopening plan
• Toronto Star: New side-effect of COVID-19: A sudden surge in applications for nursing school
• Toronto Star: Ontario to begin gradual reopening of economy Wednesday, state of emergency to expire
• Toronto Star: Stressed and overworked, nurses hailed as ‘health-care heroes’ are struggling to find help
• UnpublishedTV: COVID-19 Muzzled

Feb. 5:

• iPolitics: Feds push back on Ontario government’s refusal to fund sick days
• National Post: 'A monumental task': Canada's health-care system readies for unprecedented next phase of COVID-19 vaccination
• North Bay Nugget: 'A monumental task': Canada's health-care system readies for unprecedented next phase of COVID-19 vaccination

Feb. 3:

• Metro Morning: 'If I don't show up, who's going to?': Nurses on battling burnout
• The Globe and Mail: Feb. 3: ‘If a physician leader wishes to speak to the media without consulting their leadership team, then they should resign.’ Readers react to Ontario doctor let go over COVID-19 advocacy, plus other letters to the editor

Feb. 2:

• CBC News: Improving life in nursing homes as residents get COVID-19 vaccines
• NorthumberlandNews.com: IMPACT: Local vaccine rollout: What we know and what we don’t know

Feb. 1:

• CBC News: What it’s like to stay at a quarantine hotel (Marketplace)
• Newstalk 610 CKTB: Doris Grinspun, CEO, Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario, RE: Blue Ribbon protest for nurses - Feb 1st, 2021

Jan. 30:

• Ottawa Citizen: Today's letters: Two jobs is one too many, Gen. Hillier

Jan. 29:

• InsideHalton.com: 'Deeply heartbroken': Oakville nurse who died by suicide remembered for putting needs of others above her own
• Toronto Star: Peabody concerned over high COVID-19 numbers in nearby areas

Jan. 27:

• QP Briefing: Deputy prime minister offers support of epidemiologist called out by Ford

Jan. 26:

• Global News: Coronavirus: 2 deaths, 19 cases in London-Middlesex; lowest single-day jump since early December
• Iintelligencer: Coronavirus Canada Updates: Focus on LTC residents amid vaccine delay
• KitchenerToday.com: Concerns around healthcare worker morale not helped by complicated sick pay: RNAO
• London Free Press: Shaver: Premier's attempt to skimp on paid sick days for health-care workers short-sighted
• Toronto.com: Support pours in for family of late Toronto nurse who died by suicide
• Vancouver is Awesome: Ontario focuses on COVID-19 vaccines for long-term care residents amid dose delay
• Zoomer Radio: Canada's slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout (interview begins at 45:40)

Jan. 25:

• CHCH News: Medical community calls for additional mental health support as one nurse died by suicide last week
• Global News: Coronavirus: Toronto hospital nurse who died by suicide remembered as caring, dedicated
• Toronto.com: Focus on LTC residents amid vaccine delay
• Toronto Sun: 'WE ARE DEEPLY HEARTBROKEN': Toronto nurse dies by suicide
• YorkRegion.com: Focus on LTC residents amid vaccine delay

Jan. 23: 

• The Globe and Mail: Toronto’s pandemic isolation centre for the homeless faces capacity crunch as COVID-19 cases rise in shelters
• The Globe and Mail: ‘We were anticipating the worst’: Recalling Canada’s first COVID-19 case

Jan. 22:

• CBC News: CBC Toronto News January 22, 2021 (interview begins at 7:05 mark)
• Financial Post: Ontario Long-Term Care COVID-19 Crisis: 100 Organizations Send Clear Message to Premier Ford, This is an Emergency, We Need Action Now
• Global News: Ontario nurses calling on government to improve COVID-19 vaccine distribution

Jan. 21:

• Martha Pinzon Media: Interview with Doris Grinspun
• National Post: Randall Denley: Why adding more and more beds still isn’t fixing Ontario’s COVID hospital crisis

Jan. 19:

• CBC News: Some Ontario nurses no longer paid during self-isolation if they test negative after COVID-19 exposure
• iPolitics: Ontario mayors join opposition in demanding paid sick days
• Radio-Canada: Les effets de la pandémie sur les infirmiers et infirmières
• TVO "Political Blind Date": Ep 1 - Hallway Medicine

Jan. 18:

• Big 96.3: London, Ont., NICU nurse who travelled to D.C. has been fired 'with cause'
• Global News: London, Ont., NICU nurse who travelled to D.C. has been fired ‘with cause’
• Q107: London, Ont., NICU nurse who travelled to D.C. has been fired 'with cause'
• The Globe and Mail: Ontario to add more ICU beds as hospitals struggle with surge in coronavirus patients
• The Hamilton Spectator: Vaccine rollout scaled back in Hamilton
• Toronto Sun: Passengers with COVID continue to fly into Pearson

Jan. 16:

• CBC News: CBC Saturday News January 16, 2021 (begins at 4:19 mark)
• CBC News Radio: Some health-care workers still hesitant to get COVID-19 vaccine
• GuelphMercuryTribune.com: Today’s coronavirus news: Canada passes 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases; Ontario reports 3,056 cases, 51 deaths; India starts world’s largest vaccination drive
• Mississauga.com: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 3,056 cases and 51 deaths; India starts world’s largest vaccination drive; Ontario delays giving some second doses of Pfizer vaccine
• Ottawa Citizen: 'It is frustrating': U.S-educated nurse from Ottawa hits barriers to getting licensed in Ontario
• Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 3,056 cases and 51 deaths; India starts world’s largest vaccination drive; Ontario delays giving some second doses of Pfizer vaccine
• Toronto Star: What about us? Community health workers say they’ve been forgotten in Ontario’s vaccine strategy
• YorkRegion.com: Today’s coronavirus news: Canada passes 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases; Ontario reports 3,056 cases, 51 deaths; India starts world’s largest vaccination drive

Jan. 15:

• University Affairs: Canada’s nursing programs address racial prejudice in the profession
• 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work featuring Dahlia Kurtz for Friday January 15th, 2021

Jan. 14: 

• Caledon Enterprise: 'It is appalling': Ontario advocates slam Ford over lack of paid sick days
• CHCH News "Inside the Story": Is it too late to stop COVID? Cases surge as wait for vaccine drags on
• QP Briefing: Ontario hospitals fighting for their share of COVID-19 vaccine
• Toronto.com: 'It is appalling': Ontario advocates slam Ford over lack of paid sick days

Jan. 13: 

• CBC News: Confusing but helpful — northern Ontario reacts to province's stay-at-home order
• CityNews: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for January 13, 2021 (interview begins at 21:00 mark)

Jan. 12:

• CBC News "The National": Burnout among health-care workers could get worse during pandemic, experts warn
• CTV News: Ontario announces stay-at-home order
• Global News: Coronavirus: Quebec doctor’s death by suicide sends shockwaves through Canada’s medical community
• The Chronicle Journal: Ontario issues stay-at-home order to start Thursday, declares state of emergency
• Yahoo! News: Ontario issues stay-at-home order to start Thursday, declares state of emergency

Jan. 11:

• CBC News: Nurses association not happy With Dr. Paul woods bouncing across the border
• CBC News: Regulator investigating 2 Ont. nurses who travelled to D.C. rally promoting 'COVID fraud' conspiracy
• iPolitics: iPolitics AM: Trudeau talks biodiversity financing at One Planet summit

Jan. 10:

• Georgina Post: Cedarvale Lodge gets Moderna vaccine as caregiver tests positive

Jan. 8:

• DurhamRegion.com: Ontario lockdown may not lift in January: Ford
• India Education Diary: Nursing Department of PKUFH attends virtual BPSO Knowledge Exchange Symposium
• The Globe and Mail: Paramedics alarmed by conditions inside home with Ontario’s worst LTC outbreak
• St. Catharines Standard: There’s an urgent need to get Niagara’s LTC residents vaccinated
• Toronto Star: ‘It’s boys in the sandbox fighting’: Now stop the bickering and start fixing long-term care, advocates say
• Vancouver is Awesome: Ontario lockdown may not lift at the end of January: Ford
• Welland Tribune: There’s an urgent need to get Niagara’s LTC residents vaccinated

Jan. 7:

• The Hamilton Spectator: Weeks ahead will be ‘brutal,’ say Ontario nurses calling for stricter COVID lockdown

Jan. 6:

• CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for January 6, 2021 - CTV News Toronto at Six Podcast (begins at 20:50)
• Global News: Hospital system CEO resigns from Ontario COVID-19 advisory table after trip
• St. Catharines Standard: Premier Doug Ford says hospital board has to make ‘tough decision’ about CEO’s Caribbean vacation
• The Hamilton Spectator: Premier Doug Ford says hospital board has to make ‘tough decision’ about CEO’s Caribbean vacation

Jan. 5:

• Castanet: Call for faster vaccinations
• CBC News: Ontario hospital CEO who vacationed in Dominican Republic resigns from health panels
• iHeartRadio: LTC vaccinations need to ramp up in Ontario: Advocates

Jan. 4:

• Kamloops This Week: Advocates call on provinces to vaccinate long-term care residents and workers faster
• Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: TTC confirms first employee death from COVID-19; Ontario reports 3,270 new cases, 29 more deaths while outbreaks at LTC homes hit record
• Toronto Star: Advocates call on provinces to vaccinate long-term care residents and workers faster
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Cocodile tears not solving crisis in long-term care homes
• Vancouver Courier: Advocates call on provinces to vaccinate long-term care residents and workers faster
• 650 CKOM: Advocates call on provinces to vaccinate long-term care residents and workers faster

Jan. 3: 

• CTV News: Brampton West MP to step aside from parliamentary role after travelling to U.S. for memorial

Jan. 1:

• Toronto Star: Our wishes for 2021: From the thrill of a crowd, to new respect, to speedy vaccine access for all

Dec. 30:

• Newstalk 610 CKTB: Doris Grinspun, The head of RNAO joins Host Craig Needles to talk about the vaccine rollout and how front line health care workers have handled the holiday season
• Toronto Star: Hundreds of babies are born into homelessness in Toronto each year, even under COVID-19. Their mothers scramble to find them a safe place to live — in city shelters or a friend’s apartment

Dec. 28:

• CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for Monday, December 28, 2020 (story begins at 4:17)
• CTV News: Slow vaccine rollout across Canada draws criticism, anger
• InsideOttawaValley.com: Initiatives that kept community spirit alive in North Grenville during COVID-19
• New Newsledger: NDP Demanding Action to Speed Up Vaccinations in Ontario

Dec. 27:

• The Hamilton Spectator: There is no justification for delaying a ban on evictions

Dec. 23:

• Newstalk 610 CKTB: Ontario nurses say government is failing them with virus response

Dec. 21:

• CBC News: CBC Toronto News December 21, 2020 (story begins at 5:29)

Dec. 20:

• Toronto Star: Canada suspends flights from U.K. for 72 hours after new, more infectious COVID-19 strain emerges
• Toronto Sun: Prepare for Christmas Eve Ontario-wide lockdown

Dec. 19:

• Toronto Star: Doing your part
• Toronto Star: Hard lockdowns, expanded testing, help for small business: What we need to do now to address COVID-19 crisis

Dec. 18:

• AM800 CKLW: The Morning Drive - The Forgotten Residents
• North Bay Nugget: North Bay hospital 'poised and ready' for COVID-19 surge
• Radio-Canada: Doug Ford tient une réunion d'urgence avec les dirigeants d'hôpitaux
• 580 CFRA: Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Fri. December 18th, 2020 (Interview begins at 16:55)

Dec. 17:

• Toronto Star: Doug Ford says ‘everything is on the table’ as pressure mounts for wider and stricter COVID-19 lockdowns
• Toronto Sun: 'EXTREMELY SERIOUS': Ontario hospitals call for four-week lockdown in hot zones
• Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal: Premier Doug Ford says Ontario is considering new measures to curb COVID-19

Dec. 16:

• Global National: Ontario ICUs prepare for surge of COVID-19 patients

Dec. 12:

• 580 CFRA: Widespread failure in long-term care homes has harmed and killed Ontarians abandoned by Premier Doug Ford

Dec. 11: 

• Toronto Star: Ontario moving Windsor-Essex and York Region into lockdown on Monday 

Dec. 10:

• Global News: Ontario’s current coronavirus lockdowns not as effective, easing measures could mean higher cases: officials
• Radio-Canada: Bulletin de nouvelles du Jeudi 10 Décembre 2020

Dec. 9:

• Cornwall Standard-Freeholder: Cheering won't save lives, staying home will: What frontline workers really need
• The Chronicle Journal: COVID-19 outbreak at Whitby, Ont., long-term care home leads to hospital intervention
• Toronto Star: A call for national standards in long-term care

Dec. 8:

• CP24: Ontario Hospital Association urges people to cancel in-person holiday gatherings
• Inquinte: Early Christmas gift from local sewers group to TMHF
• St. Catharine's Standard: Provinces on a collision course with Ottawa over national standards for long-term care
• Toronto Star: Provinces on a collision course with Ottawa over national standards for long-term care
• Waterloo Chronicle: Provinces on a collision course with Ottawa over national standards for long-term care

Dec. 7:

• Global News: Vulnerable seniors, health-care workers among first to receive COVID-19 vaccine in Ontario
• CBC News Radio: Report shows need for more nurses, staff at long-term care homes

Dec. 4:

• Montreal Gazette: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
• National Post: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
• Vancouver Sun: When the clapping stopped: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave

Dec. 3:

• Queen's Citizen: When the applause stopped: Once, we stood in solidarity with the virus. Then came the second wave
• The Beacon Herald: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave
• The Recorder & Times: Once, we stood in solidarity against the virus. Then came the second wave

Dec. 1:

• CTV News: Long-term care should be priority when COVID-19 vaccines are distributed, advocates say

Nov. 30:

• Toronto Star: Ottawa gives provinces $1B for long-term care

Nov. 29:

• GuelphMercuryTribune.com: Praised by Doug Ford, vilified by critics — but is Dr. David Williams misunderstood?
• Toronto Star: Praised by Doug Ford, vilified by critics — but is Dr. David Williams misunderstood?
• WaterlooChronicle.ca: Praised by Doug Ford, vilified by critics — but is Dr. David Williams misunderstood?

Nov. 28:

• The Globe and Mail: Nursing homes were a horror story in COVID-19′s first wave. Why are we seeing a sequel?

Nov. 27:

• Consulting.ca: Auditor general criticizes Ontario's McKinsey-crafted pandemic response structure

Nov. 26:

• InSauga: Ontario nurses advocating for full province-wide lockdown to mitigate spread of COVID-19
• Radio-Canada: La VG réplique à Doug Ford que oui, c'est son travail
• 980 CFPL: RNAO reacts to LHSC nurse organizing 'freedom rally' in London, Ont.

Nov. 25:

• Big 96.3: Fear, stress factors in staffing shortages at Ontario's long-term care homes amid COVID-19 crisis
• CP24: Ont. needs to act on feedback from auditor: RNAO
• Global News: Fear, stress factors in staffing shortages at Ontario’s long-term care homes amid COVID-19 crisis
• NOW: Calls grow for the removal of Ontario’s chief medical officer of health

Nov. 24:

• CBC News: LHSC neonatal nurse in hot water after organizing London's 'Freedom Rally'
• QP Briefing: Organization advocating for older Canadians calls for removal of long-term care minister from role
• Radio-Canada International: Nurses call Ontario action on COVID-19 too late, insufficient

Nov. 23:

• CTV News: Ontario's top doctor now plans to push back retirement amid second wave of COVID-19
• QP Briefing: Premier doubles down on Williams, PCs propose six-month extension
• Simcoe Reformer: Ford seeks extension for Ontario's top public health doctor
• The Peterborough Examiner: Pickering care home slammed in military report given green light to expand by province
• The Sudbury Star: Ford seeks extension for Ontario's top public health doctor
• Toronto.com: Pickering care home slammed in military report given green light to expand by province

Nov. 21:

• Global News: Coronavirus: Latest developments in the Greater Toronto Area on Nov. 21

Nov. 20: 

• Gulf Times: UCQ hosts panel discussion on nursing during Covid-19
• MENAFN: Qatar- UCQ hosts panel discussion on nursing during Covid-19
• OrilliaMatters.com: Ontario moving Toronto, Peel Region into lockdown starting Monday

Nov. 19:

• Beach Metro: COVID-19 cases slowly dropping at number of East Toronto long-term care homes
• Global News: Ontario nurses speak out about their mental health amid pandemic
• Niagara Falls Review: The province is dodging the truth on COVID-19 in long-term care
• The Hamilton Spectator: The province is dodging the truth on COVID-19 in long-term care
• Yahoo! Finance: Eighteen RNAO members, including CEO Doris Grinspun, named as Fellows of Canadian Academy of Nursing

Nov. 18:

• BayToday.ca: Northern nurses are pillars within the community
• CHCH News: Long term care deaths rising
• ElliotLaketoday.com: 'Being a nurse is more than just being a healthcare provider,' says APH public health specialist
• KitchenerToday.com: Kitchener-Waterloo nurses meet virtually to discuss COVID-19, health system
• Newstalk 610 CKTB: Cases of COVID-19 continue to climb at long-term care homes in Ontario
• Rabble.ca: Support workers warn Ontario's long-term care staffing efforts will do more harm than good
• The Hamilton Spectator: COVID-19 deaths: The number Doug Ford doesn’t want to talk about
• Toronto.com: 'We're in for a disaster,' says nurses union about COVID-19's second wave

Nov. 17:

• CBC News: Windsor nurses voice concerns at provincial nursing association meeting
• The Hamilton Spectator: COVID cases are ‘exploding’ in long-term care and retirement homes

Nov. 16:

• AM600: Nurses across Ontario to compare notes during virtual Fall Tour
• CityNews: Ontario Nurses’ Association calls for 28-day lockdown
• CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for Monday, November 16, 2020 (begins at 13:33)
• CTV News: 7 long-term care residents die from COVID-19
• Guelph Mercury Tribune: Exhaustion, burnout major concerns for Guelph nurses during pandemic, says association
• Global News: Healthcare workers sound the alarm on 2nd wave impact in long-term care homes
• KitchenerToday.com: Long-term care minister accused of trying to 'scapegoat' local health officials
• PressProgress: Doug Ford’s government has repeatedly opted for looser COVID-19 measures despite warnings from health experts

Nov. 15:

• CBC News: CBC Toronto News November 15, 2020 (begins at 4:30)
• CBC News: Ontario not doing enough to prevent long-term care deaths, RNAO says
• CBC News "The National": Hospitals beginning to feel the stress of rising COVID-19 cases
• CP24: LTC system staffing 'worse than before:' Grinspun
• SooToday.com: Ontario reports 1,248 new cases of COVID-19, 20 deaths in LTC
• The Chronicle Journal: Ontario reports 1,248 new cases of COVID-19, 20 deaths in LTC
• The Kingston Whig Standard: Stage set for second disaster in long-term care: experts

Nov. 14:

• Ottawa Citizen: Bias, lack of action setting stage for a second disaster in long-term care: experts

Nov. 13:

• AM640: Long Term care workers ringing warning bells, the mental health impacts of a second shutdown, and a travel writer is stuck on a cruise with a COVID outbreak
• DurhamRegion.com: 'There is a lot of burnout:' Durham nurses on COVID, what needs to happen next
• iPolitics: Evening Brief: Holidays on the line
• iPolitics: Ford tightens colour-coded COVID restrictions after backlash
• QP Briefing: Long-term care is 'our provincial shame': geriatrician teams up with nurses' association to call our Ontario's ageism
• Strathroy Age Dispatch: Bias, lack of action setting stage for a second disaster in long-term care: experts
• The Sudbury Star: Bias, lack of action setting stage for a second disaster in long-term care: experts
• Toronto Star: Seven deaths at Main Street Terrace long-term care home as criticism of province’s COVID-19 response grows

Nov. 9:

• Beach Metro News: East Toronto NDP MPPs critical of provincial budget on numerous fronts including not providing enough funding for COVID-19 fight

Nov. 7:

• The Sault Star: Nursing head speaks
• St. Thomas Times Journal: Nursing head speaks

Nov. 6:

• CP24: Absent funding details for long-term care standard in budget troubling: advocates
• OttawaMatters.com: Absent funding details for long-term care standard in budget troubling: advocates
• Radio-Canada: Soins aux aînés en résidence : « promesse électorale » ou engagement clair?
• Toronto Star: Doug Ford’s pandemic pledge to hire thousands of nursing-home workers criticized as short on details

Nov. 4:

• Canadian Occupational Safety: Ontario increases hours of direct care for LTC resident
• CBC News: Ontario reports 987 new COVID-19 cases, 16 more deaths
• iPolitics: What key pandemic players are asking for in the next Ontario budget
• The Kingston Whig Standard: Ford defends new COVID-19 response system

Nov. 2:

• CP24: Ontario promises new care standard in long-term care, to be implemented by 2024-2025
• InsideHalton.com: Ontario promises care standard in long-term care
• ParrySound.com: Ontario long-term care residents to get 4 hours of direct care daily by 2025
• The Chronicle Journal: Ontario promises new care standard in long-term care, to be implemented by 2024-2025
• 680 News: Ontario promises new care standard in long-term care by 2024-2025

Oct. 31: 

• Newstalk 1010: Burnout & stress for frontline workers

Oct. 28:

• CBC News: Unions call on province to create more full-time nursing jobs in long-term care

Oct. 27:

• The Chronicle Journal: Ontario long-term care commission will grant workers anonymity
• Toronto.com: Long-term care probe will grant workers anonymity

Oct. 26:

• CBC Metro Morning: 'They should not go there to die. They should live': RNAO CEO says Long Term Care system is at risk
• CP24: LTC needs more support to counter 2nd wave
• iPolitics: Opposition demands Ford fire minister of Long-Term Care, citing report
• 980 CFPL: Facing the realities of the surge in cases and the second wave of COVID-19 - London Live with Mike Stubbs

Oct. 25:

• OttawaMatters.com: COVID-19 is not a political issue: nursing association says governments need to work together; more nurses, PSWs needed on frontlines
• 580 CFRA: As the death toll grows in long-term care homes, Ontario needs to stop studying studies and start saving lives instead 

Oct. 23:

• The Globe and Mail: Government must staff up LTC homes after they were ‘forgotten’ in first wave, Ontario commission says
• Toronto.com: Address staffing shortages: LTC commission
• Toronto Star: Ontario should urgently address staffing shortages in nursing homes, commission says
• Toronto Star: Pressure grows on Doug Ford as nursing-home probe repeats calls to hire more staff and boost residents’ care

Oct. 19:

• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: What happens next with COVID depends on you

Oct. 18:

• CityNews: Long-term care homes not prepared for second wave of COVID-19

Oct. 17: 

• CBC News: The key lesson from SARS that Canada failed to heed when COVID-19 hit
• The Queens County Citizen: The key lesson from SARS is that Canada did not care when COVID-19 was hit

Oct. 15:

• iPolitics: Interim report on COVID in Ontario nursing homes likely, say investigators

Oct. 10:

• Global News: Coronavirus: 3 new cases in Middlesex London, none in Lambton, Elgin and Oxford

Oct. 9:

• CBC News "Ontario Today": Tightening restrictions: What's at stake
• CityNews: NewsAlert: Former premier Jean Charest suing Quebec government
• Global News: Coronavirus: 19 new cases in London-Middlesex in largest single-day jump since mid-April
• Now Toronto: Toronto’s winter plan isn’t enough, housing advocates say
• The Chronicle Journal: Ontario imposes restrictions on Toronto, Ottawa, Peel to slow COVID-19
• The Kingston Whig Standard: Ontario reports 939 new COVID-19 cases, marking new daily record
• Toronto.com: Ontario imposes restrictions on COVID hot spots
• Toronto Star: Ontario bans indoor dining, closes gyms and lowers gathering limits as new COVID-19 cases hit a record 939

Oct. 8:

• Cape Breton Post: Why would you open a business in a pandemic? In Ottawa, restaurateurs take calculated risks
• Orangeville.com: Are long-term-care homes ready for COVID-19’s second wave? City-owned homes say they are, but others aren’t so sure
• The Gananoque Reporter: Why would you open a business in a pandemic? In Ottawa, restaurateurs take calculated risks

Oct. 7:

• Toronto.com: Steven Del Duca urges Premier Doug Ford to close indoor restaurants, bars and gyms for 28 days to curb COVID-19 spread
• Zoomer Radio: Ontario's Independent Long-Term Care Inquiry - October 7, 2020

Oct. 6: 

• Brampton Guardian: Steven Del Duca urges Premier Doug Ford to close indoor restaurants, bars and gyms for 28 days to curb COVID-19 spread
• Ottawa Citizen: Save schools by closing indoor bars and restaurants, top CHEO official says
• Toronto Star: Steven Del Duca urges Premier Doug Ford to close indoor restaurants, bars and gyms for 28 days to curb COVID-19 spread
• Toronto Star: Toronto’s plan for shelters for the first winter of COVID-19 includes more beds, warming centres — and plastic barriers
• Toronto Sun: GOLDSTEIN: Public and private sectors have different pandemic priorities

Oct. 5:

• Global News: ‘Show me the evidence’: Doug Ford rejects calls to close indoor dining amid spike in COVID-19 cases
• Ottawa Citizen: Pandemic's front-line health-care workers feared, shunned
• The Globe and Mail: Quebec expands pandemic restrictions as Ontario resists calls for further action
• The Kingston Whig Standard: Pandemic's front-line health-care workers feared, shunned

Oct. 2:

• Caledon Enterprise: COVID-19 infections surge in Ontario, Quebec
• CBC News: Ontario's 'dog's breakfast of guidance' around COVID-19 sowing confusion, distrust, some
• experts say
• CBC News "Power and Politics": New Ontario COVID-19 restrictions ‘too little, too late,’ says nurses association
• CityNews: Ford introduces new restrictions, tells Ontarians to limit interactions
• iPolitics: Ontario tightens restrictions in virus-hit regions, shifts to appointment-only testing
• Ottawa Business Journal: New limits on bars, meeting facilities strike 'reasonable balance,' pub owner says
• The Globe and Mail: Ontario issues new restrictions for bars, restaurants, gyms in COVID-19 hot spots; ‘pauses’ social circles
• Radio-Canada: L'Ontario rend le masque obligatoire dans toute la province
• Radio Canada International: The coronavirus refuses to let up in Quebec and Ontario
• Vancouver Courier: Municipal, provincial leaders clash over response to COVID-19 surge in hotspots
• Waterloo Chronicle: Stricter guidelines in Ontario to deal with COVID-19
• Yahoo! Finance: RNAO urges stricter measures to combat rapidly rising number of COVID-19 infections
• 570 News: Ontario hits record COVID-19 cases amid pressure to tighten public health measures

Oct. 1:

• CBC News "Front Burner": Will Ontario's second wave become a tsunami?

Sept. 29:

• NewmarketToday.ca: Newmarket, Orillia hospitals partner to hire new diversity director
• OrilliaMatters.com: OSMH teams up with Southlake to tackle workplace diversity

Sept. 28:

• BradfordToday.ca: Hospitals' new diversity director brings lived experience, passion for change
• Toronto Star: Hospitals are sounding the alarm about their ability to cope without at least a partial lockdown. Here’s what’s happening now and why they’re worried about the future
• YorkRegion.com: Hospitals are sounding the alarm about their ability to cope without at least a partial lockdown. Here’s what’s happening now and why they’re worried about the future

Sept. 27:

• 580 CFRA: Ontario long-term care homes are begging Ford government for help to prevent more unnecessary deaths

Sept. 25:

• Global News: Toronto nurse on caring for Canada’s 1st COVID-19 patient
• 570 News: Friday September 25th, 2020

Sept. 24:

• The LTC Chronicles Podcast: The LTC Chronicles - Doris Grinspun - CEO of RNAO

Sept. 23:

• Global News: Ontario nurses groups concerned over regulatory body’s plan to expand RPN duties
• The Globe and Mail: Liberal government proposes penalizing those who neglect seniors in care
• Toronto Star: Nurses groups concerned over regulatory body’s plan to expand RPN duties

Sept. 22:

• iPolitics: Investigators of COVID at Ontario nursing homes could publish early findings
• Seaforth Huron Expositor: BRAUN: Long-term care homes on course for repeat disaster
• The Kingston Whig Standard: BRAUN: Long-term care homes on course for repeat disaster
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Long-term care homes on course for repeat disaster

Sept. 20:

• NewKerala.com: RNAO joins global movement A Just Recovery for All

Sept. 19:

• The Globe and Mail: Long-term care operators call on Ontario government to address severe staffing shortage
• Niagara Falls Review: Nursing home doctors were repeatedly asked to visit residents during the COVID-19 outbreak. They didn’t come. As virus resurges, Ontario considers new rules
• Toronto Star: Nursing home doctors were repeatedly asked to visit residents during the COVID-19 outbreak. They didn’t come. As virus resurges, Ontario considers new rules

Sept. 17:

• Martha Pinzon Media: Interview with Dr. Doris Grinspun
• Radio-Canada: Le système de santé à l'épreuve en Ontario : Reportage J.-A. Lamoureux

Sept. 16:

• Now Toronto: The second coming of COVID

Sept. 15:

• Cityline: The nurse who treated Canada's first COVID patient tells her story
• National Observer: Trudeau asked to enshrine top scientist's position in law

Sept. 11:

• Children's Health Coalition: Sounding the alarm on Ontario's crisis in children's health care
• Niagara Falls Review: Ten things Ontario needs to do to fight a second wave of COVID-19
• Toronto.com: Children’s hospitals say Ontario must step up as kids are suffering
• Welland Tribune: Ten things Ontario needs to do to fight a second wave of COVID-19

Sept. 10:

• St. Catharine's Standard: Ontario ‘didn’t learn the lessons from SARS’ leaving it vulnerable to COVID-19

Sept. 9: 

• St. Catharine's Standard: Did provincial funding cuts and a planned merger hurt public health’s response to COVID?

Sept. 8:

• The Hamilton Spectator: Is Ontario ready for a second wave of COVID-19?

Sept. 7:

• CTV News: 'It's a gamble': Anxiety ahead of the first day of school

Sept. 5: 

• Newstalk 1010: 'I personal offence to that': Premier fires back amid call for top health official to resign
• St. Thomas Times-Journal: Sudbury letters: Concerns need to be addressed; Ripped off at the pumps

Sept. 4: 

• Belleville The Intelligencer: Sudbury letters: Concerns need to be addressed; Ripped off at the pumps
• CityNews: Ford defends Ontario’s top doctor amid criticism from head of nurses’ association
• New Canadian Media: Better Job Protection Needed for Personal Support Workers
• New Canadian Media: Faith and Concern for Patients Sustain Immigrant Nurses on the Frontlines of COVID-19
• QP Briefing: Your COVID-19 roundup: Don’t pass the doobie
• TB News Watch: Ford defends Dr. David Williams

Sept. 3:

• 980 CFPL: Calls to replace Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health are growing

Sept. 2: 

• CBC News: Get informed on the top stories of the day in one quick scan
• CBC News: What you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Wednesday, Sept. 2
• CBC Radio "Here and Now": The increasing calls for Dr. David Williams to resign
• India Blooms: Canada: Dough Ford, Christine Elliott defend Ontario's Chief Medical Officer amid growing calls of resignation
• Radio-Canada: Appels à la démission du médecin hygiéniste en chef de l’Ontario
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Dr. David Williams — forgotten, but not gone
• 580 CFRA: Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Wed. September 2nd, 2020
• 640 Toronto: Does Dr. Williams need to be replaced?

Sept. 1: 

• CBC News: Ford defends Ontario's top doctor as calls for his resignation or removal grow louder
• The Haliburton County Echo: Masks mandatory for students of all ages going back to school

Aug. 31:

• Maclean's: The first prime minister gets a rough re-examination
• National Observer: Nurses call on Trudeau to bring back national chief nursing officer
• QP Briefing: Another call for the chief doctor to resign: Your daily Ontario COVID-19 roundup

Aug. 28:

• iPolitics: Restore position of Canada’s top nurse, nursing group urges Trudeau
• 1310 News: Hour 3 of The Rob Snow Show for August 28, 2020 (interview begins at 12:33)

Aug. 27:

• Canada.com: Randall Denley: Ontario parents don't deserve school fearmongering whipped up by union politics 
• Global News: Coronavirus: Is it safe for Ontario students to go back to school?
• Stockhouse: RNAO letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding Speech from the Throne

Aug. 26:

• Hamilton Spectator: We can still make back-to-school safe for everyone
• iPolitics: Toronto councillor, opposition critics slam Ontario’s lack of action on overdose deaths

Aug. 25:

• CBC News: OCDSB to mull mandatory masks for youngest students
• CTV News: Masks will not be mandatory for K-3 students in Ottawa's English public schools
• GuelphToday.com: COVID-19: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
• Newstalk 610 CKTB: Nurses - cut elementary class sizes to protect students and school staff from COVID-19 
• OurWindsor.ca: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports 105 new cases; Canadian MPs, medical experts urge Ottawa to give green-light to human vaccine ‘challenge trials’
• The Kingston Whig Standard: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
• Zoomer Radio: RNAO calls for smaller class sizes at schools - August 25, 2020
• 580 CFRA: Masks will not be mandatory for K-3 students in Ottawa's English public schools

Aug. 24:

• CityNews: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
• CP24: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
• Global News: Coronavirus: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, use of masks in schools
• KitchenerToday.com: Teacher highlights 'sad reality' of provincial back-to-school plan
• OttawaMatters.com: OCDSB to debate forcing K-3 students to wear masks indoors
• QP Briefing: The ‘slow burn’ phase of the pandemic: Your Ontario COVID-19 roundup
• Toronto Star: Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario reports the highest daily number of new cases in August; Toronto’s COVID-19 numbers on the rise since Stage 3 started
• Toronto Sun: New Ontario COVID-19 cases holding steady: Williams
• Toronto Sun: Ontario nurses call for smaller class sizes, masks for kids 3 and older

Aug. 21: 

• CHCH News "Inside the Story": Back to school during a pandemic, what's worked and what hasn't around the world

Aug. 20:

• 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work "How will the return to school affected nurses?"

Aug. 17:

• Toronto Star: Should long-term-care homes be ‘old-person storage’ or places to live? New construction in Ontario could hold the answer
• Welland Tribune: Should long-term-care homes be ‘old-person storage’ or places to live? New construction in Ontario could hold the answer

Aug. 16:

• 580 CFRA: The Goods – This is what long-term care homes need right now to prevent more avoidable deaths

Aug. 14:

• AM800: Lawyer returns to first love as nurse to help remote community during pandemic
• The Globe and Mail: Re Turning Hotels Into Shelters: Proponents Say Idea Gives Homeless People Dignity And A Chance To Get Lives Under Control (letter to the editor)

Aug. 13:

• CBC News: School starts in a month, but Canada's most populous province still doesn't know what that will look like
• Family Council Collaborative Alliance: The LTC Chronicles - Nursing Home Basic Care Guarantee - CEO Doris Grinspun

Aug 12:

• CBC News: Ontario hasn't hired increased staff promised for back to school
• CBC News: World at Six for 2020/08/12 at 21:30 EDT (interview begins at 19:24)

Aug. 10:

• The Globe and Mail: Understaffing turned seniors’ homes into COVID-19 danger zones, health workers say. What can be done to fix that?

Aug. 2:

• Zoomer Radio: Doris Grinspun: Fixing Long-Term Care & Terry Mosher: Remembering Duncan MacPherson – August 2nd 2020

July 31:

• ICI-Télé: BULLETIN DE NOUVELLES DU VENDREDI 31 JUILLET 2020 (interview begins at 18:42)
• Radio-Canada: BULLETIN DE NOUVELLES DU VENDREDI 31 JUILLET 2020
• Radio-Canada: Embauche de plus d’infirmières pour les écoles : bien des questions en suspens
• 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work - Doris Grinspun Interview "Ontario long-term care commission to deliver a report by end of April?"

July 30:

• Ottawa Citizen: Increase staffing, regulate hours of care for residents in homes: expert panel
• Ottawa Sun: LTC: Expert panel says increase staffing, regulate hours of care
• Toronto Star: Ontario government urged to spend more to increase the number of long-term-care staff
• Radio-Canada: Les sous-traitants dans les centres de soins ne sont pas dans la mire de la province
• 580 CFRA: Doris Grinspun - Ottawa At Work - July 30

July 29:

• CTV News: Northern town hall calls for more staff in long-term care homes
• KitchenerToday.com: Ontario long-term care COVID commission to report by end of April
• OttawaMatters.com: Ontario long-term care COVID-19 commission to report by end of April
• The Globe and Mail: Families call for public inquiry as Ford reveals details of long-term care panel
• The Province: Ontario long-term care COVID commission to report by end of April
• Toronto Star: Terms for Ontario’s commission on nursing homes prompt renewed calls for public inquiry
• WaterlooChronicle.ca: Nursing home COVID commission to report in April

July 28:

• QP Briefing: Ontario to announce details of long-term care commission, release key report on staffing
• The Sudbury Star: Fix LTC 'once and for all'

July 27:

• Toronto Star: Bill loved to walk, but the COVID pandemic curbed his movement and his spirit
• Welland Tribune: Bill loved to walk, but the COVID pandemic curbed his movement and his spirit
• 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work - "Can you be a nurse believe Covid is a hoax?"

July 23:

• CBC News: Ontario nurse under investigation after anti-vax, COVID conspiracy social media posts
• Global News: Ontario nurse under investigation over anti-mask, conspiracy theory Facebook posts
• 1310 News: Hour 2 of The Rob Snow Show for July 21, 2020

July 22: 

• CTV News: Indoor visits resume at long-term care homes
• Toronto Sun: Dr. David Williams urged by some to step aside before second wave

July 21:

• CKDR 92.7 FM: Nurses Association CEO 100% Behind Mandatory Masks
• CTV News: Families fed up with visiting loved ones in long-term care through windows
• "London Morning with Rebecca Zandbergen": Long-term care home commission report coming soon
• Metro Morning: '35 reports in the last 21 years collecting dust ... we don't have time for that': Ontario nurses' association CEO
• "Ontario Morning from CBC Radio with Wei Chen": Ontario Morning - Tuesday July 21, 2020 - Part 3
• 570 News: Jul 21: Parents want students to don masks at school (interviews begins at 22:55)

July 20:

• Country 105: RNAO Supports Mask Order For Thunder Bay
• CTV News: Commission into long-term care loses support
• CTV News: Consequences of long-term care visit restrictions
• Global News Radio: Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario drops support the government’s commission into LTC
• iPolitics: Morning Brief: House returns to debate more COVID-19 measures
• The Globe and Mail: Coronavirus Update: Remembering those we’ve lost to COVID-19 in Canada
• The Globe and Mail: Evening Update: A faint hope in vaccine research grows brighter
• The Globe and Mail: Politics Briefing: Restaurants warn pandemic has put them on the brink of closing
• The Globe and Mail: We must act now to prevent the loss of an entire generation in long-term care
• Wawa-news: NDP MPP Gretzky tables motion, urges Ford to create COVID-19 Essential Caregiver Strategy

July 19:

• The Globe and Mail: CEO of the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario no longer supports the Ford government’s independent commission into LTC

July 17: 

• Global News Radio: Dr. Doris Grinspun - July 17, 2020
• iHeart Radio: Ontario premier warns long-term care homes must ensure workers have access to PPE
• ParrySound.com: Ford warns care homes to provide PPE to staff
• The Chronicle Journal: Ford warns long-term care homes to ensure workers have access to PPE

July 16:

• iPolitics: Ontario’s nurses seek special visitor status framework for caregivers at long-term care homes

July 15: 

• Toronto Star: Ontario OKs indoor visits to long-term-care homes
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: RNAO has plan to reunite LTC residents with loved ones
• Welland Tribute: Ontario OKs indoor visits to long-term-care homes

July 12:

• BlogTO: People are outraged after Toronto Public Health put over 100 staff on emergency leave
• The News Pocket: Folks are dying following Toronto Public Health placed over 100 employees on emergency depart

July 9:

• Brampton Guardian: Coroner’s inquest must be called into PSW’s death

July 7:

• Zoomer Radio: Dr. Doris Grinspun on long-term care reforms and family visits

July 6:

• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Now is the time to reunite LTC residents with their loved ones

July 5:

• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Second COVID-19 wave? That's up to you

June 29:

• GuelphToday.com: Frontline Guelph nurse denied service at local salon raises question of discrimination (UPDATED)

June 28:

• St. Catharines Standard: The brutal blow that pandemic isolation has dealt residents of long-term care residences

June 24:

• Radio-Canada: Ottawa et les provinces écartent le port obligatoire du masque... pour l'instant

June 19:

• TVO: Volunteers step up to help out in long-term care

June 16:

• Global News Radio 980 CFPL: Dad Club London's secret fundraiser for member who faced racism, MLB season is still up in the air, and increasing care time for individuals in nursing homes (begins at 17:43)

June 15:

• Toronto.com: Experts say using phones in Toronto to trace COVID-19 brings new risks

June 11:

• The Hamilton Spectator: Public health reveals which health-care workers have been hardest hit by COVID
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Nurses' union wants long term care solutions now
• Welland Tribune: Public health reveals which health-care workers have been hardest hit by COVID

June 10:

• CHCH News "Inside the Story": Inside The Story - Part 1 (begins at 1:13)

June 5:

• Orangeville.com: Ontario's nursing homes lost half their workers to the first wave of COVID-19. Will they be ready when the second wave hits?
• QP Briefing: Premier Ford says feds’ $14-billion offer for all provinces ‘just won’t cut it’: Your daily roundup
• TheIFP.ca: Ontario’s for-profit nursing homes — which have significantly higher rates of COVID-19 deaths — have 17% fewer workers, new Star analysis reveals
• Toronto Star: ‘No study and no words will deliver better care’: Nurses’ association calls for better infection control in long-term care
• Toronto Star: Ontario’s regional health units are once again reporting more than 400 new COVID-19 infections in a day, with the vast majority coming in the GTA
• TVO: What Ontario knew, Part 3: The long-term-care association

June 4:

• TVO: What Ontario knew, Part 2: The nurses’ association

June 3:

• CBC News: Toronto still seeing about 150 new cases of COVID-19 daily, medical officer says
• CambridgeTimes.ca: Is our contact tracing good enough? Beset by criticism, Toronto Public Health explains how things work
• Digital Journal: Macadamian Partners with The Royal and The Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centres, to deploy a digital COVID-19 staff screening solution
• MyKawartha.com: Is our contact tracing good enough? Beset by criticism, Toronto Public Health explains how things work
• YorkRegion.com: Is our contact tracing good enough? Beset by criticism, Toronto Public Health explains how things work

May 31:

• CTV News: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say
• Kamloops This Week: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say
• Kelowna Now: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say
• Powell River Peak: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say
• The Sarnia Observer: Palliative care has been put on the backburner during pandemic, experts say

May 30:

• The Capital: The Avoidable Tragedy: How Canadian Public Health Failed to Curb the Carnage of COVID-19

May 28:

• CP24: RNAO calls for action following military report

May 27:

• Global News Radio: CEO of RNAO Doris Grinspun discusses the RNAO's response to the long term care home findings and conditions 
• Toronto Star: The Star published an investigation into long-term care in 2003. What’s changed since then?

May 26:

• Global News: Military teams raise concerns about conditions at Ontario care homes
• National Observer: Military report finds gruesome conditions, abuse inside 5 Ontario long-term care homes
• "The Tom McConnell Show": Dr. Doris Grinspun is Chief Executive Officer of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
• "The Night Side with Barb DiGiulio": The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario has been calling for change in long-term care for many years now - what is their CEO's thoughts on the immediate action being taken?
• Toronto Sun: LILLEY: 'Sorry' doesn't cut it in sad tale of long-term care homes

May 25:

• Georgina Post: Southlake takes over River Glen Haven, as province issues mandatory management order
• TheIFP.ca: What will Ontario’s long-term care investigation show? Authorities have ignored problems for years
• Toronto Star: What will Ontario’s long-term care investigation show? Authorities have ignored problems for years

May 22:

• CBC News: John Tory says city forced to contemplate 'devastating' service cuts without federal, provincial funding
• CBC News: Ontario sees highest new COVID-19 case count in 2 weeks, testing falls short again
• Our Windsor: Torontonians urged to socially distance this weekend, with Mother’s Day gatherings suspected in recent spike in COVID-19 cases
• Toronto Star: Number of cases of COVID-19 in Toronto has risen over last three days, perhaps spurred by family gatherings on Mother’s Day

May 21:

• Toronto Sun: PPE shortage an alarming concern: Canadian Medical Association

May 15: 

• Big 96.3 FM: Nurse volunteers to help short-staffed Ontario long-term care home experiencing coronavirus outbreak
• Global News: Nurse volunteers to help short-staffed Ontario long-term care home experiencing coronavirus outbreak
• Global News: Nurse working in long-term care home hard hit by COVID-19 describes scenario
• Newstalk Sauga 960 AM: Big Talk - Episode 18 - Coping with COVID-19 (begins at 29:37):

May 14:

• Global News Radio: Registered Nurses call for healthcare reforms

May 13:

• Newstalk 610 CKTB: Pandemic put health system to the test: nurses have answers for shortfalls
• 580 CFRA: Ottawa For Now - May 13, 2020

May 12:

• AM 800: The Afternoon News - Pandemic Show Short-Comings in Health Care 
• Caledon Enterprise: Nurses call for health-care reforms in Ontario
• CBC News: Ontario's top doctor not confident about reopening, after Ford says details of Stage 1 coming Thursday
• CP24: Ontario's nurses say COVID-19 pandemic highlights need for sweeping reforms
• CTV News Kitchener: 'A long way to go': Nurses' association calls for changes to health care system
• CTV News Toronto: Ontario's nurses say COVID-19 pandemic highlights need for sweeping reforms
• Global News: Ontario’s nurses say coronavirus pandemic highlights need for sweeping reforms
• Ottawa Sun: 'A CRYING NEED': Sweeping health reforms required, Ontario nurses say
• "The Craig Needles Show": RNAO shares vision for future of healthcare in the province post-pandemic
• 1310 News: The Rob Snow Show Hour 1  (begins at 14:52)

May 9:

• Windsor Star: Nurses do have role in decision-making

May 7:

• Toronto.com: Will COVID-19 inspire a new generation of nurses?

May 4:

• Toronto Star: ‘A new approach is needed to the way people live in nursing homes’: Moira Welsh answered your questions about long-term care

May 1:

• National Observer: Did Ontario really need to call in the military for COVID-19 in long-term care?

April 30:

• DurhamRegion.com: Multiple factors led to coronavirus 'horror story' at Durham nursing homes

April 29: 

• OurWindsor.ca: COVID-19 has exposed what long-term care lacks. Will the response fix it?
• Toronto Star: The trauma will change you forever. COVID-19 has exposed problems in long-term care. Will the response fix it?

April 28:

• Toronto Star: ‘SWAT team’ plan risky; we need universal testing, personal protective equipment: nursing head

April 27:

• CBC News: Retired nurses want to fight COVID-19. So why is Ontario so slow to call them back?
• CTV News: Pandemic Pay for Frontline Workers
• ThinkPol: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement donates PPEs to Canada’s healthcare workers
• Toronto Sun: BlueDot warnings ignored by officials for three months

April 25: 

• Click Lancashire: Coronavirus: Feds approve Ontario's request for military help at long-term care homes
• CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for Saturday, April 25, 2020

April 24:

• CTV News: CTV News Toronto at Six for Friday, April 24, 2020
• Zoomer TV: The Zoomer on COVID Long-Term Care

April 23:

• "Breakfast Television": Nurses’ group surprised Ford asked for military aid to fight coronavirus in seniors homes
• CityNews: Nurses' group surprised Ford asked for military aid to fight coronavirus in seniors homes
• Kingston Whig-Standard: Province to call in military's help with COVID-19; Ford seeking assistance for long-term care homes
• National Observer: Ottawa to send military to help in Ontario nursing homes hit by COVID-19

April 22:

• National Observer: Ontario calls on military for help as COVID-19 ravages long-term care

April 21:

• AM 800 CKLW: Nurses React to Ontario's Modelling Numbers 
• "Breakfast Television": More needs to be done to protect Ontario’s must vulnerable from coronavirus: nurses association
• Global News Radio: Coronavirus: Concerns for frontline workers at long-term care and retirement homes, and shelters
• Toronto Sun: Experience is there, enough protective equipment is what's lacking

April 18:

• Guelph Mercury: 'Evidence doesn't back it up': Guelph prof says drug touted as coronavirus cure could do more harm than good

April 17:

• National Observer: Long-term care is now the front line of Ontario’s COVID-19 battle
• The Globe and Mail: Toronto Public Health struggling to keep up with contact tracing, doctors say
• Toronto Sun: Short-term housing needed near workplaces for nurses

April 16:

• CBC News "The National": Comprehensive long-term care inspections found critical shortcomings before they were cancelled
• 580 CFRA: Ottawa At Work With Leslie Roberts for Thursday, April 16th, 2020

April 15:

• CP24: Ontario unveils measures to combat COVID-19 in long-term care homes
• Fairchild TV: April 15 to fight against the epidemic (donate medical equipment to medical staff) 
• The Hamilton Spectator: COVID-19 ‘SWAT teams’ will deploy into long-term care homes
• Toronto.com: ‘Everyone knew this could happen:’ The deadly spread of COVID-19 through Canada’s seniors’ homes
• Toronto.com: Systemic look at long-term care possible:Ford
• Toronto Star: ‘Everyone knew this could happen:’ The deadly spread of COVID-19 through Canada’s seniors’ homes
• Waterloo Chronicle: Ontario extends state of emergency by 28 days
• Zoomer Radio: Ontario's Plan for Long-Term Carm Homes

April 14: 

• Big 96.3 FM: Coronavirus: Ontario extends state of emergency, pledges more help for long term care homes
• CTV News: Ontario restricts long-term care home workers to one facility amid COVID-19 pandemic
• Global News: ‘They’re scared’: How COVID-19 is impacting the mental health of doctors, nurses
• Le Droit: COVID-19: éclosion dans le personnel de l'Hôpital Montfort
• Newstalk 610 CKTB: Ontario Restricts Long-Term Care Home Workers to One Facility Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
• The Globe and Mail: Ontario, Quebec revamp staffing at nursing homes amid ‘wildfire’ COVID-19 outbreak
• The Sault Star: Sault College nursing students get temporary jobs amid COVID-19 crisis
• Toronto Star: COVID-19 has exposed decades of elder neglect. Here’s how we can start to fix it

April 13:

• BayToday.ca: Province to extend state of emergency, despite 'glimmer of light' in numbers
• BNN Bloomberg: Ontario to extend state of emergency, despite 'glimmer of light' in numbers: Ford
• CHCH News: COVID-19 impact on health care workers
• Global News Radio: RNAO calls for universal masking, pre-outbreak testing for seniors, staff in long-term care homes
• Sudbury.com: Ontario to extend state of emergency, despite 'glimmer of light' in numbers:Ford

April 12:

• London Free Press: ANALYSIS: Can our local hospitals handle COVID-19 'surge' that looms? We crunched the numbers
• Toronto Sun: COVID-19 devastating care homes everywhere, despite advance warning

April 10:

• Toronto Star: Health-care workers at two Toronto hospitals told they’ll soon be reusing decontaminated N95 masks
• Toronto Star: Ontario has ramped up testing, infection control measures in long-term care homes. Will it be enough?
• 580 CFRA: Ottawa Now: 'You don't wait until there is a fire to put an alarm in the home': Head of Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario calling for every nursing home resident to be tested

April 9:

• iPolitics: How Ontario planned for a crisis before COVID-19 hit
• London Free Press: Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges
• The Chronicle Journal: Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges
• The Peterborough Examiner: Lindsay nurse answered call when Pinecrest Nursing Home needed help
• Toronto Star: Desperate long-term care homes struggle to find staff as COVID-19 sickens resident and sidelines workers

April 8:

• CityNews: Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19
• CP24: Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges
• CTV News: Dozen new COVID-19 cases in Middlesex-London, Ontario tops 5,000
• GuelphToday.com: Words to remember: Canadian newsmakers have their say on COVID-19
• Markham Review: Providing support during COVID-19 pandemic
• National Post: Limit the number of nursing and retirement homes staff can work in, RNAO urges
• The Peterborough Examiner: 28th Pinecrest Nursing Home resident dies of COVID-19
• Toronto.com: Families struggle with ‘difficult decision’ whether to remove loved ones from long-term care homes amid pandemic
• TVO "The Agenda": Protecting Health Care Workers' Lives

April 7:

• CFRA Ottawa: The Morning Rush Interview: Doris Grinspun  -- CEO of The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario
• Maclean's: Quarantine nation: Inside the lockdown that will change Canada forever
• Toronto Star: Ontario's long term care homes are running out of body bags for their dead
• Univision: Entrevista a Doris Grinspun, CEO de la Asociación de Enfermeros Registrados de Ontario (RNAO) 
• 980 CFPL: What happens if Ontario runs out of PPE?

April 6:

• CBC News: Anxieties over COVID-19 and possible PPE shortages prompting some health care workers to draft wills
• CBC News: CBC Toronto News April 06, 2020
• Ming Pao News: 5000 prospective nursing graduates support, 6000 nurses are ready to go and association calls for protective equipment
• Toronto Star: Families struggle with ‘difficult decision’ whether to remove loved ones from long-term care homes amid pandemic

April 5:

• Hamilton Spectator: From bear hunts to banging pots and pans: This is how we have fun in COVID-19 isolation

April 4:

• CTV News: Nurses on the frontlines
• MedicineNet: Mental Health Services for Coronavirus Healthcare Workers

April 3:

• CityNews: Nurses' association calls for more nurses to be deployed
• Insauga: Opinion: Is the government doing enough to protect health care workers and long-term care residents?
• National Observer: 3,000 to 15,000 people in Ontario could die from COVID-19, projections show

April 2: 

• CTV News: CTV News Kitchener at 11:30 (16:08)
• Medscape: COVID-19: Mental Health Pros Come to the Aid of Frontline Comrades
• Toronto Star: Nearly 80 seniors’ homes across Ontario are reporting cases of COVID-19: expert

April 1:

• CFRA Ottawa: The Morning Rush: Doris Grinspun, CEO of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario Interview
• Global News: Coronavirus: Can Canada get front-line health workers what they need before it’s too late?
• iPolitics: COVID-19 ‘best case scenario’ gone as Ontario health workers say equipment needs addressed too late
• "The Craig Needles Show": Doris Grinspun - Chief Executive Officer of Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
• The Pointer: 'It feels like the calm before the storm': local MPP moonlights as nurse to fight COVID-19

March 31:

• CBC News: COVID-19: Nurses worry about equipment shortages | Power & Politics
• CP24: More masks, ventilators on the way as Canada's industrial response to COVID-19 ramps up
• Global News: Coronavirus: Canadian companies now manufacturing ventilators, surgical masks
• Global News: Coronavirus: Head of Ontario registered nurses union says 9M masks per week are needed
• QP Briefing: COVID-19 long-term care crisis worsened by chronic staffing shortages, lack of masks: Associations
• Toronto Star: Six Toronto long-term-care homes report COVID-19 outbreaks

March 30:

• BlogTO: Healthcare workers at hospital in Canada told to wear masks until grossingly soiled
• BlogTO: Toronto college donates much-needed supplies to local hospitals
• Maclean's: Fear and anger on the frontlines: What happens if there aren't enough masks?
• NewmarketToday.ca: Seneca College donates much needed medical supplies to Southlake
• Yahoo! News: 'A talent pool we should be tapping into’: Foreign-trained doctors could be key to flattening the curve Yahoo News Canada Ahmar Khan

March 29:

• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Ontario must fix dire shortages of protective equipment

March 27:

• CTV News: Call for Personal Protective Equipment
• Newstalk 610 CKTB: COVID-19: Impact on nurses/front line emergency workers during pandemic

March 26:

• CBC News: Hundreds of mental health workers offer free therapy to Ontario's frontline COVID-19 staff
• CBC News: Ontario hospital staff say masks are rationed, locked away
• iPolitics: Despite assurances, Ontario health care workers facing dwindling supplies of COVID-19 equipment
• London Live: Ontario needs to order more PPE and ventilators than are needed at the moment
• Ottawa Citizen: Masks are being rationed at The Ottawa Hospital
• Toronto Sun: Ontario health workers desperate for protective gear, ventilators

March 25:

• Global News: At least 2 Toronto hospitals begin rationing protective gear as COVID-19 crisis deepens

March 24: 

• BlogTO: 13 healthcare workers in Toronto have tested positive for COVID-19
• Global News: Coronavirus: Kitchener educational tech company now making protective equipment for health care workers
• National Observer: Toronto's Sinai hospitals order staff to work – even if they've travelled recently 
• Radio-Canada: L'initiative <<Ensemble, nous pouvons le faire>>
• Windsor Star: Retired health workers among those stepping up to battle COVID-19
• 91.5 The Beat: Coronavirus: Kitchener educational tech company now making protective equipment for health care workers

March 23:

• Big 96.3 FM: Coronavirus: Nurses association applauds Doug Ford for shutdown of non-essential workplaces
• "Breakfast Television": Calling for more protective equipment for frontline workers
• CollingwoodToday.ca: Grey County frontline workers expect to see personal protective equipment shortage
• Ottawa Citizen: Retired health workers among those stepping up to battle COVID-19

March 22:

• CBC News: Mask shortage is 'imminent': Health workers assocations urge province to take more action
• KitchenerToday.com: Retired local nurses step in to help hospitals with pandemic
• Toronto Star: Should health-care workers go back to work right after they travel? The province says no but hospitals say yes

March 21:

• Press Progress: Doug Ford announced announced new 'surge funding' for hospitals. It's the same amount pledged in past flu seasons.
• Toronto Star: Gestures of kindness to #Cheer4HealthWorkers managing COVID-19 catch on
• Toronto Star: If we don't have protective equipment people will die, prominent Toronto doctor warns

March 20:

• Toronto Sun: Make some noise for frontline health workers
• Toronto.com: WoodGreen, RNAO launch coronavirus campaign to uplift workers, encourage social distancing

March 18:

• Big 96.3 FM: Thousands of nurses answer call to help with coronavirus pandemic: 'This is the way we are'
• CBC Radio-Canada: La transmission communautaire de la COVID-19 en Ontario : qu’est-ce que ça veut dire?
• Global News: Telehealth Ontario continues to experience problems amid coronavirus pandemic
• Newstalk 1010: Positive coronavirus cases jump to over 200 in Ontario, as Telehealth experiences tech issues
• The Daily Courier: Doctors seek nationwide commitment to permanent virtual care measures
• Toronto Star: Confusion reigns for health-care workers amid conflicting messages whether they too need to self-isolate after travel 
• Victoria Times Columnist: Pharmacists push virtual care

March 17:

• Ottawa Citizen: COVID-19: Thousands of doctors, nurses rally to government call to fight coronavirus 
• Toronto Star: Thousands of nurses answer the call for more help in crisis

March 16:

• Global News: Ontario nurses on preparedness for handling coronavirus
• Newstalk 1010: 2,300 retired, part-time, faculty and full-time nurses answer call to help with Telehealth wait time
• Ottawa Sun: Man with coronavirus symptoms tests the system — and it fails
• Toronto Sun: Toronto closures pile up as citizens urged to stay home

March 13:

• Chatelaine: What is Self-Isolation? Plus, How to Prepare for It
• NewsTalk 610 CKTB: Front line workers stressed dealing with COVID-19

March 11:

• CBC News: 'Like a petri dish': Advocates worry Toronto's homeless shelters are ill-prepared for COVID-19
• CP24: Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates
• CTV News: Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates
• Global News: Health care workers need better protections during coronavirus outbreak: advocates
• Infotel: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
• Mountain View Today: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
• Niagara Falls Review: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
• North Shore News: Better protections needed for health-care workersduring COVID-19: advocates 
• Surrey Now-Leader: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
• Times Columnist: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
• The Hamilton Spectator: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
• The Peterborough Examiner: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes
• Toronto Sun: Time to call coronavirus risk to public 'uncertain,' says nurses' union
• Winnipeg Free Press: Officials weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes

March 10:

• The Chronicle Journal: Official weigh infection control against risk of isolation at nursing homes

March 4:

• CBC News "The National": How to plan and prepare for a wider COVID-19 outbreak

Feb. 19:

• The Province: Ontario nurses prepared to handle coronavirus at CFB Trenton

Feb. 18:

• Toronto Sun: Ontario nurses prepared to handle coronavirus at CFB Trenton

Feb. 14:

• Toronto Star: Emergency medical team, who volunteered to treat coronavirus evacuees in Trenton, are seasoned veterans

Jan. 30:

• Edmonton Sun: BRAUN: High alert everywhere to halt coronavirus
• Ottawa Sun: BRAUN: High alert everywhere to halt coronavirus
• The Province: BRAUN: High alert everywhere to halt coronavirus
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: High alert everywhere to halt coronavirus

Jan. 28:

• Barrie Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Bay Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Collingwood Today: ONTARIO:Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Elliot Lake Today: ONTARIO:Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Guelph Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• ICI Toronto: Coronavirus : des infirmières tirent la sonnette d'alarme en Ontario
• Kitchener Today: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Newmarket Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Ottawa Matters: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Penticton Herald: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Soo Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Sudbury.com: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• The Daily Courier: Ontario nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Timmins Today: ONTARIO: Nurses group urges strict protections against novel coronavirus
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Nurses stay ahead of the curve on coronavirus

Jan. 27:

• CBC News: Nurses Respond to the Coronavirus in Canada
• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: The time to act on coronavirus was yesterday 
• Winnipeg Sun: BRAUN: The time to act on coronavirus was yesterday

Jan. 26:

• Ottawa Citizen: Canadian coronavirus patient showed symptoms on flight back from Wuhan, officials say
• National Post: Officials: Canadian coronavirus patient had symptons on flight back from China, but did not self-report
• The Chronicle Herald: Canadian coronavirus patient showed symptoms on flight back from China, officials say
• The Guardian: Canadian coronavirus patient showed symptoms on flight back from China, officials say

Jan. 20:

• Toronto Sun: BRAUN: Health-care workers call for action against deadly Wuhan virus