COVID-19 Press room

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 Long Term Care 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: 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's "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:

• City News: 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: 

• 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:

• The 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 (begins at 17:43): 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

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 - 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: (begin at 29:37): Big Talk - Episode 18 - Coping with COVID-19

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: 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 (begin at 14:52): The Rob Snow Show Hour 1

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 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: 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's 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: 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 (Print): 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 (Print): 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: 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