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How businesses and schools are dealing with airborne COVID-19 and preparing for a winter indoors

On a sunny Friday in October, the 9Round fitness club in midtown Toronto was as busy as it could be, according to local...

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How Canada’s track and field Olympians are navigating pandemic

You could feel the excitement and pure joy on the other end of the phone. Alysha Newman, full of life and energy, is...

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Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world Wednesday

The latest: A B.C. health authority facing an uptick in COVID-19 cases — including a recent dance studio outbreak now linked to 36...

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Secrecy, conflicts in Collingwood deals point to holes in Ontario’s integrity rules, judge finds

A tangle of insider relationships among officials and family in the resort town of Collingwood, Ont., led to serious problems in two multimillion-dollar public...

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How close can you get with masks on? Your mask questions answered

We’re answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca, and we’ll answer as many as we can. We publish a selection...

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Meet the Toronto barber trying to save his neighbourhood from the economic fallout of COVID-19

Andy Dinner stares out the window of his barbershop and contemplates what the COVID-19 pandemic has done to the neighbourhood he loves. “I...

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Suspect arrested after sword attack in Quebec City leaves 2 dead, 5 injured

A suspect was arrested early Sunday morning in the historic district of Quebec City after two people were stabbed to death and five were injured by...

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Lack of PSWs leaves London, Ont., man stuck in his wheelchair for 3 days

A 76-year-old man from London, Ont., says he was left to sleep in his wheelchair for three consecutive days after his personal support worker...

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Is more testing behind the record numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada? Your testing questions answered

We’re answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca, and we’ll answer as many as we can. We publish a selection...

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Owner of all-electric Nissan Leaf frustrated by difficulty of getting new battery

You might think that Nissan, the first car-maker to achieve widespread success with a zero-emissions electric vehicle, cares deeply about the environment. But Clayton...

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Police issued 77 fines, charged 7 people for breaking Canada’s COVID-19 quarantine rules

Over the past seven months, police have issued 77 fines and charged seven people for violating Canada’s Quarantine Act, according to the Public Health Agency of...

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Coronavirus: What’s happening in Canada and around the world on Friday

The latest: Health officials across the country are asking Canadians to continue following COVID-19 safety measures and protocols as the number of confirmed cases...

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Western provinces seeing some of their highest numbers yet in new COVID-19 cases

The latest: B.C., Alberta report highest single-day increases in COVID-19 cases. Alberta minister tests positive, premier self-isolates. Manitoba says 27 COVID-19 cases at poultry plant...

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Justin Trudeau asked to help with Jordan Naterer search during Memorial University town hall

Fresh off surviving a confidence vote on a Conservative motion to look into the government’s ethics and pandemic spending, a relaxed-looking Justin Trudeau held...

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Aviation workers call for federal plan as COVID-19 cases continue to surge in parts of Canada

The latest: Canadian aviation workers continue to urgently press the federal government for a plan to rescue the industry as the spread of...

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How dissecting superspreading events can help people take COVID-19 measures seriously

It’s a snapshot of a superspreading event: one person unknowingly infected with COVID-19 transmitted the contagion to 23 other passengers scattered on a tour...