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BEYOND LOCAL: Amazingly preserved fossil egg shows dinosaur, bird links: scientists

BEYOND LOCAL: Amazingly preserved fossil egg shows dinosaur, bird links: scientists

The fossil is so detailed it's revealing even more about the deep relationships between dinosaurs and birds, their modern-day descendants.
BEYOND LOCAL: Duck! Flying squirrels take to the air in Nebraska city

BEYOND LOCAL: Duck! Flying squirrels take to the air in Nebraska city

It turns out the flying squirrels had been living undetected, until now, in the treetops just above the animal experts at the university’s School of Natural Resources in Lincoln
ONTARIO: Kids born in 2017 ineligible for COVID-19 vaccine until their fifth birthday

ONTARIO: Kids born in 2017 ineligible for COVID-19 vaccine until their fifth birthday

A spokeswoman for Ontario's health minister says children born in 2017 will have to wait for their fifth birthday to be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine.
BEYOND LOCAL: Fire destroys Thunder Bay's Finnish Labour Temple (8 photos)

BEYOND LOCAL: Fire destroys Thunder Bay's Finnish Labour Temple (8 photos)

Fire started in upper level of iconic century-old building
Feds moving to ban plastic straws, bags by end of 2022: Guilbeault

Feds moving to ban plastic straws, bags by end of 2022: Guilbeault

Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault published draft regulations Tuesday outlining how Canada will ban the manufacture, sale and import of these items, along with plastic cutlery, stir sticks, straws and six-pack rings, by the end of next year
Ontario announces rebate for some businesses' property tax and energy bills

Ontario announces rebate for some businesses' property tax and energy bills

New Ontario Business Costs Rebate Program will start accepting applications mid-January; rebates will be retroactive to December 19
Ontario health units working around high COVID test demand as Omicron spreads

Ontario health units working around high COVID test demand as Omicron spreads

Ottawa Public Health advised health workers in a memo last week that virus testing is no longer available to everyone "in a timely manner" due to a surge in demand
51 per cent of Ontarians to scale back Christmas gatherings: poll

51 per cent of Ontarians to scale back Christmas gatherings: poll

About four in 10 respondents said they would be celebrating with their household and extended family members. Nearly one in 10 said they would be celebrating without restrictions.
More protective masking, including N95s, needed to curb Omicron, say experts

More protective masking, including N95s, needed to curb Omicron, say experts

Experts say policies prohibiting N95 use are a step in the wrong direction when more protective masking is crucial to curbing the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19
Ontario's nursing shortages 'critical' as Omicron ramps up: nurses’ association

Ontario's nursing shortages 'critical' as Omicron ramps up: nurses’ association

The Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO) said the shortages have been going on since before the variant, mostly because of their fight against the Ontario government's Bill 124.