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Fall BeerFest T.O. returns Sept. 24 and 25 but all attendees must be fully vaccinated

Fall BeerFest T.O. returns Sept. 24 and 25 but all attendees must be fully vaccinated

TORONTO — Fall BeerFest T.O. is returning but all attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The festival's organizers say the event will be held in Bandshell Park at Toronto's Exhibition Place on Sept. 24 and 25.
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Mental health must be part of curriculum as students cope with COVID-19, say experts

Mental health must be part of curriculum as students cope with COVID-19, say experts

TORONTO — Amy Nam felt her fatigue give way to frustration as she watched her and her classmates' mental health deteriorate over the course of their first full pandemic-disrupted school year.
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Unvaccinated PC MPPs will be removed from caucus, Ford spox says

Unvaccinated PC MPPs will be removed from caucus, Ford spox says

TORONTO — Elected members of provincial parliament will be removed from Ontario’s governing Progressive Conservative caucus if they don’t get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Couple jumps to safety before float plane hits their canoe in Ontario lake

Couple jumps to safety before float plane hits their canoe in Ontario lake

MUSKOKA, Ont. — Police say a couple is unhurt after a float plane hit their canoe on a lake in central Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police say the pair were out canoeing Sunday on Six Mile Lake in Muskoka around 2:30 p.m.
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Ontario's attorney general looks to clear provincial court backlog

Ontario's attorney general looks to clear provincial court backlog

TORONTO — Ontario's attorney general says the province is working on ways to clear a backlog of court cases caused by pandemic shutdowns.
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Pilot contracted to help fight Ontario wildfires dies in airport incident

Pilot contracted to help fight Ontario wildfires dies in airport incident

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Ontario says a pilot contracted to help fight northern wildfires has died after an incident at an airport in Thunder Bay.
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Ontario pauses reopening, issues vaccine policy for some workers as Delta spreads

Ontario pauses reopening, issues vaccine policy for some workers as Delta spreads

TORONTO — Ontario will pause further reopening, start offering third COVID-19 shots to vulnerable populations, and require many health and education workers to get vaccinated against the virus or take regular tests, the government announced Tuesday.
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Ontario emergency room visits and deaths from opioids up significantly in 2020

Ontario emergency room visits and deaths from opioids up significantly in 2020

New data shows opioid deaths and emergency department visits for overdoses in Ontario were up significantly in 2020 compared to the year before.
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Drought in northern Ontario leaves farmers with dry creeks, livestock feed shortage

Drought in northern Ontario leaves farmers with dry creeks, livestock feed shortage

Peggy Brekveld has owned a dairy farm with her husband in Thunder Bay, Ont., for nearly three decades and says she's never seen a drought this bad.
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Ontario to give optometrists $39M as they threaten to withdraw services

Ontario to give optometrists $39M as they threaten to withdraw services

TORONTO — Ontario says it will immediately pay $39 million to the province's optometrists to retroactively account for the increased costs of services funded by the government.
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