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Increased demand for essential services will see a major uptick in staff hired say county officials, with 44 new positions proposed in departments such as paramedics and long-term care

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Money will be used to improve recently announced nursing degree program, as well as create sound studio at Barrie campus

Cases are being reported today at ÉÉC Samuel-de-Champlain in Orillia, St. Bernadette’s and St. Joan of Arc in Barrie and St. Marie of the Incarnation

Capacity limits could return but lockdown not planned, notes region's medical officer of health, stressing 'that's certainly not something anybody wants'

Capacity limits at restaurants and bars with dancing facilities, at bathhouses, at strip clubs, and at sex clubs will not be lifted on Nov. 15 as was previously announced

The region is seeing a spike in cases with 95-per-cent increase week-over-week

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'Health unit is modifying its case and contact management processes so that we can continue to reach new lab-confirmed cases as quickly as possible,' says official

Other area hospitals have already announced vaccination requirements for most visitors starting later this month