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ford to impose ontario wide shutdown as 3rd wave of covid 19 hits hard
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Ford to impose Ontario-wide shutdown as 3rd wave of COVID-19 hits hard

With a record number of COVID-19 patients in Ontario’s intensive care units and its highest-ever rate of new cases in schools, multiple sources...

ontario isnt ruling out another delay to school spring break as covid 19 cases rise
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Ontario isn’t ruling out another delay to school spring break as COVID-19 cases rise

Premier Doug Ford is dangling the possibility that Ontario’s already-delayed March Break for schools could be postponed yet again as the province confronts its...

greg fertuck lies but that doesnt make him a killer defence lawyer
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Greg Fertuck lies but that doesn’t make him a killer: defence lawyer

This case is the focus of the CBC investigative podcast, The Pit. Listen and subscribe to the podcast at cbc.ca/thepit. Defence lawyer Morris Bodnar said he...

want to know how much added sugar is in your favourite foods canadian companies dont have to tell you
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Want to know how much added sugar is in your favourite foods? Canadian companies don’t have to tell you

Despite having to disclose many details about ingredients, specific allergens, calorie counts and other nutritional information on labels, food manufacturers are not required...

small towns dig deep during pandemic to save their rinks and halls one cheesecake at a time
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Small towns dig deep during pandemic to save their rinks and halls, one cheesecake at a time

As a national news reporter for CBC, I usually cover the most pressing stories from my province — and there have been plenty...

60 higher risk of death from coronavirus variants ontario analysis finds sources
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60% higher risk of death from coronavirus variants, Ontario analysis finds: sources

Variants of the virus behind COVID-19 double the risk of someone being admitted to intensive care — and increase the risk of death...

marketplace attended a covid 19 conspiracy boot camp to see how instructors are targeting vaccine skeptics
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Marketplace attended a COVID-19 conspiracy boot camp to see how instructors are targeting vaccine skeptics

While Canadian health authorities fight back against what Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam has called “an infodemic” — the spread of false information...

in trying to contain covid 19 we could be missing spread of hiv hepatitis c and syphilis experts warn
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In trying to contain COVID-19, we could be missing spread of HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis, experts warn

For more than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted health-care workers and resources away from stopping the spread of other infectious diseases, including...

auditor general reports today on public health agencys pandemic response
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Auditor general reports today on public health agency’s pandemic response

The country’s auditor general will deliver a report today on how well prepared the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was to respond to the COVID-19...

after covid 19 outbreak in retirement home families want mandatory vaccines for staff
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After COVID-19 outbreak in retirement home, families want mandatory vaccines for staff

Even though Susan Asa-Katz’s mother is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the 92-year-old spent last week isolated in her room after unvaccinated staff at...

as quebecs economic recovery gallops ahead many risk being left behind
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As Quebec’s economic recovery gallops ahead, many risk being left behind

Quebec’s economy is roaring back to life after a year of closures, restrictions and curfews, according to economists at the major banks. Finance...

why alberta has identified more variant cases but theyre believed to be more prevalent in ontario
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Why Alberta has identified more variant cases but they’re believed to be more prevalent in Ontario

Alberta has identified more COVID-19 variants of concern to date than any other province, but the variants are actually estimated to have gained...

people are talking about the same things they talked about back then covid stirs up memories of polio
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‘People are talking about the same things they talked about back then’: COVID stirs up memories of polio

When Elizabeth Lounsbury was eight years old, she snuck out of the house to go swimming with her friends. She had been taught to...

nearly 200000 ontarians aged 80 and older have not signed up for a covid 19 vaccination
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Nearly 200,000 Ontarians aged 80 and older have not signed up for a COVID-19 vaccination

A little under three-quarters of Ontarians age 80 and older have either been vaccinated against COVID-19 or have signed up for a shot, a proportion...

alberta to decide whether to further ease public health restrictions
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Alberta to decide whether to further ease public health restrictions

The latest: A cabinet committee of Alberta’s United Conservative government is expected to meet Monday to decide whether to further ease public health restrictions....