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ONTARIO: Ford urges young people to maintain public health rules amid rise in COVID-19 cases

ONTARIO: Ford urges young people to maintain public health rules amid rise in COVID-19 cases

Province reported over 200 new cases for the first time since June
CANADA: Open houses resume, but the home-buying pastime has drastically changed

CANADA: Open houses resume, but the home-buying pastime has drastically changed

Minimizing the need to touch doors, light switches is one of several ways the open house process has changed
ONTARIO: Autism services waitlist grew to 27,600 children in 2019-2020, watchdog says

ONTARIO: Autism services waitlist grew to 27,600 children in 2019-2020, watchdog says

Following a backlash, the government announced last year it would create a needs-based program starting in 2021
WATCH: Two new long-term care homes will be built in Mississauga by 2021, Ford says

WATCH: Two new long-term care homes will be built in Mississauga by 2021, Ford says

Through the Accelerated Build Pilot Program, beds will be available in months rather than years
BEYOND LOCAL: Why good people can sometimes be bad managers

BEYOND LOCAL: Why good people can sometimes be bad managers

Most management theories still in practice were developed more than a century ago
ONTARIO: Hospital union planning 5-minute protest to fight ongoing emergency orders

ONTARIO: Hospital union planning 5-minute protest to fight ongoing emergency orders

The Ontario Council of Hospital Unions says it does not want the province's emergency order extended in its current form because it suspends their collective bargaining agreement
CANADA: Child-care cash to help with urgent COVID-19 needs in sector, Hussen says

CANADA: Child-care cash to help with urgent COVID-19 needs in sector, Hussen says

Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said the Liberals had a high ambition for the sector, and reiterated the government would follow through on a campaign pledge to create 250,000 before- and after-school spaces
CANADA: Scrutiny of WE deal to resume at committee, in House of Commons Tuesday

CANADA: Scrutiny of WE deal to resume at committee, in House of Commons Tuesday

Opposition raring to press Trudeau on how his cabinet decided to approve handing control over a $900-million student program to the WE Charity organization
BEYOND LOCAL: Training your body for surgery may improve recovery, reduce complications

BEYOND LOCAL: Training your body for surgery may improve recovery, reduce complications

Exercise training can improve your physical fitness incrementally in as little as two weeks, making it a viable option for people about to undergo a surgical procedure
WATCH: All but three regions will enter Stage 3 of province's reopening plan

WATCH: All but three regions will enter Stage 3 of province's reopening plan

Toronto, Peel and Windsor-Essex will remain in Stage 2 for now