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Ontario COVID-19 modelling examines long-term effects of virus

Ontario COVID-19 modelling examines long-term effects of virus

Ontario’s daily case counts have so far remained under 1,000 during the fourth wave, and the graph of Ontario’s seven-day average roughly shows a plateau since the beginning of September.
CANADA: Gun-control group urges Trudeau to name new minister to advance Liberal promises

CANADA: Gun-control group urges Trudeau to name new minister to advance Liberal promises

PolySeSouvient is calling for the appointment of a minister who 'truly supports gun control'
CANADA: Senators call for governments to craft a grand post-pandemic plan to grow economy

CANADA: Senators call for governments to craft a grand post-pandemic plan to grow economy

Report includes calls to rethink how to deliver skills-training programs, to streamline the regulatory system to encourage entrepreneurs and for companies to invest in themselves
COVID-19: National advisory committee recommends booster for seniors in long-term care

COVID-19: National advisory committee recommends booster for seniors in long-term care

Long-term care residents and people living in seniors' homes should receive another shot of an mRNA vaccine if it's been six months since their last, NACI says
CANADA: Trudeau says moving on vaccine mandate for federal workers, travellers priority No. 1

CANADA: Trudeau says moving on vaccine mandate for federal workers, travellers priority No. 1

Plan announced amidst a resurgence of the virus just days before Trudeau triggered an early election last month
ONTARIO: COVID-19 rates lower than expected due to public health measures, experts say

ONTARIO: COVID-19 rates lower than expected due to public health measures, experts say

Numbers currently 'well under' the worst-case scenario in Ontario's most recent modelling, which showed about 4,000 daily cases by now
COVID-19: Tensions high between vaccinated and unvaccinated in Canada, poll suggests

COVID-19: Tensions high between vaccinated and unvaccinated in Canada, poll suggests

Survey found more than three in four respondents hold negative views of those who are not immunized, vaccinated people consider the unvaccinated as 'irresponsible and selfish'
Poll suggests most Canadians pessimistic about fighting climate change

Poll suggests most Canadians pessimistic about fighting climate change

But that attitude has to change before it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, said Megan Leslie of the World Wildlife Fund Canada, which commissioned the online Environics poll
Survivor offers advice on how to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Survivor offers advice on how to honour National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

As Canada prepares to recognize the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Thursday, Shingoose, who is affectionately known as Gramma Shingoose, says the desire to hear from survivors has soared across the country.
Sixties Scoop survivor urges people to consider where they get their orange shirts

Sixties Scoop survivor urges people to consider where they get their orange shirts

'It's important for people who want to support Indigenous people to ask the questions — who made it, where is the money going and how much of it is going to the organization or cause'