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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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• 'It wasn't called COVID at the time:' One year since Canada's first COVID-19 case

  24-01-2021 16:35 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — The patient, when he came into the hospital ER with what seemed to be mild pneumonia, wasn't that sick and might otherwise have been sent home.
  
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• A timeline of COVID-19 in Canada

  24-01-2021 16:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Here's a timeline of key developments in the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada since the first presumptive case was reported on Jan. 25, 2020: Jan.
  
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• 'Deeply disturbing:' Nunavut internet still slower, more costly than rest of country

  24-01-2021 16:05 via sudbury.com
  
  IQALUIT, Nunavut — In Nunavut, it's not unusual for the internet to cut out, slow down or stop working altogether. Unlike most jurisdictions in Canada, there is no option for unlimited internet.
  
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• COVID-19: Drug users at greater risk of dying as services scale back in second wave of pandemic

  24-01-2021 15:45 via sudbury.com
  
  Curfews, combined with a more lethal drug supplies, curtailed services, have sent addictions services scrambling to help users across the country as overdoses and death toll numbers continue to rise
  
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• COVID-19: Steps to teacher recovery from burnout during the pandemic and beyond

  24-01-2021 15:25 via sudbury.com
  
  Seeing the light at the end of the pandemic tunnel matters, but teacher stress related to chronically under-serviced schools goes beyond COVID-19
  
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• Underground electric vehicle fire provides teaching moment for Sudbury miner

  24-01-2021 15:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Glencore shares investigation findings from summer 2020 electric arcing event and intense fire at Craig Mine
  
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• COVID cases at Marymount Academy, Pius XII school

  24-01-2021 15:00 via sudbury.com
  
  Marymount Grade 7B and Native Language class asked to self-isolate, as has the Grade 1 class at Pius XII
  
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• Taxpayers' watchdog sees complaints spike, raising worries about pandemic tax season

  24-01-2021 13:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Canada's taxpayers' ombudsperson says his office has seen a steep spike in complaints compared to one year ago, delivering an early warning about how complicated returns should be handled this year.
  
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• Dutch arrest alleged Canadian drug baron on Interpol warrant

  24-01-2021 13:05 via sudbury.com
  
  PARIS — A suspected Canadian drug baron has been arrested in the Netherlands on an Interpol warrant, according to Dutch and Australian police.
  
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• Drug users at greater risk of dying as services scale back in second wave of COVID-19

  24-01-2021 12:05 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Under fluorescent lights, Wendy Muckle surveys the supervised consumption site that sits in quiet contrast to Ottawa's peppy ByWard Market nearby.
  
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• Two winning tickets sold for Saturday night's Lotto 649 jackpot

  24-01-2021 11:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — Two winning tickets were sold for the jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw -- one in Quebec and the other in British Columbia. Each ticket is worth $4.2 million.
  
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• A chronology of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in British Columbia

  24-01-2021 10:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Here is a timeline of a liquefied natural gas pipeline dispute in British Columbia, which led to rail disruptions a year ago by people showing solidarity with the hereditary Wet'suwet'en chiefs opposing the Coastal GasLink project: Dec.
  
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• 'We're still in it': Wet'suwet'en push forward on rights recognition

  24-01-2021 10:05 via sudbury.com
  
  Tensions had reached a boiling point over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia when a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief said he made a phone call that changed everything.
  
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• The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021

  24-01-2021 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. 24, 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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• The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Jan. 23, 2021

  24-01-2021 06:05 via sudbury.com
  
  The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.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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• Updated: MR 80 now partially reopened after overnight house fire; home a ‘total loss’

  24-01-2021 03:46 via sudbury.com
  
  Deputy fire chief said blaze was ‘stubborn,’ loss is more than $300K
  
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• MR 80 closed in McCrea Heights area as firefighters douse house fire

  24-01-2021 03:46 via sudbury.com
  
  All occupants are out, but crews will be on scene for some time, deputy fire chief tweeted just after 8 p.m. Saturday
  
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• COVID-19: Blood thinners help moderate COVID cases and may reduce strain on ICUs, trials show

  24-01-2021 02:55 via sudbury.com
  
  Investigators at Toronto's University Health Network say interim results of clinical trials spanning five continents in more than 300 hospitals suggest full-dose blood thinners could significantly avoid severe cases that are now straining hospital ICUs
  
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• Taxi companies lose court bid to quash Uber, Lyft licences in British Columbia

  24-01-2021 01:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Several taxi companies have lost a court bid to run Uber and Lyft off the road in British Columbia. Nine Metro Vancouver cab companies filed a petition asking the B.C.
  
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• Taxi companies lose court bid to quash Uber, Lyft approvals in British Columbia

  24-01-2021 01:05 via sudbury.com
  
  VANCOUVER — Several Metro Vancouver taxi companies have lost a court bid to quash the approvals of ride-hailing operators Uber and Lyft in British Columbia. Nine cab companies filed a petition asking the B.C.
  
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• Updated: Three people charged with attempted murder in Jan. 21 Espanola shooting

  24-01-2021 00:05 via sudbury.com
  
  All three accused have been remanded into custody
  
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• University of Sudbury, professors ratify collective agreement extension

  24-01-2021 00:00 via sudbury.com
  
  The deal has been extended until June 20, 2023
  
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• Spartan Bioscience says Health Canada has approved its rapid COVID-19 test

  23-01-2021 23:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — An Ottawa company says it's received approval from Health Canada for its made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test.
  
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• Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience's previously recalled rapid COVID-19 test

  23-01-2021 23:05 via sudbury.com
  
  TORONTO — The federal government has approved an Ottawa company's made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the nation's top doctor warned the virus's impact on the health-care system showed no signs of abating.
  
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• Canada Post workers self-isolating after outbreak at facility in Mississauga, Ont.

  23-01-2021 23:05 via sudbury.com
  
  MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Canada Post employees and contractors who typically work the afternoon shift are self-isolating after a COVID-19 outbreak at a key mail facility in Mississauga, Ont.
  
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• Police break up three large gatherings in Montreal's Outremont area in under 24 hours

  23-01-2021 22:35 via sudbury.com
  
  Montreal police say they responded this morning to two large gatherings in the city's Outremont neighbourhood, their third such intervention in the area in under 24 hours.
  
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• Another 14 new COVID-19 cases reported by Public Health Sudbury

  23-01-2021 22:11 via sudbury.com
  
  The same number of cases was also reported in the region yesterday
  
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• Little Current restaurant manager and ‘unsung hero’ featured on Jones Soda bottles

  23-01-2021 20:45 via sudbury.com
  
  Cody Crawford said he’d work hard no matter what, but it’s neat to get recognition
  
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• Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole defends decision to back, then oust, Sloan

  23-01-2021 20:35 via sudbury.com
  
  OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he was once willing to give his former leadership rival Derek Sloan the benefit of the doubt, but no longer.
  
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