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COVID-19: Ontario wineries hit hard as pandemic stretches into second summer

COVID-19: Ontario wineries hit hard as pandemic stretches into second summer

Smaller wineries impacted, but larger wineries haven't escaped the financial crush either
CANADA: Feds announces plans to land a rover on the moon in the next five years

CANADA: Feds announces plans to land a rover on the moon in the next five years

Lisa Campbell, president of the space agency, says it will put out a request for proposals on design and development from two companies in the coming months
CANADA: Feds got supplies to provinces during COVID-19 despite issues with stockpile, AG says

CANADA: Feds got supplies to provinces during COVID-19 despite issues with stockpile, AG says

Auditor general Karen Hogan said before COVID-19 the Public Health Agency of Canada ignored multiple warnings that its national stockpile of emergency medical supplies wasn't being properly managed
ONTARIO: Province two years behind goal of 15,000 new LTC beds by 2024, fiscal watchdog says

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

FAO projects the province will not reach 15,000 beds until the 2025-26 fiscal year
CANADA: 50 per cent vaccine milestone a psychological boost to keep going, experts say

CANADA: 50 per cent vaccine milestone a psychological boost to keep going, experts say

Canada's rollout reached a major milestone on Saturday with 50 per cent of its overall population at least partially inoculated, though 58 per cent of the country's adult population had received at least one dose as of Friday
ONTARIO: Fiscal watchdog to release new LTC spending report

ONTARIO: Fiscal watchdog to release new LTC spending report

The Financial Accountability Office says the new report is based on the province's 2021-22 expenditure estimates
Ontario's top doctor wants students back in classrooms before provincial reopening

Ontario's top doctor wants students back in classrooms before provincial reopening

Dr. David Williams made the comments on the same day as a group of researchers studying the effects of the pandemic on children warned of 'a generational catastrophe'
Families of long-term care home residents resume outdoor visits

Families of long-term care home residents resume outdoor visits

For the first time in 10 months, she was able to see her nonagenarian dad up close without a window separating them. Better yet, she could also both touch and hug him
BEYOND LOCAL: How COVID-19 has affected baseball betting odds

BEYOND LOCAL: How COVID-19 has affected baseball betting odds

What’s happening in baseball, it seems, is the rich get richer and those less fortunate struggle to compete, financial analyst says
COVID-19: Ontario reports first blood clot death in AstraZeneca vax recipient

COVID-19: Ontario reports first blood clot death in AstraZeneca vax recipient

A man in his 40s who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the end of April passed away a few weeks later