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• Quebec government says it will table expanded language law during next session

  24-11-2020 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  MONTREAL — Quebec's minister responsible for the French language said he will introduce a bill strengthening the province's language law when the legislature returns from its winter break.
  
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• The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021

  23-01-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. There are 737,407 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 737,407 confirmed cases (65,750 active, 652,829 resolved, 18,828 deaths).
  
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• Diplomats contact Canadian held for over 2 years in China

  23-01-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  BEIJING — Canadian officials have met online with former diplomat Michael Kovrig, who has been held in China for more than two years in a case related to an executive of Chinese telecoms giant Huawei.
  
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• COVID-19 deaths in long-term care reveal need for home supports: advocates

  23-01-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — The devastating toll of COVID-19 on long-term care residents in Canada has underscored the need for increased public funding for home care, advocates say.
  
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• A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Jan. 23, 2021

  23-01-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 37,742 new vaccinations administered for a total of 776,606 doses given.
  
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• Prairie ticket holder wins Friday night's $60 million Lotto Max jackpot

  23-01-2021 09:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A ticket holder from the Prairies won Friday night's whopping $60 million Lotto Max jackpot. The draw also offered six Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each, and one of them was claimed by a lottery player in Quebec.
  
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• Public Health has declared an outbreak at Finlandia apartment building

  23-01-2021 04:43 via sudbury.com
  
  Two residents, one staff member tested, all are symptom-free
  
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• Finlandia Village, Finlandiakoti, Public Health Sudbury and Districts, greater sudbury, outbreak, covid-19 - CTV Toronto

  23-01-2021 04:33 via northernontario.ctvnews.ca
  
  Finlandia Village, Finlandiakoti, Public Health Sudbury and Districts, greater sudbury, outbreak, covid-19  CTV Toronto
  
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• The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, Jan. 22, 2021

  23-01-2021 03:35 via sudbury.com
  
  The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Jan. 22, 2021. There are 737,407 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 737,407 confirmed cases (65,750 active, 652,829 resolved, 18,828 deaths).
  
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• Couple charged after travelling to Yukon to get COVID-19 vaccine

  23-01-2021 03:35 via sudbury.com
  
  WHITEHORSE — A cabinet minister says a couple from outside Yukon travelled to a remote community in the territory this week and received doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
  
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• Ontario businesses get marketing boost from group of Cambrian students

  23-01-2021 03:00 via sudbury.com
  
  ‘It was very eye-opening to see all the great ideas students had to help grow my business’
  
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• ONTARIO: Medical experts urge more masking, distancing for schools planning to reopen

  23-01-2021 02:55 via sudbury.com
  
  Thursday's guidelines, led by experts at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, urge COVID-19 tests for all staff and students exposed to a case, and that indoor masking be made mandatory for all those Grade 1 and up
  
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• Opinion: Decaf coffee won’t save the planet but the science behind it might

  23-01-2021 02:00 via sudbury.com
  
  LU professor Dr. Thomas Merritt explains
  
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• Niagara Region investigates barbershop operating as film production studio

  23-01-2021 01:05 via sudbury.com
  
  ST. CATHARINES, Ont. — A representative for the Niagara Region says an investigation has started into a St. Catharines, Ont., barbershop that reopened during the COVID-19 lockdown as a film production studio.
  
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• St. Charles students send positivity to locked-down Amberwood residents

  23-01-2021 01:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Four residents of the Sudbury retirement home have died due to COVID-19
  
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• MISSING: OPP seeking info on woman who was last seen at motel in Sudbury

  23-01-2021 00:23 via sudbury.com
  
  Jayme Wikiruk was last seen on Jan. 11 at the Super 8 Motel in Sudbury
  
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• New tool designed to ease provincial mineral exploration

  23-01-2021 00:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Ontario Geological Survey Focus is free and available to the public
  
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• BHAGERATH, Rosalind

  22-01-2021 23:47 via sudbury.com
  
  In Loving Memory of Rosalind Bhagerath (nee Bootoo) 99 years Peacefully on Wednesday, January 20th, 2021 at Health Sciences North, Sudbury. Beloved wife of 52 years to Manolal Bhagerath, predeceased on February 10, 2013.
  
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• Church youth group leader charged in connection with alleged sexual assaults

  22-01-2021 23:35 via sudbury.com
  
  BRAMPTON, Ont. — Police say a youth group leader from a Brampton, Ont., church has been charged in connection with alleged sex offences involving three teenagers.
  
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• COVID-19: Canadian tech companies pledge to give staff time to get vaccinations

  22-01-2021 23:20 via sudbury.com
  
  They say they are keen on giving workers the time because vaccinations are more important than business as usual
  
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• Sudbury officials keep an eye on COVID-19 variant

  22-01-2021 23:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Evidence new strain of the virus that causes COVID-19 is 56% more transmissible
  
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• Fourteen new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported for Sudbury

  22-01-2021 22:50 via sudbury.com
  
  There are 52 active cases being monitored by health unit 
  
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• Ontario recovers $11M taken by senior civil servant in alleged COVID fraud

  22-01-2021 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A former senior employee with the Ontario government has repaid more than $11 million in COVID-19 benefits the province alleges he took fraudulently, his lawyer said on Friday.
  
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• Ontario recovers $11M allegedly taken by senior civil servant accused of fraud

  22-01-2021 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — A former senior employee with the Ontario government has repaid more than $11 million in COVID-19 benefits the province alleges he took fraudulently, his lawyer said on Friday.
  
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• VILLAGE ARCADE: NieR:Automata's biggest fans drop thousands of dollars on rare collectible statue

  22-01-2021 22:11 via sudbury.com
  
  Square Enix bets emotional connection will compel enough people to buy this gaming collectible. They might be right.
  
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• SAVARD, Françoise

  22-01-2021 22:11 via sudbury.com
  
  Savard, Françoise (nee Gauthier) January 3, 1939 - January 20, 2021 It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Françoise Savard (nee Gauthier) on January 20, 2021 at the age of 82 years in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario.
  
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• BULMER, Hulda

  22-01-2021 22:07 via sudbury.com
  
  In loving memory of Hulda R. (Shelswell) Bulmer (nee Campbell), 94 years passed away on Thursday, January 21st, 2021 at Health Sciences North, Sudbury. Beloved wife of Bill Bulmer and late Charles Shelswell predeceased.
  
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• Federal public safety minister suspends sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles

  22-01-2021 22:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has suspended the sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles, two days after a man in Nova Scotia was arrested for allegedly impersonating an officer while driving a fake police car.
  
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• Provinces doing 'extraordinary' job to avoid wasting doses of COVID-19 vaccine

  22-01-2021 21:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Health Canada says vaccine clinics are doing an "extraordinary" job preventing many doses of precious COVID-19 vaccine from going to waste. Canada has received more than 1.
  
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• WATCH: Sudbury teen staves off pandemic boredom by starting an online cooking show

  22-01-2021 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  Check out Brady Howard (a.k.a Chef B-Dizzle) making chicken, burgers, pasta and more on Quarantine Cooking
  
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