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• SIMONEAU, Pauline

  02-12-2020 23:47 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with great sorrow that the family announces her peaceful passing in Sudbury on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at the age of 69 years. Daughter of the late Madeleine (née Riffou) Simoneau. Dear sister of John Simoneau (Donna).
  
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• FINDLAY, Edna

  02-12-2020 23:39 via sudbury.com
  
  It is with great sadness that the family announces the peaceful passing of Edna Findlay (nee Rhyno) at St. Gabriel’s Villa in Chelmsford, ON on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 at the age of 85 years. Beloved wife of the late Russell Findlay.
  
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• First newborn tested for spinal muscular atrophy in Canada hits new milestones

  02-12-2020 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Amanda Sully had tried to get pregnant for six years, but she's grateful that her "miracle" son arrived six days after Ontario became the only province to start a newborn screening test that revealed he had a progressive and irreversible dis
  
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• Sudbury listings, Dec. 3 to Dec. 5

  02-12-2020 23:08
  
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• Bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the way

  02-12-2020 23:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA, Kan. — The federal government is expected to introduce a bill Thursday aimed at ensuring the laws of Canada are in harmony with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
  
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• Study looks into whether pandemic is making opioid crisis worse

  02-12-2020 23:00 via sudbury.com
  
  COVID fears may have prompted more users to take drugs alone
  
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• Sudbury letter: Are RIDE checks safe during the COVID-19 pandemic?

  02-12-2020 22:40
  This is a real question and a sincere question about the safety of the RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) checks during a COVID-19 outbreak. Read More
  
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• Sudbury letter: City council must accept reality if it wants to cut spending

  02-12-2020 22:35
  
  As a proud caring Sudburian, here is my submission to the City of Greater Sudbury about both budget spending and services. Though these thoughts and ideas need fleshing out in many cases, I believe many turn a blind eye to the vast pool of resources at our fingertips Read More
  
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• Days after economic update, Liberals introduce bill for new COVID-19 spending

  02-12-2020 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The Liberals have officially started the clock toward a key vote that will determine the fate of billions of dollars in new pandemic-related aid — and the minority government.
  
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• Bullet holes from 2014 attack on Parliament Hill to be left untouched in renovations

  02-12-2020 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The civil servant leading the most extensive renovations on Centre Block in more than a century says the repairs will not erase the scars from the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill.
  
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• Sudbury friends share $201,000 jackpot

  02-12-2020 22:26
  
  Two friends will share $201,525 after winning November’s record-setting HSN 50/50 Cash Lottery for the North jackpot. Read More
  
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• Vaccine priority list must be refined to match available doses: Tam

  02-12-2020 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says the priority list of people who will get vaccinated first against COVID-19 has to be refined because the initial six million doses won't be enough to cover them all. Dr.
  
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• CP investigating after video shows train running over pronghorn antelope herd

  02-12-2020 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MAPLE CREEK, Sask. — Canadian Pacific Railway says an investigation is underway following release of a video showing one of the company's trains running over dozens of pronghorn antelope in southwestern Saskatchewan.
  
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• Lively ServiceOntario location now booking appointments for in-person services

  02-12-2020 22:00 via sudbury.com
  
  It is strongly recommended that customers continue to access services available online
  
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• COVID-19: Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days

  02-12-2020 21:55 via sudbury.com
  
  Officials cautioned that several tough months still lie ahead even in Britain, given the monumental task of inoculating large swaths of the population
  
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• St. Michael's sex assault trial expected to hear of complainant's police statement

  02-12-2020 21:05 via sudbury.com
  
  The trial of a teen boy accused of sexually assaulting two fellow students at a renowned Toronto high school is set to continue today.
  
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• Human activities, shipping, fishing, polluting, links to killer whale deaths: study

  02-12-2020 21:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — A long-running study of more than 50 dead killer whales in the Pacific Ocean concludes human activities pose deadly threats to the orcas.
  
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• Local university offers fully online programs

  02-12-2020 21:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Laurentian University provides the flexibility to live and learn
  
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• South End development causing safety, privacy concerns for some residents

  02-12-2020 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  Greenvalley Drive residents frustrated with motorized vehicles driving on trail behind their home
  
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• Missing person: Police looking for Tyler Pilon, 21

  02-12-2020 20:24 via sudbury.com
  
  He was last heard from Dec. 1
  
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• Woman charged after allegedly posing as PSW, stealing credit cards in London, Ont.

  02-12-2020 20:05 via sudbury.com
  
  LONDON, Ont. — Police have charged a woman who they allege was posing as a personal support worker or cleaner in order to steal from clients in London, Ont.
  
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• Half of people living in territories assaulted at least once after age 15: survey

  02-12-2020 20:05 via sudbury.com
  
  EDMONTON — More than half of women and men living in Canada's territories reported being victims of at least one sexual or physical assault after their mid-teens.
  
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• Gélinas bill aims to unfetter Ontario’s chief medical officer from politics

  02-12-2020 20:03 via sudbury.com
  
  Bill 227 would make chief medical officer of health an independent officer of the legislature, independent of the Ministry of Health
  
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• Science on the back roads could help us prepare for solar storms (5 images)

  02-12-2020 20:00 via sudbury.com
  
  A line of towers near Kapuskasing are part of SuperDARN, an early-warning system for space weather
  
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• Toronto's Sunnybrook hospital offers "virtual emergency room"

  02-12-2020 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A hospital in midtown Toronto is offering a "virtual emergency room" so patients can see a doctor without risking exposure to COVID-19.
  
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• Refugee advocates criticize Canada's decision to resume deportations during COVID-19

  02-12-2020 19:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Refugee advocates are criticizing Canada's decision to resume deportations before the country irons out the details of a program to grant permanent residency to asylum-seekers who have been working in the health-care system during the COVI
  
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• Gander, Roland

  02-12-2020 19:28 via sudbury.com
  
  March 22, 1928 to November 26, 2020 It is with great sorrow that the Gander Family announces the passing of Roland Gander. Rollie passed peacefully on November 26 th , 2020 at Finlandia Village in Sudbury.
  
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• TECKLENBURG, Franciscus Theodorus Antoinetta 'Frank'

  02-12-2020 19:08 via sudbury.com
  
  August 25, 1930 – November 30, 2020 The last piece of Halibut has been cut, fried, wrapped in newspaper, and served. Time to turn the lights off and rest. Frank passed away in Sudbury, Ontario on November 30, 2020.
  
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• Saskatchewan government apologizes for photo of same-sex couple on World AIDS Day

  02-12-2020 19:05 via sudbury.com
  
  REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is apologizing for using a photo of two men to promote World AIDS Day. The government posted the picture Tuesday on social media, which showed the two men standing side by side with their heads touching.
  
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• WATCH: Province investing $115 million to support home care system

  02-12-2020 19:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Funds will support 850 patients with high, complex care needs
  
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• LIVE: Doug Ford to make announcement at Queen's Park at 1:30 p.m.

  02-12-2020 19:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Sudbury.com will carry the livestream of today's announcement
  
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• Letter: I applaud Canada’s Climate Accountability Law, but we could go further

  02-12-2020 19:00 via sudbury.com
  
  ‘I want my governmentto protect me and all life from worsening climate impacts. I want a permanent, strong climate accountability law’
  
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• Public skating resumes at arenas in Greater Sudbury - CTV Toronto

  02-12-2020 18:39
  
  Public skating resumes at arenas in Greater Sudbury  CTV Toronto
  
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• Quebec and Ontario report dozens of new COVID-19 deaths as high case counts continue

  02-12-2020 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Quebec is reporting a new single-day high of COVID-19 infections as deaths continue to soar in Canada's two most populous provinces. Quebec reported a record 1,514 infections today as well as 43 new deaths linked to the novel coronavirus.
  
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• Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

  02-12-2020 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Canada is drawing closer to making a decision on a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Wednesday as the federal government continued to face pressure to deliver on doses amid mounting cases and deaths.
  
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• Boil-water advisories at First Nations communities to remain past March 2021: feds

  02-12-2020 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Government officials say at least 22 boil-water advisories in First Nations communities will remain in place after March 2021, the deadline to deliver on a promise to lift all long-term advisories made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau five y
  
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• Community-led solutions urged to address gaps in health-care for Indigenous patients

  02-12-2020 18:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — As a pediatrician with extensive experience working with marginalized groups, Anna Banerji believed herself more than equipped to advocate for her Inuk son when he began to display signs of deep depression.
  
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• RIDE: Police charge 4 drivers with impaired in first weekend of festive campaign

  02-12-2020 18:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Another 31 tickets issued for Highway Traffic Act offences
  
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• Researchers say widespread lake drainage on tundra another sign of climate change

  02-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Scientists say a year in which almost 200 tundra lakes drained away could point to what's in store for Canada's North. Between 2017 and 2018, 192 lakes in northwest Alaska lost at least a quarter of their area as the permafrost that held them melted.
  
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• Quebec tightens rules for malls, stores as new COVID-19 cases top 1,500

  02-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — The Quebec government announced new limits on the number of shoppers in stores during the busy holiday season as the province on Wednesday reported more than 1,500 daily COVID-19 infections for the first time since the pandemic began.
  
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• Quebec tightens rules for malls, stores amid high COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations

  02-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec public health authorities are introducing new rules for shoppers in malls and other stores during the busy holiday season amid growing COVID-19 concerns.
  
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• Ontario sends extra contact tracers to Windsor-Essex, region on verge of lockdown

  02-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  The Ontario government has sent two dozen contact tracers to Windsor, Ont., as public health officials there grapple with numerous COVID-19 outbreaks and warn the region is on the verge of entering lockdown. Dr.
  
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• Ontario reports 1,723 new COVID-19 cases today, and 35 new deaths from the virus

  02-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Ontario is reporting 1,723 new cases of COVID-19 today, and 35 new deaths due to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott says there are 500 new cases in Peel Region, 410 cases in Toronto, and 196 cases in York Region.
  
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• Ontario hospitals grapple with capacity issues as COVID-19 cases rise

  02-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Ontario's hospitals are warning that the rising number of COVID-19 patients in their wards are making it increasingly tough to continue other procedures.
  
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• Doctors and nurses worried as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations rise

  02-12-2020 17:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Organizations representing doctors and nurses in Quebec say they're increasingly worried as COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to climb heading into what is normally one of the busiest times of the year for the province's hospitals.
  
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• Video interview: Editor Mark Gentili sits down with AOK host Heather Green-Oliver

  02-12-2020 16:59 via sudbury.com
  
  A brief history of Sudbury.com's 12 Days of Kindness series and why we love doing them so much
  
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• COVID-19 has claimed the lives of 35 Ontarians since yesterday

  02-12-2020 16:44 via sudbury.com
  
  Province reports 1,723 new COVID cases today
  
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• Hunger Report 2020: Early in the pandemic, area food banks saw big jump in usage

  02-12-2020 16:11 via sudbury.com
  
  But the CERB, pause on evictions helped stem the tide; with second wave ramping up food bank operators are worried
  
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• CANADA: Guidelines governing doctors' relationships with pharma companies under review

  02-12-2020 15:25 via sudbury.com
  
  Over 90 per cent of Canadian doctors see pharmaceutical sales representatives
  
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• Police charge man for dangerous driving after child struck, injured by pickup truck

  02-12-2020 15:05 via sudbury.com
  
  HAMILTON — Police say a Hamilton man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly hit a child with a pickup truck, critically injuring him.
  
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