13 h. ago ’Small decline’ in Ontario measles outbreak with 89 new cases reported

Ontario is reporting 89 new measles cases over the last week, bringing the province’s case count to 661 since an outbreak began in the fall. That’s compared to just over 100 new cases last week and 120 the week before. Dr. Sarah Wilson, a public health physician at Public Health Ontario, said numbers “look to […]

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38 h. ago Measles outbreak: More cases in London area; a glimmer of hope

A health unit near London at the epicentre of a provincewide measles outbreak continues to see an increase in cases of the highly infectious disease. Here is the latest on the outbreak that has spread throughout Southwestern Ontario, including Middlesex-London. THE EPICENTRE Measles cases continue to climb in Oxford and Elgin counties that accounted for […]

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47 h. ago 1.6K Ontario students suspended for old vaccination files amid measles outbreak

An Ontario public health unit has ordered the suspension of 1,624 elementary students for out-of-date vaccination records as a measles outbreak in the province continues.

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4 d. ago Rate of new measles cases in Ontario stable, says province’s top doctor

Ontario's measles outbreak is likely to continue into the summer, the province's chief medical officer of health said Friday, but he is hopeful it will not worsen.

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6 d. ago Check your measles vaccination, B.C. urges, as Ontario and Texas outbreaks grow

Health officials said they were concerned about the potential for measles to spread in B.C. as families return from overseas vacations in virus hotspots during spring break.

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7 d. ago ‘Discouraging’: Ontario measles outbreak rises to 572 cases, putting parents and educators on alert

More measles cases have been reported in Ontario over the last week than the total number of cases recorded in the decade between 2013 and 2023

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7 d. ago Ontario measles outbreak: Surge of 100 new cases in past week

That brings the total of reported cases in the province to 572 since the start of the year.

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7 d. ago Ontario measles case count rises by a 100 in just a week, total reaches 572

Public Health Ontario is now reporting 572 confirmed and suspected cases since the outbreak began in October. That’s an increase of 102 cases since March 20.

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8 d. ago Ontario measles case count hits 572, up by more than 100 in week

Measles cases keep climbing in Ontario, as the province counts more than 100 new cases in the past week. Public Health Ontario is now reporting 572 confirmed and suspected cases since the outbreak began in October. More coming.

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8 d. ago Measles 'inevitable' in Ottawa, expert warns as Ontario outbreak spreads

Ottawa has begun monitoring wastewater for measles as Ontario's outbreak spreads.

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1 week ago Mennonite gathering in New Brunswick source of Ontario measles outbreak

A measles outbreak that has infected scores of unvaccinated children in Southwestern Ontario reportedly had its start at a Mennonite religious gathering in New Brunswick last year. In a March 7 letter to Ontario’s health units, the province’s chief medical officer of  health, Dr. Kieran Moore, said there was “an exposure at a large gathering […]

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1 week ago Ontario measles outbreak linked to New Brunswick Mennonite gathering

Dr. Kieran Moore wrote measles is 'disproportionately affecting some Mennonite, Amish, and other Anabaptist communities' because of under-immunization and exposures.

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2 w. ago Calls grow for Ontario to do more to tackle growing measles outbreak

On Thursday, Public Health Ontario reported a total of 470 measles cases, up from 120 cases the week before. Thirty-four people were in hospital and two in intensive care.

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2 w. ago Ottawa Public Health preparing for measles cases as surge continues in Ontario

Since an outbreak began last October, there have been 470 cases reported in Ontario by 11 different public health units.

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2 w. ago Ontario sees another sharp increase in measles cases over a week

Ontario has seen another sharp increase in measles cases over the last week as the highly infectious disease spreads among mostly unvaccinated people. 

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2 w. ago Thomas Cavanagh Construction Fined $100,000 for Gas Line Strikes in Ottawa

TORONTO, March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited (Cavanagh Construction) has been fined $100,000 after pleading guilty last week to five safety violations under the Technical Standards and Safety Act. Cavanagh Construction’s violations resulted in damage to multiple gas lines in and around Ottawa, causing gas outages for six homes and a retail […]

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2 w. ago Amid measles outbreak in Ontario, RFK Jr.’s advice has Canadian experts alarmed

America's new top health official said the measles vaccine 'causes deaths every year' and 'all the illnesses measles itself causes'

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3 w. ago Measles case numbers soaring in Ontario as health officials urge immunization

Among those who have been infected recently are a newborn and seven pregnant women, Public Health Ontario says.

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3 w. ago Ontario seeing massive spike in measles cases, officials warn of outbreak

According to Public Health Ontario, as of Wednesday, 277 confirmed cases and 69 probable cases of measles were reported in Ontario in 2025.

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4 w. ago How bad is the measles threat in Ontario? Health officials aren't sure

Amid the largest measles outbreak in 30 years, health officials in Ontario are 'flying a bit blind', a leading immunization expert is warning.

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