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WATCH: Province launches independent long-term care COVID-19 commission

WATCH: Province launches independent long-term care COVID-19 commission

Commission will guide the province on how to better protect long-term care residents and staff
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COVID-19: Boosting marginalized groups key to 'feminist economic recovery,' report says

COVID-19: Boosting marginalized groups key to 'feminist economic recovery,' report says

The report also notes that many essential workers are unprotected from the effects of COVID-19, because they are migrant workers or work in the gig economy
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CANADA: Health Canada approves remdesivir to treat severe COVID-19 symptoms

CANADA: Health Canada approves remdesivir to treat severe COVID-19 symptoms

This is the first drug Health Canada has approved for the treatment of COVID-19
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ONTARIO: Ford says there are no plans to roll back economic reopening despite new cases

ONTARIO: Ford says there are no plans to roll back economic reopening despite new cases

New cases 'don't amount to a serious surge,' he says
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CANADA: Tam says feds, experts discussing COVID-19 vaccine orders amid concerns of delay

CANADA: Tam says feds, experts discussing COVID-19 vaccine orders amid concerns of delay

Tam was addressing concerns that Canadians will have to get in line behind other countries to wait for the COVID-19 vaccine
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WATCH: Ford to make announcement on long-term care capacity in Ontario

WATCH: Ford to make announcement on long-term care capacity in Ontario

He will be joined by the minister of long-term care for the announcement
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BEYOND LOCAL: Students face tough question about campus living

BEYOND LOCAL: Students face tough question about campus living

'Why pay the extra thousands of dollars to go there and do the same thing that you could do at home?'
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ONTARIO: Inconsistent funding delays daycare reopening in some areas, group says

ONTARIO: Inconsistent funding delays daycare reopening in some areas, group says

Roughly 90 per cent of child care capacity has been restored, with more facilities set to reopen next month
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ONTARIO: Municipalities to receive up to $4 billion from province, feds to offset COVID

ONTARIO: Municipalities to receive up to $4 billion from province, feds to offset COVID

Up to half earmarked for transit
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CANADA: Senate approves bill on wage subsidy, disability payments for COVID-19

CANADA: Senate approves bill on wage subsidy, disability payments for COVID-19

Package includes one-time payments for people with disabilities facing higher expenses, extensions to legal deadlines
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