• NACI recommends COVID-19 vaccine boosters for people over 50
• Toronto Public Health warns of sudden spike in suspected opioid overdose calls
• Woman critically injured after car hits pole in Wexford
• Canada buying up to 1.5 million courses of oral antiviral drugs to fight COVID-19
• 'We shouldn't call it a booster anymore:' Head of science table says Ontario must accelerate rollout of third doses

• Actor Kal Penn to play Toronto Raptors superfan Nav Bhatia in new film
• S&P/TSX composite falls to end a third-straight losing week on angst about Fed
• Windsor hospitals under strain, asking public for help, patience
• Testing better than travel ban 'whack-a-mole,' infectious disease specialist says
• Canadian, U.S. truckers warn vaccine mandates will further disrupt supply chains

• U.S. to require all inbound foreign air passengers to get COVID test the day before
• Feds imposing testing requirement for all air travellers entering Canada from everywhere but the U.S.
• Ontario will need to turn to public health measures to protect its hospitals from patient surges amid staffing shortages: science table
• What we know so far about the Omicron COVID-19 variant, which has been found in Canada
• WHO warns that omicron virus variant poses 'very high' risk

Vaccines

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  Boosters help, but experts say benefits depend on when they are given, and to whom

• 'I'm excited to feel safe': Child COVID-19 vaccine clinics ramp up in Ontario
• EU regulator authorizes Pfizer's COVID vaccine for kids 5-11
• Over 31,000 COVID-19 vaccine appointments booked for kids in Toronto; doses to be administered starting tomorrow
• Janssen COVID-19 vaccine plant in Baltimore gets Health Canada OK
• Small group of Toronto children become first in Canada to receive pediatric COVID-19 vaccine