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May 30, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
NEW - There have been *no* changes to blood tests that are covered under OHIP, the Ontario Ministry of Health confirms to CityNews (statement below) this after a number of viral tweets suggested that some were being charged money for bloodwork or screening tests. NEW - In an additional statement to CityNews, the Ministry of Health says "Since 2017, there have been no laboratory tests de-listed (i.e., removed with no replacement test) from the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP)"
Sep 19, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
Premier Ford is now scheduled to make an 11am announcement at Queen’s Park. He will be joined by the Health Minister & the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Health. The announcement will come just after the release of today’s Covid infection numbers. The latest on @680NEWS While it’s not clear what this is regarding, Premier Ford said Friday that the government may cut gathering sizes in other parts of the province. He said he has received multiple requests from mayors and chief medical offices in different regions for tighter gathering limits.
Sep 17, 2020 4 tweets 1 min read
#BREAKING - The Ford government will announce that gathering limits will be reduced to 10 indoors and 25 outdoors for Peel Toronto and Ottawa, a senior government source confirms to me. @ColinDMello first to report.
Jul 24, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read
#BREAKING - The New York Times reports the U.S Government has an active program to investigate UFO’s & that it will report some of its findings to the public. The paper says its main focus is finding whether another nation is using aviation technology that could threaten the U.S. Image The NYT article quotes former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid as saying that he “Believed that crashes of vehicles from other worlds had occurred and that retrieved materials had been studied secretly for decades, often by aerospace companies under government contracts.”
Dec 16, 2019 4 tweets 1 min read
#BREAKING - Talks between the union representing high school teachers and the Ford government have been cancelled by the mediator. OSSTF president Harvey Bischof says he was "Shocked the government brought no new proposals to the table" Talks that were scheduled for tomorrow have also been called off. Bischof tells me compensation was not brought up today.