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COVID-19: Vaccination bookings for children 5-11 to start Tuesday morning; Ontario reports 627 new cases, 24 new cases in Ottawa – Ottawa Citizen

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COVID-19 vaccine bookings for children in Ontario aged 5-11 will start at 8 a.m. Tuesday.

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Vaccination appointments can be made through the province’s COVID-19 vaccination portal, at covid-19.ontario.ca/book-vaccine/ , and contact centre, directly through public health units that use their own booking system, at participating pharmacies, and at select primary care providers.

To book an appointment online, children must have been born in 2016 or earlier.

Ottawa Public Health said on Monday that it expects more than 60,000 appointments to be available throughout the city starting on Friday.

Those made through the provincial online booking system will be available through OPH’s seven community clinics.

Other options for children’s vaccinations include at any of OPH’s 10 vaccination hubs; at pharmacies; through primary-care physicians; and through a rotating schedule of 73 after-hours school pop-up vaccination clinics, with details for the latter to be posted on OPH’s website, at  ottawapublichealth.ca , later this week.

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Additionally, CHEO offers vaccinations to children with medically complex needs, while Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health will host a clinic, in partnership with OPH, at the Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre, for First Nations, Inuit and Métis community members. Akausivik Inuit Family Health Team ( 613-740-0999 ) is also providing vaccinations for Inuit youth.

Ottawa Public Health will also be working with operators of congregate care facilities to administer vaccines on site.

The province is expected to receive just over one million doses of the pediatric Pfizer-BionTech COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government, which will then be immediately distributed to public health units, pharmacies, and primary care settings across the province. Appointments across the province are expected to begin as early as November 25 when the federal supply arrives at vaccine clinics.

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Health Minister Christine Elliott said the province is set to receive a little over 400,000 vaccine doses from the federal government on Monday, followed by another shipment of a little over 600,000 vaccine doses.

The Ontario government said approximately one million children aged five to 11 are eligible to receive the pediatric Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.

The pediatric Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is a slightly modified, lower dose vaccine, with one-third the amount given to individuals aged 12 and over. Children 5-11 should receive it in a two-dose series at a recommended interval of eight weeks between doses.

Solicitor General Sylvia Jones said Monday that children who turn 12 years old eight weeks after their first dose can book an appointment to get an adult COVID-19 vaccine for their second shot.

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Meanwhile, Elliott acknowledged that some parents may be hesitant to get their children vaccinated and want more information about vaccines for younger children.

She said that if parents want to speak with someone about vaccinating children, they can call the provincial vaccine contact centre at 1-833-943-3900, make an appointment to speak someone at SickKids, or contact their child’s pediatrician or family doctor.

“I think it’s natural that parents would have questions, so we want to provide them with the resources that they need in order to make a decision for their child,” said Elliott.

Elliott highlighted that a third of the new COVID-19 cases in the province are in school aged children, which “speaks to the need to get children vaccinated.”

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with files from the Canadian Press

COVID-19 in Ontario

Ontario reported 627 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, and one new death, bringing the province’s total number of cases to 612,318, and its death toll to 9,968.

Toronto, with 92 new cases, was the province’s worst-hit area, followed by 53 each in Peel and Simcoe-Muskoka, and 38 in York.

Ottawa Public Health reported 24 new COVID-19 cases and no new deaths on Monday, bringing the total number of cases in the city to 31,685 since the pandemic started, while the death toll remains at 614.

There are 347 active cases in Ottawa. Of those, 15 people are in hospital with COVID, three in intensive care.

No new outbreaks were reported. There are 30 active outbreaks in the city: 13 in healthcare institutions, 16 in childcare/school settings and one community outbreak.

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The city’s seven-day infection rate, meanwhile, is 26.9 per 100,000 population as of Saturday, while the seven-day positivity rate, to Sunday, is 1.8 per cent. The estimated seven-day reproduction rate, or R(t), is 0.93 as of Sunday, indicating that the virus’s spread is decreasing.

On Sunday, the most recent 24-hour reporting period for which vaccination data are available, 1,551 doses of vaccine were administered in Ottawa.

A total of 838,873 Ottawans 12 an older, or 91 per cent, have received at least one vaccination, while 810,596, or 88 per cent, are fully vaccinated.

In other heath units in the area, Eastern Ontario reported no new cases, while Kingston had 14. Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District’s case count increased by eight, while Renfrew County reported one new case.

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There are 5,597 active cases in the province. Of the active cases in the province, 1,657, or nearly 30 per cent, are among those younger than 20.

Additionally, Sunday’s testing positivity of 3.4 per cent was Ontario’s highest since Sept. 11, when it reached 3.5 per cent. In between those dates, the testing positivity reached a low of 1.2 per cent on Oct. 24.

The province also reported Monday that 136 patients were hospitalized with COVID-related conditions, although many hospitals do not provide bed counts on the weekend. According to PHO, 133 patients were in intensive care, 78 on ventilators.

Eight of the hospitalized patients are from Saskatchewan, seven of them in intensive care.

Meanwhile, 6,488 vaccine doses were administered in the province in the 24 hours ending Sunday evening, for a province-wide total of 22,809,355. A total of 11,208,667 Ontario residents are fully vaccinated.

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Vaccine Hunters Canada, an independent, volunteer-run organization dedicated to helping Canadians get COVID-19 vaccine information and appointments, announced on Monday that it would reactivate its Twitter and Facebook accounts, to help people navigate the newly expanded vaccine eligibility, which now includes children aged 5 to 11, and provide information on booster shots.

The group, which was founded in March and had hundreds of thousands of followers on social media platforms Twitter, Discord, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, had ceased its social media campaigns on Sept. 1, noting that their services had become less crucial with most Canadians then fully vaccinated and vaccines more widely available than when they set up shop.

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Meanwhile, their existing self-serve resources, Find Your Immunization (FYI), DIY and SOS, all available on their website at vaccinehunters.ca, will remain active as additional resources for those who need help finding a vaccine.

The group also announced on Monday that it will be partnering with University Health Network’s (UHN) Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine to focus on further developing digital tools to improve access to and information about COVID-19 vaccines.

COVID-19 in Quebec

Quebec on Monday confirmed 692 new COVID cases and two new deaths.

The new figures bring the province’s overall case count to 439,763 since the pandemic began, and its death toll to 11,560. The number of fatalities in the Outaouais region remained unchanged at 223.

There are 204 COVID patients currently hospitalized in Quebec, including 46 in intensive care.

Additionally, the province administered 3,582 vaccine doses in the most recent 24-hour reporting period, for a province-wide total of 13,472,496.


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US February PCE core inflation +2.8% y/y vs +2.8% expected – ForexLive

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US core PCE yy

  • Prior month 2.8% (revised to 2.9%)
  • PCE core m/m +0.3% vs +0.3% expected (unrounded +0.261%)
  • Prior m/m core +0.4% (revised to +0.5%)
  • Headline PCE +2.5% y/y vs +2.5% expected (prior 2.4%).
  • Headline m/m +0.3% vs +0.4% expected (unrounded +0.333%)
  • 6 month core annualized 2.9% vs 2.6% prior
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Consumer spending and consumer income for February:

  • Personal income +0.3% versus +0.4% expected. Prior month 0.3%.
  • Personal spending +0.8% versus +0.5% expected. Prior month +0.2%
  • Real personal spending +0.4% vs -0.1% last month (revised to -0.2%)

The revisions to the January data are a touch higher but it didn’t bump up the Feb y/y numbers.

Overall, it’s a tad hot but the dollar is a tad softer, perhaps focusing on the lower headline m/m reading.

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Looking deeper at spending, goods rose 0.5% with services up 0.9%. On the inflation side, goods prices were down 0.2% y/y while services prices rose 3.8% y/y.

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What’s open and closed Good Friday, Easter Monday in Hamilton, Burlington and Niagara Region – Global News

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The Easter long weekend is upon us, bringing a rare four-day holiday to some in the Hamilton area. Several businesses and services will be closed on Good Friday (March 29), Easter Sunday (March 31) or Easter Monday (April 1).

Here’s a list of some things that will or will not be operating in Hamilton, Burlington and Niagara Region.

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Administrative offices: Offices are closed on Friday and Monday.

Licensing and bylaw services: Licensing and bylaw phone queue line will be closed on Friday and Monday. Service will resume on Tuesday.

Green bin, garbage and recycling: No collection on Good Friday. Friday’s pickup will occur on Saturday (March 31). Monday will be a regular collection day (April 1). The city says all materials must be at the curb by 7 a.m. Community recycling centres and transfer stations will be closed Friday and Monday.

HSR bus: Buses will operate on a Sunday/holiday schedule Friday and a regular schedule on Monday.

GO Transit: Trains and buses are operating on a Sunday schedule Friday.

ATS DARTS: Service will be operating with holiday service hours on Friday and Monday. Subscription trips on DARTS, with the exception of dialysis, are cancelled for Friday and Monday. ATS customer service will also be closed on Friday and Monday.

Ontario Works: The program, including the special supports, will be closed Friday and Monday. Phone service will resume on Tuesday.

Recreation centres: Closed on Friday and Monday.

Hamilton civic museums: Dundurn National Historic Site, the Hamilton Military Museum and the Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology will be closed on Friday and Monday.

Tourism Hamilton visitor information centre: Closed Friday to Monday.

Hamilton Public Library: All HPL branches are closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. Branches are open on Saturday and regular hours resume Tuesday, April 2

Social services: All Ontario Works offices, special supports and the housing services office will be closed on Friday and Monday.

Senior centres: Closed Friday and Sunday. Senior clubs will be running modified program schedules from Friday to Monday.

Arenas: Closed to public programming Friday, Sunday and Monday.

Animal services: Closed Good Friday, Sunday and Easter Monday.

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum in Mount Hope: Open Good Friday, Saturday and Easter Sunday. Closed Easter Monday.

Burlington

Government offices: Local government such as city hall, municipal offices and facilities will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday.


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Administrative services: Services including parks, roads and forestry will be closed on Friday and Monday. Only snow removal and urgent services will be provided.

Animal Shelter and Control: Closed all weekend, Friday through Monday. Emergencies can be called in to 905-335-7777.

Recreation centres: Some city pools, arenas and community centres will be operational on a limited schedule. Visit burlington.ca/dropinandplay for details. Some outdoor recreation facilities will also be open, weather permitting. Visit burlington.ca/outdoorplay for more information. Tyandaga Golf Course will be closed. The tentative season opener is set for April 6.

Halton Provincial Offences Court: Closed on Friday and Monday.

Free parking: Available Friday and Monday in the downtown core in municipal lots, on-street and in the parking garage, however, the Waterfront parking lots (east and west) do not provide free parking on statutory holidays. Parking exemptions are required to park overnight on city streets and for longer than five hours. Visit burlington.ca/parkingexemptions for more.

Burlington Transit: Transit will operate a holiday schedule Sunday. The downtown transit terminal, specialized dispatch and the administration office will be closed on March 29. Monday is a regular schedule.

Niagara Region

Government offices: City halls, the Enterprise Centre and administration offices are all closed on Good Friday. Some offices, like St. Catharines, will reopen on Easter Monday.

Parks, recreation and culture services: All City recreation centres are closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Administration offices are all closed on Friday. Some will be closed on Monday. St. Catharines Kiwanis Aquatics Centre is closed Friday, but open on Saturday. Seymour-Hannah Sports and Entertainment Centre is closed Friday, but open regular hours through the weekend and Monday.

Community centres: All older adult centres and arenas will either be closed or have reduced hours on Friday, Sunday and Monday.

St. Catharines Museum; Welland Canals Centre: Both facilities will be closed on Good Friday but open the rest of the long weekend between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Niagara Regional Transit: Both St. Catharines and Niagara Falls buses will operate on a holiday schedule for Good Friday. Regional, Fort Erie and Welland service will not be running Friday. The agency will have regular hours on Easter Sunday and Monday.

Canada Post: No collection or mail delivery on Monday. Most post offices operated by the private sector will also be closed during business hours.

Grocery stores: Major grocery stores like Fortinos, Metro, FreshCo and No Frills will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

Shoppers Drug Mart: Some locations in the city will be open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, but not all. Holiday hours can be seen on the Shoppers store locator map.

Rexall: Some outlets are open on a holiday schedule, but not all. Visit the Rexall website for store hours.

Malls: All major shopping centres in Hamilton, Burlington, St. Catharines and Niagara Falls will be closed on Good Friday. Exceptions include:

  • Outlet Collection at Niagara Falls: Open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • CF Toronto Eaton Centre: Open noon to 7 p.m.
  • Toronto Premium Outlets in Halton Hills: Open Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
  • Pacific Mall in Toronto: Open between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
  • Vaughan Mills will be open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

In Toronto, retailers in designated tourist areas such as Yorkville, downtown Yonge, Queen’s Quay West and the Distillery District can stay open Good Friday, according to City of Toronto bylaws.

Walmart: All Walmarts in the GTHA will be closed Good Friday and Easter Sunday except the Niagara Falls Supercentre on Oakwood Drive, which is open between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. on those days.

Alcohol

The Beer Store: All stores will be closed Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

LCBO: All stores will be closed Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

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Wine Rack: Most Hamilton locations will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday except for the Wilson Street West location in Ancaster and the Guelph Line outlet in Burlington.

Wilson Street will be open Noon to 5 p.m. on Good Friday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Easter Sunday. Guelph Line will open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Sunday.

Tourist destinations

Niagara Falls: Some Niagara Falls attractions are closed during the early spring, including the Whirlpool Aero Car and Wildplay Whirlpool Adventure Course, and the White Water Walk.

However, some, like the Niagara City Cruises, Journey Behind the Falls, Niagara Falls History Museum and The Exchange, and the Niagara Power Station are open and will be operating on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Hours of operation can be seen on the Niagara Parks website.

The Butterfly Conservatory will be open on Good Friday and Easter Sunday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Toronto: Most Toronto attractions are either closed or have adjusted hours on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

  • The Hockey Hall of Fame will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • The Toronto Zoo will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
  • The Ontario Science Centre will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Ripley’s Aquarium will be open from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.
  • The Art Gallery of Ontario will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
  • The Royal Ontario Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
  • The Aga Khan Museum will be open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

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CRA pausing new 'bare trust' reporting requirement just days before filing deadline – CBC News

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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is hitting pause on a new “bare trust” reporting requirement with just a few days remaining before the deadline.

New reporting requirements for such trust arrangements were introduced for the 2024 tax season. Anyone with a bare trust was required to file a T3 tax return form naming the trustees, beneficiaries and settlors of each trust by April 2.

But on Thursday — with four days before the deadline to file — the CRA announced that it would be pausing the reporting measures.

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“In recognition that the new reporting requirements for bare trusts have had an unintended impact on Canadians, the Canada Revenue Agency will not require bare trusts to file a T3 … for the 2023 tax year, unless the CRA makes a direct request for these filings,” a statement released by the tax agency said.

John Oakey, a vice president with the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada, said the government hasn’t done a great job of communicating the changes.

“There’s no advertising from the government saying these are coming. You don’t see an ad on the television. You don’t see ads in magazines,” he said.

“The only way that individuals are really finding out is from advisers, financial institutions … people that are already aware of these rules.”

No definition of ‘bare trust’ in Income Tax Act

There is no definition of a bare trust in the Income Tax Act. The CRA defines a bare trust as “arrangement under which the trustee can reasonably be considered to act as agent for all the beneficiaries under the trust with respect to all dealings with all of the trust’s property.”

Unlike express trusts, where people seek out a lawyer to create a trust, bare trusts can happen almost accidentally — when a parent cosigns a mortgage for a child and becomes partial owner, or when an aging parent puts their kids down as partial owners of their house in anticipation of an impending death.

Oakey said a bare trust could also be something as simple as a shared bank account.

“If I put my name on [my parents’] bank account in order to help them pay their bills, that creates a trust relationship,” he said.

“I have no real control over the asset. I still have to adhere to their wishes. All I’m doing is acting as an agent on their behalf to do whatever they want me to do.”

In those cases, the bare trust does not earn any money for the trustee to report in a given tax year.

Even though Canadians wouldn’t have been taxed on a trust’s value, failure to report being a member of a bare trust could have resulted in a fine of $2,500, or five per cent of the value of all property in the trust, whichever is higher.

The requirement was meant as a way to crack down on tax avoidance. Corporations and wealthy individuals sometimes hold properties in bare trusts so they can avoid paying property transfer taxes. Oakey said the move was also likely an effort to crack down on money laundering.

The CRA said it would be working to “to further clarify its guidance on this filing requirement” over the coming months.

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