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COVID-19: With new supply, Ontario should change its vaccination plan, experts say

COVID-19: With new supply, Ontario should change its vaccination plan, experts say

Critics say young essential workers are being targeted by new variants of concern
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ONTARIO: Purveyor of hate speech David Popescu could be headed to jail today

ONTARIO: Purveyor of hate speech David Popescu could be headed to jail today

Perennial fringe election candidate who professes an extreme view of Christianity faces ‘very real prospect’ of jail time for attacks on LGBTQ2+
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ONTARIO: Schools in Toronto, Guelph health units move to online learning today

ONTARIO: Schools in Toronto, Guelph health units move to online learning today

Health units say the measure will be reassessed depending on the COVID-19 situation at the end of the spring break next week
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COVID-19: Evidence suggests younger people at highest risk of poor mental health outcomes from pandemic

COVID-19: Evidence suggests younger people at highest risk of poor mental health outcomes from pandemic

Coronavirus may not be targeting young people, but the mental health pandemic is, expert says
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COVID-19: Survey shows seniors happier with vaccine rollout in Quebec than in Ontario

COVID-19: Survey shows seniors happier with vaccine rollout in Quebec than in Ontario

Across Canada, 49 per cent of respondents said they were at least somewhat satisfied
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NORTHERN ONTARIO: In an effort to switch from diesel, natural gas station to open for trucks near Hearst

NORTHERN ONTARIO: In an effort to switch from diesel, natural gas station to open for trucks near Hearst

Nipigon and Cochrane will also have a station established
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COVID-19: Spartan Bioscience files for creditor protection after issue with rapid test

COVID-19: Spartan Bioscience files for creditor protection after issue with rapid test

Spartan said it's laying off 60 employees, or around 70 per cent of its workforce
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COVID-19: Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools

COVID-19: Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the government should "urgently" vaccinate education workers and use the upcoming April break to make other upgrades to classrooms
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COVID-19: Ontario's restaurant industry calls on financial support from provincial government

COVID-19: Ontario's restaurant industry calls on financial support from provincial government

Wasted inventory, staffing costs, and patio setup and takedown are some of the expenses restaurants have incurred
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BEYOND LOCAL: Humboldt Broncos team to be honoured on third anniversary of fatal bus crash

BEYOND LOCAL: Humboldt Broncos team to be honoured on third anniversary of fatal bus crash

Sixteen people died, 13 more injured when a semi-trailer ran a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team's bus near Tisdale, Sask., on April 6, 2018
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