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• Paul Woods suing LHSC for $2.5 million, claiming wrongful dismissal

  13-01-2021 16:03 via cbc.ca
  
  Paul Woods, who was fired on Monday as CEO of London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), has filed a $2.5 million lawsuit against LHSC, claiming he was fired in bad faith and that he notified board Chair Amy Walby about his travel to the United States as early as June of last year.  
  
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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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• SIU investigate police chase after Hamilton man, 44, seriously injured in crash

  25-01-2021 21:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after a police chase ended in a car crash that left a 44-year-old man seriously injured.
  
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• Protesters block trucks at Hamilton shipping firm, want Canada to stop selling arms to Yemen

  25-01-2021 20:53 via cbc.ca
  
  The group wants Canada to stop sending arms and vehicles to Yemen.
  
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• Coronavirus: Ford says COVID-19 vaccinations for vulnerable seniors, caretakers running ‘well ahead of schedule’

  25-01-2021 20:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that the province is accelerating COVID-19 vaccinations for vulnerable seniors and those who take care of them, stating they are running “well ahead of schedule.” Ford said he has asked Gen. Rick Hillier of the COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force to complete all long-term care homes and high-risk...
  
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• Driver charged following police chase through Oakville, Burlington and Hamilton

  25-01-2021 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 44-year-old man is facing a long list of charges after Halton Regional Police officers pursued a vehicle through Oakville, Burlington and Hamilton.
  
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• Hamilton schools have bullying problem and 'culture of fear,' says report after teen's death

  25-01-2021 19:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The full report, set up after the killing of a 14-year-old in Hamilton, shows bullying is a pervasive problem throughout the city's public schools and went unchecked many times at the public school board.
  
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• Hamilton schools have a bullying problem and 'culture of fear,' report says

  25-01-2021 19:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The full report, set up after the killing of a 14-year-old in Hamilton, shows bullying is a pervasive problem throughout the city's public schools and went unchecked many times at the public school board.
  
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• Hamilton schools have a bullying problem and culture of fear, report finds

  25-01-2021 19:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The full report, set up after the killing of a 14-year-old in Hamilton, shows bullying is a pervasive problem throughout the city's public schools and went unchecked many times at the public school board.
  
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• Hamilton schools have a bullying problem and 'culture of fear,'

  25-01-2021 19:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The full report, set up after the killing of a 14-year-old in Hamilton, shows bullying is a pervasive problem throughout the city's public schools and went unchecked many times at the public school board.
  
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• Niagara Falls man, 38, arrested in connection to alleged sex assault of girl under 16

  25-01-2021 17:11 via cbc.ca
  
  A 38-year-old man has been arrested following an investigation into an allegation of sexual abuse of a female under the age of 16, Niagara police say.
  
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• Medics were led astray by unconscious biases, says doctor in Hamilton paramedic trial

  25-01-2021 17:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Dr. Pat Croskerry says it seems the two paramedics on trial were led astray by unconscious biases that ultimately led to the death of Hamilton teenager Yosif Al-Hasnawi.
  
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• Doctor who specializes in patient safety expected to testify in Hamilton paramedic trial

  25-01-2021 17:09 via cbc.ca
  
  The defence is expected to call a doctor that specializes in patient safety, clinical decision making, and diagnostic failure as its next witness. Two paramedics face a criminal charge for the care they provided to a patient.
  
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• Reopening of Highway 6 in Caledonia will take weeks, says OPP

  25-01-2021 16:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  OPP says demonstrators are preventing access to the Sixth Line overpass which needs maintenance before reopening the bypass.
  
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• Ontario updates COVID-19 vaccine plan as Pfizer delays continue

  25-01-2021 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  There will be no Pfizer vaccinations delivered the week of Jan. 25 and only 26,325 the week of Feb. 1 for Ontario.
  
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• Ontario reports under 2,000 new coronavirus cases, 43 more deaths

  25-01-2021 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  "Locally, there are 727 new cases in Toronto, 365 in Peel and 157 in York Region," Health Minister Christine Elliott said.
  
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• No charges after driver dies a month after collision on Hamilton Mountain

  25-01-2021 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 90-year-old died in hospital after suffering serious internal injuries.
  
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• Waterloo Region church held in person service despite court order: police

  25-01-2021 15:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Waterloo Regional Police say a church allegedly held an in-person service Sunday despite a court order compelling it to comply with provincial pandemic rules.
  
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