99% of Ontario Nursing Homes Now Have Air Conditioning in Residents’ Rooms: Minister

99% of Ontario Nursing Homes Now Have Air Conditioning in Residents’ Rooms: Minister
A worker is shown through a window at a long-term care home in Almonte, Ont. on April 9, 2020. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Nearly 99 per cent of nursing homes in Ontario now have air conditioning in residents’ rooms, almost a year after the province set a deadline for the requirement.

Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra said only nine of the 625 nursing homes in Ontario remain without air conditioning in resident rooms.