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BEYOND LOCAL: Playing video games can ease loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic

BEYOND LOCAL: Playing video games can ease loneliness during the coronavirus pandemic

Online gaming communities can provide companionship and social stimulation
LIVE: Premier Doug Ford provides latest COVID-19 update

LIVE: Premier Doug Ford provides latest COVID-19 update

Premier continuing to provide almost daily briefings
BEYOND LOCAL: Canadians overwhelmingly support stronger measures to fight COVID-19, Ipsos poll suggests

BEYOND LOCAL: Canadians overwhelmingly support stronger measures to fight COVID-19, Ipsos poll suggests

While the poll found strong support for extending or strengthening measures already in place, like enforcing physical distancing, it also suggests a majority of the country would accept even harsher measures — even down to invading personal privacy
COVID-19: How to address coronavirus misinformation online

COVID-19: How to address coronavirus misinformation online

Online misinformation can, to some extent, be addressed. But what is of concern to health-care communicators are the private communication pathways
Province extends emergency orders, adds new measures

Province extends emergency orders, adds new measures

Province introducing new measures allowing hospitals to increase capacity by using retirement home beds
COVID-19: How music and the arts have connected us

COVID-19: How music and the arts have connected us

Many musicians are reaching out from isolation on balconies, in condos or the outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic
CANADA: Lawyers, advocate call for inmate release before COVID-19 spreads

CANADA: Lawyers, advocate call for inmate release before COVID-19 spreads

It's extremely likely that COVID-19 will arrive in nearly every correctional facility in Canada, according to medical director of the COVID-19 assessment centre at the St. Joseph's Health Centre in Toronto
LIVE: Premier Doug Ford provides latest COVID-19 update

LIVE: Premier Doug Ford provides latest COVID-19 update

Premier continuing to provide almost daily briefings
LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provides COVID-19 update

LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provides COVID-19 update

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CANADA: Flattening the cash-flow gap coronavirus curve

CANADA: Flattening the cash-flow gap coronavirus curve

Businesses need to take instant action to prevent cash-flow insolvencies in the midst of COVID-19, accountancy professor says