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• Ontario attempts to clarify what is essential under COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home order

  13-01-2021 17:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Ontario government attempted to clarify what is permitted under the new COVID-19 pandemic stay-at-home order.
  
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• Winter weather travel advisory issued for Hamilton, snowfall warning in Burlington

  26-01-2021 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada forecasters expect total snowfall amounts of five to 10 centimetres, with about 15 centimetres possible, on Tuesday.
  
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• Province invests in development, testing of Ontario-made PPE at Hamilton’s McMaster University

  26-01-2021 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ravi Selvaganapathy, director of McMaster University's centre for excellence, says they've partnered with 'upwards of 50' PPE manufacturers since launching eight months ago.
  
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• Father confirms London, Ont., 19-year-old died from COVID-19

  26-01-2021 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  At 19 years old, Yassin Dabeh is the youngest person to die from COVID-19 in London and Middlesex County.
  
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• RCMP arrest Quebec man linked to social media accounts that called for taking arms to Parliament

  26-01-2021 17:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police said firearms, drugs and counterfeit currency were found during a raid of Raymond Tetu's home.
  
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• HWDSB trustees to ask Ontario government to end police liaison programs at schools

  26-01-2021 17:36 via cbc.ca
  
  A literature review from Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board shows there isn't much data to show any benefits from police liaison officer programs.
  
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• Chinatown businesses hit hard by lockdown

  26-01-2021 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Like in many Toronto neighbourhoods, Chinatown businesses have lost sales during the lockdown. Chair of the Chinatown BIA, Tonny Louie, describes the additional barriers that these owners are facing.
  
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• Operator of rental in Fort Erie, where two young women died, charged for violating COVID-19 orders

  26-01-2021 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The residence on the Niagara River Parkway is part of an active homicide investigation, according to Niagara police.
  
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• Ontario reports 1,740 new coronavirus cases, 63 more deaths

  26-01-2021 16:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tuesday's case count is also the lowest increase in daily cases since mid-December.
  
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• Doctor specializing in clinical decision making cross-examined in paramedic trial today

  26-01-2021 16:12 via cbc.ca
  
  Dr. Pat Croskerry will continue testifying in the trial of two paramedics, who are charged with failing to properly care for a dying patient.
  
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• 15 cm of snow possible on Hamilton Mountain: weather advisory

  26-01-2021 14:35 via cbc.ca
  
  While the national weather agency says the lower city will see roughly five centimetres of snow, the Mountain may get 10 to 15 centimetres because of "an easterly flow over the relatively warm waters of Lake Ontario, along with the higher terrain of the Niagara Escarpment."
  
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• Paramedics on trial likely influenced ‘cognitive bias’ in Al-Hasnawi shooting, says expert

  26-01-2021 14:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  A defence expert in clinical decision making took to the stand in the trial of Steve Snively and Christopher Marchant.
  
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• 2 dead and more injured in morning crash on the QEW at Burlington, police say

  26-01-2021 13:43 via cbc.ca
  
  Two people have died and two others are injured after a crash on the QEW near Burlington this morning that closed the westbound lanes of the highway.
  
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• QEW closed in both directions between Brant Street and Guelph Line after fatal crash

  26-01-2021 12:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The QEW is completely shut down in Burlington, both eastbound and westbound lanes, following a collision early Tuesday morning.
  
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• QEW closed in both directions between Brant Street and Guelph Line

  26-01-2021 12:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  The QEW is completely shut down in Burlington, both eastbound and westbound lanes, following a collision early Tuesday morning.
  
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• Will Canadians get to choose which COVID-19 vaccine they get?

  26-01-2021 10:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  'It's actually a day to look forward to, I think. Once there is choice, we'll know that there are adequate supplies and that'll be a good thing,' said bioethicist Charles Weijer.
  
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• Hamilton council wants vendors to pay back 75% rent relief granted by farmers' market board

  26-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  City council and the Hamilton Farmers’ Market board are at loggerheads over a 75 per cent rent relief, which the board granted vendors in March.
  
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• Coronavirus: Ontario’s electricity price cap scheduled to end on Thursday

  26-01-2021 01:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  As of Jan. 1 and for a period of 28 days, the Ontario government set electricity prices at the off-peak rate for all time-of-use and tiered customers.
  
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• How Ontario responded to the coronavirus pandemic

  26-01-2021 01:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Travis Dhanraj takes an in-depth look back at the numbers and the politics of Ontario’s response to the coronavirus pandemic a year after COVID-19 was confirmed to be in the province.
  
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• Western University Chancellor Linda Hasenfratz to keep position after out-of-country vacation

  26-01-2021 00:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Western University’s Board of Directors says Linda Hasenfratz will keep her position as chancellor after new broke she travelled out of Canada for a vacation during the pandemic.
  
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• Hamilton vocal entertainer is doing street serenades as ‘COVID Elvis’

  26-01-2021 00:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  For more than 15 years, Cameron Michael Caton has been performing in long-term care facilities, retirement homes, and assisted living across the GTA. Now Caton’s doing it as ‘COVID Elvis,’ performing street serenades while collecting and donating non-perishable food for those who need it most during the pandemic. Susan Hay has the story.
  
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• Health officials unable to confirm London, Ont., teen died from COVID-19

  25-01-2021 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  When Yassin Dabeh's death was announced on Saturday, it was reported as the youngest coronavirus-related death in London and Middlesex County.
  
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• Coronavirus: Hamilton reports 75 new COVID-19 cases, city’s reproductive rate drops

  25-01-2021 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  The city is reporting two new outbreaks at a long-term care home (LTCH) and workplace.
  
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• Coronavirus: Ontario government accelerating vaccination of long-term care residents

  25-01-2021 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Ontario government’s vaccine rollout plan has already faced criticism for being too slow and with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shortage compounding the issue, officials have re-examined their rollout strategy. Shallima Maharaj explains.
  
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• COVID-19 variant discovered in at least 4 Ontario communities

  25-01-2021 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Health officials say a new COVID-19 variant has been found in Ontario and are asking people to behave as if it’s already in their community. As Morganne Campbell reports, the variant was first discovered in a Barrie long term care home.
  
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• Old Man Winter ready to pack a punch for parts of GTHA

  25-01-2021 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Halton Region and Peel Region, while the City of Hamilton is under a special weather statement.
  
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• Local outbreaks up to 50 as Hamilton records 75 new cases of COVID-19

  25-01-2021 23:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Hamilton's medical officer of health Dr. Elizabeth Richardson says there are now 50 local outbreaks of COVID-19 in the city with the latest two added on Monday. This comes as 75 new cases of the virus were reported.
  
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• 1 in 5 students at Hamilton public schools bullied on a regular basis, review finds

  25-01-2021 22:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  Trustees with Hamilton's public school board will be discussing the recommendations of its bullying prevention and intervention panel, following the release of its final report.
  
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• Coronavirus: Ontario’s top doctor reflects on pandemic 1 year after first provincial case

  25-01-2021 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams on Monday reflected on the pandemic as the one-year anniversary of the first case of the province takes place. Williams said the difference from last year until now is that COVID-19 vaccines are “on the horizon” and urged Ontarians to continue doing their part to overcome...
  
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• Coronavirus: Ontario’s top doctor reflects on pandemic 1 year after first COVID-19 case

  25-01-2021 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario’s chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams on Monday reflected on the pandemic one year after the province saw its first COVID-19 case. Williams said the difference from last year until now is that COVID-19 vaccines are “on the horizon” and urged Ontarians to continue doing their part to overcome this wave of...
  
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