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CANADA: Pace of job gains slows to 62,000 in November, StatCan says

CANADA: Pace of job gains slows to 62,000 in November, StatCan says

The gains were mostly focused in full-time work with a gain of 99,000 jobs
COVID-19: Is there a way to convince someone to listen to public health experts?

COVID-19: Is there a way to convince someone to listen to public health experts?

Ethan Meyers, a psychology researcher at the University of Waterloo, said one reason people aren't listening to experts is because those people think they know more than them
ONTARIO: Ford to announce COVID-19 task force today (updated)

ONTARIO: Ford to announce COVID-19 task force today (updated)

Ford said yesterday the team is being finalized and the province will be ready to distribute the vaccine whenever it arrives
Ontario's attorney general says COVID-19 has jumpstarted justice system modernization

Ontario's attorney general says COVID-19 has jumpstarted justice system modernization

Doug Downey addressed the Empire Club of Canada on Thursday in a live video stream from his downtown Toronto office. In the hour-long appearance the attorney general explained how public health restrictions forced Ontario's justice system to employ digital and online resources.
Bullet holes from 2014 attack on Parliament Hill to be left untouched in renovations

Bullet holes from 2014 attack on Parliament Hill to be left untouched in renovations

That includes a series of bullet holes in the Hall of Honour from a gunfight involving Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, a sympathizer of the Islamic State militant group, on Oct. 22, 2014
CANADA: How COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises for university students

CANADA: How COVID-19 stress creates perfect conditions for mental health crises for university students

Study suggests more female students indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has been extremely disruptive to their stress and mental health, and that it has significantly disrupted their academic studies
Students with disabilities should have the option of in-person learning during COVID-19 school closures

Students with disabilities should have the option of in-person learning during COVID-19 school closures

Remote learning doesn’t work for all children
COVID-19: Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

COVID-19: Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

Patty Hajdu described the United Kingdom's decision to authorize the vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech as "encouraging"
Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

Health Canada's chief medical adviser said last week that several vaccine candidates are under review, and the first could be approved sometime this month
Consumer helps fuel third-quarter economic rebound as households resume spending

Consumer helps fuel third-quarter economic rebound as households resume spending

The previous record for quarterly growth in real gross domestic product was 13.2 per cent in the first quarter 1965, Statistics Canada said, but unlike 55 years ago, the rise last quarter was fuelled by a record drop during the preceding three-month stretch