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• Sudbury review: Bed and Breakfast nourishes the body and soul

  30-11-2020 23:55
  
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• Sudbury column: City should privatize to save money and get better roads

  30-11-2020 23:35
  
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• COVID-19 outbreaks reported at two hospitals in Windsor, Ont.

  30-11-2020 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WINDSOR, Ont. — Public health officials have declared COVID-19 outbreaks at two hospitals in Windsor, Ont. Windsor Regional Hospital's Ouellette Campus has confirmed four cases of infection in staff on its 7th floor.
  
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• Environmental assessment to cause intermittent lane closures across Greater Sudbury - CTV Toronto

  30-11-2020 23:20
  
  Environmental assessment to cause intermittent lane closures across Greater Sudbury  CTV Toronto
  
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• CANADA: Restoring civil liberties post-pandemic a concern for legal experts

  30-11-2020 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  Legal experts who specialize in personal freedoms have spent most of 2020 making sure those public health restrictions didn't go too far and now they're working to ensure those rights are restored when the pandemic finally comes to an end
  
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• Owner of missing diamond-covered eagle loses latest round in insurance fight

  30-11-2020 23:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — A legal battle over a missing diamond-encrusted eagle statue valued at nearly $1 million will continue, more than four years after the artwork was stolen during a robbery in Delta, B.C. In a unanimous ruling issued Monday, the B.C.
  
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• Things to do in Sudbury, Dec. 1 to Dec. 3

  30-11-2020 23:04
  
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• Province invests $15M to expand program that sends paramedics to care for seniors at home

  30-11-2020 23:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Program helps seniors on long-term care waitlists
  
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• Kylie MacGregor is Sudbury Catholic board’s new student trustee

  30-11-2020 23:00 via sudbury.com
  
  The Grade 11 Bishop Alexander student is highly involved in her school and community
  
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• LAFLEUR, Karen

  30-11-2020 22:49 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Karen Lafleur (nee Gorst) who passed away at her home on Saturday, November 28th, 2020 at the age of 74. Beloved wife of 55 years of Arthur Lafleur whom she married November 20th, 1965.
  
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• Sudbury letter: Let's hope city acts quickly to help our homeless

  30-11-2020 22:48
  
  Except for a life of care by parents and the medical and social systems, my sister in law likely would be on a downtown street. Roaming. Homeless. Read More
  
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• Sudbury letter: Interest payments on city's unnecessary debt come back to bite

  30-11-2020 22:43
  
  So, the City of Greater Sudbury wants suggestions on how to cover the municipality’s $14-million shortfall. Read More
  
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• Spending too little worse than spending too much, Freeland says in fall update

  30-11-2020 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's first fall mini-budget finds new funds for families and businesses and scratches a longtime provincial itch over transfer payments as she tries to find a delicate balance between pandemic anxiety and poli
  
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• Highlights of the federal government's fiscal update

  30-11-2020 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Key elements from the federal government's fiscal update, delivered by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland Monday afternoon: The pandemic response from Ottawa. The total cost of the federal response to COVID-19 amounts to $490.
  
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• Closing arguments begin in court challenge to Quebec secularism law

  30-11-2020 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec's secularism law is so contrary to the essence of the Canadian Constitution it's as if the provincial government unilaterally amended it, the lawyer for a woman challenging the law argued Monday.
  
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• Sudbury has just eight active COVID-19 cases as three cases were reported resolved today

  30-11-2020 22:22 via sudbury.com
  
  No new cases of COVID-19 today
  
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• Ottawa beefs up loans for hard-hit sectors — but big airlines not included for now

  30-11-2020 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Ottawa is rolling out a wave of new funding for pandemic-battered industries including tourism, the arts and regional aviation, with smaller companies top of mind — and large airlines notably absent.
  
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• Liberals take step on national child-care system, promise plan coming in 2021 budget

  30-11-2020 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The federal government is proposing millions of dollars in new spending as a down payment on a planned national child-care system that the Liberals say will be outlined in next spring's budget.
  
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• Delta Bingo, Sudbury organizations team up to provide Christmas dinner to local families

  30-11-2020 22:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Campaign represents approximately $250K in donations
  
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• Pro cleaning tips to protect customers and colleagues

  30-11-2020 21:29 via sudbury.com
  
  Family-owned company helping stop the spread in Northern Ontario
  
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• Woman charged with Massey second-degree murder has died

  30-11-2020 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  Melissa Eden died suddenly in Owen Sound on Nov. 21
  
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• Review finds no evidence of alcohol game at B.C. ERs, but vast Indigenous profiling

  30-11-2020 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — A former judge says she found widespread systemic racism in British Columbia's health-care system, but she could not confirm allegations of an organized game to guess the blood-alcohol level of Indigenous patients in emergency departments.
  
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• Quebec urged to create provincial director of youth protection to oversee system

  30-11-2020 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — A provincial commission looking into the protection of vulnerable children in Quebec recommended on Monday the appointment of a youth-protection director to oversee the entire provincial system.
  
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• Quebec urged to create national director of youth protection to oversee system

  30-11-2020 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — A provincial commission looking into the protection of vulnerable children in Quebec is recommending the appointment of a youth-protection watchdog to oversee the entire provincial system.
  
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• Festive RIDE kickoff catches 4 impaired drivers

  30-11-2020 20:34
  
  Four impaired charges were laid over the weekend as Greater Sudbury Police conducted the first in a series of Festive RIDE checks. Read More
  
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• Get to know us: Meet Arron Pickard, Sudbury.com’s resident punsmaster

  30-11-2020 20:30 via sudbury.com
  
  Born and raised in Northern Ontario, Arron Pickard’s love of dad jokes and bad jokes has followed him his entire 20-year career
  
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• ONTARIO: 22 per cent of rapid COVID-19 tests in Ontario reporting false negatives, experts say

  30-11-2020 20:27 via sudbury.com
  
  The Medical Laboratory Professionals' Association of Ontario is encouraging those who test negative from a rapid test to continue to monitor symptoms
  
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• Ottawa must be more transparent regarding COVID-19 vaccine rollout: expert

  30-11-2020 20:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO, Kan. — As some provinces push for clarity on when they will receive their share of Canada's COVID-19 vaccines, one expert says the government should be more transparent about the terms of its contracts with the companies making the shots.
  
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• Ontario premier pushes for clear delivery date for COVID-19 vaccines

  30-11-2020 20:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wants a clear delivery date for the province's share of COVID-19 vaccines, stressing that "the clock is ticking" when it comes to fighting the novel coronavirus.
  
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• This week in Sudbury.com+: We're offering our biggest prize to date!

  30-11-2020 20:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Get in on our end of the year giveaway!
  
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• Santa is coming to Capreol, and he wants to read your letters live on Sudbury.com

  30-11-2020 20:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Send us your Christmas wish and Santa may have a personal message just for you!
  
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• Quebec booksellers' group apologizes, republishes post outlining premier's top reads

  30-11-2020 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — An association of Quebec booksellers says it acted in haste when it removed an online list outlining reading recommendations from Premier Francois Legault.
  
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• Nunavut to start lifting its two-week lockdown as COVID-19 cases recover

  30-11-2020 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — Nunavut is to start lifting a two-week lockdown on Wednesday as more people infected with COVID-19 recover. The lockdown that shuttered all schools and non-essential businesses was put in place on Nov.
  
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• No text of Canada-U.K. trade deal, minister says as Dec. 31 tariff deadline looms

  30-11-2020 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's International Trade Minister Mary Ng says she can't guarantee that MPs will see a bill to ratify the new provisional Canada-Britain trade agreement before Parliament breaks for Christmas on Dec. 11.
  
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• Restoring civil liberties in Canada post-pandemic a concern for legal experts

  30-11-2020 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Canadians willingly, unwillingly, and sometimes unknowingly, gave up some of their civil liberties over the past eight months to try and slow the spread of COVID-19.
  
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• COVID-19: Quebec tests air quality in long-term care homes, hospitals

  30-11-2020 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec health officials say air quality tests conducted in long-term care homes and hospitals earlier this month revealed satisfactory readings.
  
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• MCILVEEN, Edward

  30-11-2020 19:01 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Edward McILveen, who passed away peacefully on Friday, October 30, 2020 at Health Sciences North, at the age of 65 years
  
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• WATCH: Province providing $380 million for education supports

  30-11-2020 18:30 via sudbury.com
  
  Parents can apply for Support for Learners funds starting today
  
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• LIVE at 1 p.m.: Premier Doug Ford to make an announcement

  30-11-2020 18:30 via sudbury.com
  
  He will be joined at the Vaughan, Ont. press conference by the education and finance ministers
  
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• Memory Lane: A history of royal visits to the Nickel City

  30-11-2020 18:09 via sudbury.com
  
  British Royals have been visiting Greater Sudbury since the Second World War; we want to share your memories of those special occasions
  
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• Outbreak declared after 62 cases linked to Ontario window company

  30-11-2020 18:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VAUGHAN, Ont. — A COVID-19 outbreak at a window company in Vaughan, Ont., has sickened 62 people. Public health officials say there are also five probable cases and one under investigation.
  
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• Get on with promised gun-control measures, advocates urge Trudeau government

  30-11-2020 18:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Advocates of stricter gun control are urging the Trudeau government to get on with promised reforms, saying they are months overdue.
  
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• Let’s Eat: Jak’s Diner is what you’ve been missing

  30-11-2020 18:00 via sudbury.com
  
  This is true diner fare with than three decades of serving honest-to-goodness, stick-to-your-ribs real food
  
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• SCHRYER, Cécile

  30-11-2020 17:40 via sudbury.com
  
  27 juin 1943 – 25 nov. 2020 Nous regrettons de vous annoncer le décès de notre mère Cécile Schryer (Aubé).
  
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• Province reports 1,746 new COVID cases today

  30-11-2020 17:36 via sudbury.com
  
  About 70% of the new cases are from the GTA; there are eight more deaths related to the coronavirus reported over the past 24 hours
  
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• Testing finds outbreak in Toronto school, 19 students, one staff member test positive

  30-11-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A school in Toronto's east end is reporting a COVID-19 outbreak after the province began testing asymptomatic students and staff there last week.
  
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• Testing finds outbreak in Toronto school, 19 students, 2 staff test positive

  30-11-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — The province's plan to test asymptomatic students and staff for COVID-19 has uncovered an outbreak in the first school where it was deployed, raising concerns about the spread of the virus in classrooms around the province.
  
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• Ontario reports 1,746 new COVID-19 cases today, and eight new deaths from the virus

  30-11-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Ontario is reporting 1,746 new cases of COVID-19 today, and eight new deaths due to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says 622 new cases are in Toronto, 390 are in Peel Region and 217 cases in York Region.
  
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• 11 test positive for COVID-19 after soccer game at York Region sports centre

  30-11-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VAUGHAN, Ont. — York Region has confirmed 11 cases of COVID-19 linked to a soccer game at a sports facility in Vaughan, Ont. The public health unit says about 25 people played at TRIO Sportsplex and Event Centre on Nov. 11 and 15.
  
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• Police to ramp up presence after four shootings Sunday in northeastern Montreal

  30-11-2020 16:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Montreal police say they'll step up their presence in the northeast of the city after four shootings in a five-hour span Sunday that left at least three people injured.
  
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