Yein Halton Public Health reports dozens of new COVID-19 cases and half are in Burlington
Halton Public Health is reporting 61 additional COVID-19 cases over the weekend, with nearly half of them confirmed in Oakville.The three-day data compilation by health officials shows that there are 27 more cases of COVID-19 in Oakville, 18 in Burlington, 10 in Milton, and
stanley cup six in Halton Hills. No new deaths were recorded
stanley cup in the past 24 hours.This brings the cumulative Halton cases to 18,435 鈥?including 6,146 variant cases 鈥?with 18,072 marked as resolved. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The number of active cases rises to 126, while the seven-day average is 20.9.About 60 per cent of the new cases are among people aged 20 to 39. In addition, 22 per cent are among those under 20. Overall, many of the newly identified positive cases are linked to community transmission and close contacts, with some related to trav
stanley becher el. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW As for the vaccine update, 6,217 vaccine doses were given in Halton over the weekend, which consisted of 992 first doses and 5,225 second doses. To date, 818,852 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered. So far, 83 per cent of eligible Halton residents have received the first dose 鈥?with 76 per cent fully vaccinated.Currently, there are three people hospitalized with COVID-19 across Halton hospitals, with three people in the intensive care units ICU . The ICU bed occupancy rate is 68 per cent, according to the regions website. ARTICLE Lazm Unite Here chalks up 18th victory over Unifor
Theres an alarming discrepancy between what the federal Liberals think the budget will do for us and what the Parliaments budget watchdog thinks.The way the Liberals lay it out, theyll spend $143 billion in getting us through the pandemic and beyond. As a result, the economy will grow at a decent clip, everyone will have a job pretty soon, and Canada will be well on its way to a brilliant, inclusive, sustainable future of prosperity.The Parliamentary Budget Officer, on the other hand, sees the budget propelling growth at half the pace predicted by federal officials, and the resulting job creation at just a smal
stanley bottles l fraction of the official budget projections. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Instead of a brilliant future, PBO Yves Giroux sees fat deficits, heavy debt loads and a mounting inability for the federal government to cushion the blow of the next crisis.The discrepancy, if you ask Giroux, is a result of government exaggeration and double-counting. If you ask the government, its a matter of using standard math and
stanley us formulas and including a full range of factors in your model. In other words, Giroux says the government is being disingenuous and the government says Giroux is wilfully wrong. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
stanley mug More important than the finger-pointing around methodology though, is figuring out how to avoid the scenario Giroux is warning about and making sure the economy actually grows the w