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• Ontario law to end clock changes will take effect if Quebec, New York follow

  26-11-2020 15:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Ontario has decided to stop changing the clocks twice a year — if Quebec and New York State follow suit. A bill introduced by Tory politician Jeremy Roberts passed in the legislature Wednesday.
  
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• A chronological history of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project

  18-01-2021 02:35 via sudbury.com
  
  A timeline of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project: July 2008: TC Energy Corp. (TSX: TRP) — then called TransCanada Corp. — and ConocoPhillips, joint owners of the Keystone Pipeline, propose a major extension to the network.
  
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• Movie review: Outside the Wire

  18-01-2021 02:30 via sudbury.com
  
  'Outside the Wire' is not as much fun as a movie about a sentient, cussing, ridiculously handsome android should be
  
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• Transition documents suggest Biden plans Day 1 order rescinding Keystone XL permit

  18-01-2021 01:05 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON — President-elect Joe Biden plans to rescind a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline expansion on his first day in the White House, transition documents suggest.
  
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• Canadian Press NewsAlert: documents show Biden plans Day 1 order nixing Keystone XL

  18-01-2021 01:05 via sudbury.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Transition documents suggest president-elect Joe Biden plans to block the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in the White House.
  
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• SLY, Goldie Louise (nee Bedore)

  18-01-2021 00:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Goldie Louise Sly, 93 Years, passed away at her residence on Friday, January 15th, 2021
  
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• Public Health Sudbury & Districts unveils COVID-19 vaccination playbook

  18-01-2021 00:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Local public health is targeting at least 75 per cent of eligible residents
  
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• New video marks Canada's contributions to first Gulf War on 30th anniversary

  17-01-2021 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's contribution to the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation is being commemorated in a new video released on the 30th anniversary of the start of what is now known as the first Gulf War.
  
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• Victoria firefighters use homeowners' jackhammer to rescue cat trapped in tiny pipe

  17-01-2021 23:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VICTORIA — A Victoria firefighter says using a jackhammer and other home repair tools to save a cat stuck in a tiny basement drainpipe ranks as the strangest rescue call he's been on in his 20-year career. Capt.
  
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• Five people have now died from COVID-19, reports Public Health Sudbury & Districts

  17-01-2021 22:59 via sudbury.com
  
  Health unit said there were three new cases Sunday, with 62 active cases
  
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• COVID-19 hospitalizations drop in Quebec and Ontario; cases spike in New Brunswick

  17-01-2021 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Quebec and Ontario both reported a drop in the number of people hospitalized for COVID-19 today, even as over 100 people lost their lives to the disease in the two provinces and New Brunswick reported a new single-day high for new infections.
  
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• Wanted federal offender known to frequent Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma district

  17-01-2021 22:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Province’s ROPE Squad looking for Jonathon Morningstar
  
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• Wanted federal offence known to frequent Sault Ste. Marie, Algoma district

  17-01-2021 22:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Province’s ROPE Squad looking for Jonathon Morningstar
  
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• Police conduct high-risk vehicle stop on Paris Street

  17-01-2021 20:53 via sudbury.com
  
  No threat to the public, as this is an isolated incident
  
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• Care home staff across Canada struggle to isolate dementia patients during outbreaks: experts

  17-01-2021 20:00 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Staff in long-term care homes across Canada are struggling to isolate elderly residents with dementia during COVID-19 outbreaks, accelerating the deadly spread of the virus, experts say.
  
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• Vaccination campaign gets underway in nine Cree communities in northern Quebec

  17-01-2021 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Boxes of doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine arrived by plane in nine Cree communities in Quebec's James Bay region over the weekend and were immediately put to work to protect the community, the head of the regional health board said Sunday.
  
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• Quebec reports 50 more COVID-19 deaths, partial tally of 1,744 cases

  17-01-2021 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec is reporting 50 new deaths due to COVID-19 today as well as a preliminary total of 1,744 new cases.
  
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• No place for 'far right' in Conservative Party: O'Toole

  17-01-2021 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says there is "no place for the far right" in the party.
  
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• No place for 'far right' in Conservative Party, Erin O'Toole says

  17-01-2021 18:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole pushed back against attempts to link his party to Trump-style politics on Sunday, saying there is "no place for the far right" in the Tories while accusing the Liberals of divisive dirty tricks.
  
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• Ontario reporting 3,422 new, confirmed COVID cases today

  17-01-2021 18:00 via sudbury.com
  
  In the past 24 hours, there have been 69 deaths (up from 50 yesterday) reported by Public Health Ontario
  
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• Ontario to expand big-box-retail blitz amid widespread rule violations: McNaughton

  17-01-2021 17:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Ontario hasn't seen the last of inspectors who fanned out across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas this weekend and uncovered dozens of COVID-19-related violations at big box stores.
  
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• Ontario reports 3,422 new COVID-19 cases, 69 more deaths as vaccination continues

  17-01-2021 17:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Ontario edged up today as the province continued its vaccination program and a weekend inspection blitz at big box stores.
  
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• Mayor offers condolences to family and staff at Amberwood Suites

  17-01-2021 17:02 via sudbury.com
  
  ‘My thoughts and prayers go out to all of those affected’
  
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• 'Morally and ethically wrong:' Court to hear challenge to Alberta coal policy removal

  17-01-2021 16:05 via sudbury.com
  
  First Nations, ranchers, municipal officials and environmentalists hope to persuade a judge this week to force Alberta to revisit its decision to open one of the province's most important and best-loved landscapes to open-pit coal mining.
  
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• Health and safety expert comments on COVID-19 vaccines and the workplace

  17-01-2021 16:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Workers can refuse the vaccine but employers have options to protect the workplace
  
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• CANADA: Study highlights 'shocking' use of physical restraint on children with disabilities in schools

  17-01-2021 15:25 via sudbury.com
  
  A recent Manitoba study documented the shocking use of restraints and seclusion of children with disabilities in schools
  
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• Search warrant nets $12K in drugs, four people charged

  17-01-2021 14:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Police seize three firearms, ammunition, as well as drugs following two searches
  
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• Worldwide virtual prayer rally to be held for 'Canada's rabbi' after cancer diagnosis

  17-01-2021 13:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA, Ill. — For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all.
  
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• Canada's spy-catching system caused delay, angst in Delisle case: former FBI official

  17-01-2021 11:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — The U.S.
  
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• The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021

  17-01-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday Jan. 17, 2021. There are 702,183 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 702,183 confirmed cases (76,234 active, 608,084 resolved, 17,865 deaths).
  
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