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Expert panel recommends Liberal government end COVID-19 quarantine hotel stay

Expert panel recommends Liberal government end COVID-19 quarantine hotel stay

The experts, mainly doctors, are tasked with providing guidance to Health Minister Patty Hajdu on testing and screening measures for COVID-19
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BEYOND LOCAL: How better conversations can help reduce vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 and other shots

BEYOND LOCAL: How better conversations can help reduce vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 and other shots

Empathetically exploring the positive motivations of people who are vaccine hesitant may help improve acceptance for COVID-19 vaccines and others
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CANADA: Canada Post says 950,000 customers potentially exposed to supplier data breach

CANADA: Canada Post says 950,000 customers potentially exposed to supplier data breach

Canada Post says, that after a detailed forensic investigation, there was no evidence that any financial information was breached between July 2016 and March 2019
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ONTARIO: Ford awaits response from dozens of experts, stakeholders before deciding on schools

ONTARIO: Ford awaits response from dozens of experts, stakeholders before deciding on schools

Critics say the last-minute letter shows Ford is passing the buck on making a decision about schools
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CANADA: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

CANADA: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

The school was once the largest in Canada’s residential school system
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CANADA: Black entrepreneurs say access to capital among challenges to success, survey finds

CANADA: Black entrepreneurs say access to capital among challenges to success, survey finds

The survey of 342 Black entrepreneurs found three-quarters say their race makes it harder to succeed in business, with systemic racism, access to capital and the lack of a business network all cited as barriers to growth
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Western University to require students in residence to get COVID-19 vaccine

Western University to require students in residence to get COVID-19 vaccine

The measure is contingent on the supply of vaccine, the London, Ont., school said, and the rules could change based on evolving provincial regulations
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Family 'still fighting' for answers a year after Korchinski-Paquet's death: lawyer

Family 'still fighting' for answers a year after Korchinski-Paquet's death: lawyer

Regis Korchinski-Paquet's family has hired a private investigator and turned to a second police watchdog in an effort to understand what happened on May 27, 2020, and hold those involved to account, said the family's lawyer, Jason Bogle
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COVID-19: Survey shows 52 per cent of Canadians feel anxious about return to 'normal' after pandemic

COVID-19: Survey shows 52 per cent of Canadians feel anxious about return to 'normal' after pandemic

Those aged 18 to 24 are showing the highest levels of unease at 68 per cent
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Ontario two years behind goal of 15,000 new LTC beds by 2024, fiscal watchdog says

Ontario two years behind goal of 15,000 new LTC beds by 2024, fiscal watchdog says

The Financial Accountability Office also said that the 30,000 new beds the province has promised to add over 10 years won't be enough to meet the demands of a growing and aging population
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