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LIVE: Premier Ford to make announcement from Etobicoke

LIVE: Premier Ford to make announcement from Etobicoke

Village Media will carry the livestream
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ONTARIO: Province to freeze rent for some families, promising new bill this fall

ONTARIO: Province to freeze rent for some families, promising new bill this fall

The province says it will consult tenant and landlord groups to ensure the new bill is balanced
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CANADA: COVID-19 restrictions extended on international travel until Sept. 30

CANADA: COVID-19 restrictions extended on international travel until Sept. 30

New arrivals are required to quarantine for 14 days if they don't have symptoms, or isolate for 14 days if they do
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ONTARIO: School boards urged to spend air quality funding by Thanksgiving

ONTARIO: School boards urged to spend air quality funding by Thanksgiving

Province urging school boards to use new funds to upgrade school ventilation systems as quickly as possible
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COVID-19: Ontario universities to teach pandemic related courses in the fall

COVID-19: Ontario universities to teach pandemic related courses in the fall

Many instructors gearing up to offer courses revolving COVID-19 this year
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COVID-19: Should healthcare shift focus from treatment to prevention?

COVID-19: Should healthcare shift focus from treatment to prevention?

Instead of returning to “normal” after the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada should adopt a health-care system that focuses on prevention and the social determinants of health, PhD candidate says
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COVID-19: Has the pandemic exposed limits of philanthropy?

COVID-19: Has the pandemic exposed limits of philanthropy?

Charitable tax incentives enable the super-wealthy to redirect billions in tax dollars away from government programs toward their private philanthropic foundations and the causes they choose to support
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CANADA: Prof says Canada's COVID Alert app is a case of tech-driven bad policy design

CANADA: Prof says Canada's COVID Alert app is a case of tech-driven bad policy design

All the privacy guarantees in the world are meaningless if the app doesn’t actually help to reduce the spread of COVID-19, Associate Professor of poli sci states
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COVID-19: Back to school plans focus on outcomes, not childhood well-being, researcher suggests

COVID-19: Back to school plans focus on outcomes, not childhood well-being, researcher suggests

Should children be given the opportunity to weigh in?
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COVID-19: Prof says coronavirus has revealed stigma, neglect of people living with dementia

COVID-19: Prof says coronavirus has revealed stigma, neglect of people living with dementia

Cultural narratives, ableism and ageism dehumanize people with dementia, and present their lives as disposable, U of T prof says
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