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Canada funds development of COVID-19 'lab-in-a-box'

Canada funds development of COVID-19 'lab-in-a-box'

The $1 million project could facilitate remote testing for this and future potential pandemics
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<updated>Serious about salt:</updated> It keeps our roads ice-free but how can we keep it from killing our lakes?

Serious about salt: It keeps our roads ice-free but how can we keep it from killing our lakes?

Jenny Lamothe take us on a deep-dive into the use of sodium chloride as a de-icer, why it’s so damaging to our waterways and what we can do about it
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Sudbury schools cancel overseas trips as COVID-19 continues to spread

Sudbury schools cancel overseas trips as COVID-19 continues to spread

Three local school boards say they have cancelled trips to Europe or Asia
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Freeland chairs cabinet committee on 'whole-of-country' response to coronavirus

Freeland chairs cabinet committee on 'whole-of-country' response to coronavirus

That's on top of her duties as deputy prime minister
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Lametti sows uncertainty over meaning of foreseeable death in assisted-dying bill

Lametti sows uncertainty over meaning of foreseeable death in assisted-dying bill

Under Bill C-7, people whose natural death is not deemed reasonably foreseeable would no longer be prohibited from receiving medical help to end their suffering
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<updated>Helpers:</updated> Elise Denis says it’s a privilege to help bring zest for life to those living with dementia

Helpers: Elise Denis says it’s a privilege to help bring zest for life to those living with dementia

‘Always make people feel welcomed … They may not have anyone else and including them will help them feel happy and productive’
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Hospice campaign raises whopping $9.1M for expansion

Hospice campaign raises whopping $9.1M for expansion

Greater Sudbury's palliative care facility surpasses fundraising goal by $1M
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Gélinas says she’s ‘cautious, not optimistic’ about province’s home care plan

Gélinas says she’s ‘cautious, not optimistic’ about province’s home care plan

Gélinas says she’s ‘cautious, not optimistic’ about province’s home care plan
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Vaping study funded by grant from LU, Sudbury public health

Vaping study funded by grant from LU, Sudbury public health

$5,000 research grant is jointly funded by university and health unit
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Look at those smiles: Couple separated by the long-term care system reunited

Look at those smiles: Couple separated by the long-term care system reunited

MPP France Gélinas says Health Minister Christine Elliott stepped in to bring Bertha and Rhéal Levesque back together
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