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Thunder Bay paramedics frustrated with workload and staffing issues

Thunder Bay paramedics frustrated with workload and staffing issues

Union says staff are shoveling coal 'into the boiler of a sinking ship'
COVID indicators improve in NWHU, despite surge in Sioux Lookout-area First Nations

COVID indicators improve in NWHU, despite surge in Sioux Lookout-area First Nations

NWHU reports just one new COVID-related hospitalization in past week.
Thunder Bay students and teachers respond 'cautiously' to the end of the mask mandate

Thunder Bay students and teachers respond 'cautiously' to the end of the mask mandate

Lakehead Elementary Teachers president says mask usage dropped to 50 % in some schools Monday.
101 new COVID-19 cases in the Thunder Bay district

101 new COVID-19 cases in the Thunder Bay district

The number of patients in ICU rose from six to nine since Friday.
Canada to lift border testing requirements: reports

Canada to lift border testing requirements: reports

The requirement to show proof of a negative rapid test result is expected to end on April 1 for fully-vaccinated travellers.
UPDATED: Thunder Bay district COVID hospitalizations fall to 28

UPDATED: Thunder Bay district COVID hospitalizations fall to 28

The positivity test rate is still much higher than Ontario's average.
Mask mandate will stay in place at Lakehead University beyond Mar. 21

Mask mandate will stay in place at Lakehead University beyond Mar. 21

Ontario universities will maintain vaccination and masking policies through at least the end of this term.
101 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the Thunder Bay area

101 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in the Thunder Bay area

Thirty-four COVID patients are currently in hospital.
Public school board asks health unit to extend mask mandate

Public school board asks health unit to extend mask mandate

Trustees vote 6-3 to ask Thunder Bay’s medical of officer of health to require masks after provincial mandate expires.
Pandemic continues to delay elective surgeries at regional hospital

Pandemic continues to delay elective surgeries at regional hospital

Waitlist of elective surgeries has grown by about a third to 5,500 during pandemic, hospital says.
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