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• Ontario's backlog in COVID-19 testing making some international travellers miss their flights

  05-10-2020 23:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario's significant backlog in testing for the novel coronavirus is putting some people's international travel plans in jeopardy because they can't get the test results they need in a timely manner.
  
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• Premier Doug Ford won't close bars and restaurants in Toronto without 'more data,' despite soaring case counts and plea from city's top doctor - Toronto Star

  05-10-2020 23:36
  
  Premier Doug Ford won't close bars and restaurants in Toronto without 'more data,' despite soaring case counts and plea from city's top doctor  Toronto Star
  
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• Toronto teen battling brain cancer shocked by special surprise from Drake

  05-10-2020 22:42
  
  A Toronto teen who is currently battling a rare form of brain cancer is surely still in awe after receiving a special video greeting from one of the city's most notable celebrities.
  
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• Drake surprises Toronto teen battling rare form of brain cancer

  05-10-2020 22:42
  
  A Toronto teen who is currently battling a rare form of brain cancer is surely still in awe after receiving a special video greeting from one of the city's most notable celebrities.
  
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• Toronto teen battling brain cancer receives inspirational video message from Drake - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  05-10-2020 22:30
  
  Toronto teen battling brain cancer receives inspirational video message from Drake  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Human rights groups ask Ottawa for plan to deal with white supremacy in Canada

  05-10-2020 22:22 via cbc.ca
  
  A coalition of multifaith human rights organizations urged the prime minister Monday to come up with a plan to dismantle white supremacist groups across the country.
  
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• Ontario premier needs to see 'hard evidence' before shutting down indoor dining in Toronto

  05-10-2020 21:56
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he needs to see "hard evidence" before agreeing to shut down indoor dining in the country's largest city, which continues to see a rapid surge in new COVID-19 infections.
  
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• How to watch former prime minister John Turner's state funeral

  05-10-2020 21:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Former prime minister John Turner is being honoured in Toronto tomorrow with a state funeral that has been scaled back from the scope such an event would usually take because of concerns about the spreading of COVID-19.
  
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• Toronto Public Library begins offering free Presto cards - NOW Toronto

  05-10-2020 21:32
  
  Toronto Public Library begins offering free Presto cards  NOW Toronto
  
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• Toronto mayor says new program is coming to help businesses in hospitality sector - blogTO

  05-10-2020 21:32
  
  Toronto mayor says new program is coming to help businesses in hospitality sector  blogTO
  
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• Thanksgiving dinner should only be with the people you live with, Toronto's top doctor says

  05-10-2020 21:12
  
  Toronto's top doctor is urging residents to "limit Thanksgiving dinner to the people you live with" amid a surge in COVID-19 infections in the city.
  
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• Province still considering city's request for additional restrictions in Toronto, including ban on indoor dining: Williams - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  05-10-2020 21:03
  
  Province still considering city's request for additional restrictions in Toronto, including ban on indoor dining: Williams  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Limit Thanksgiving dinner to only the people you live with, Toronto's top doctor says - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  05-10-2020 20:58
  
  Limit Thanksgiving dinner to only the people you live with, Toronto's top doctor says  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• 'Care that is necessary for life': Personal support workers need full-time, regulated work, experts say

  05-10-2020 20:35 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario government’s temporary $3-per-hour pay increase for personal support workers will be a “drop in the bucket” if those employees don’t have permanent, steady work, says a PSW who works in a Toronto long-term care facility.
  
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• Trudeau promises federal help for COVID hotspots in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta

  05-10-2020 20:34 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today promised more support for local public health units in emerging COVID-19 hotspots — some of which are struggling with testing backlogs and a contact tracing system that can't keep up with the number of new cases being reported.
  
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• Trudeau promises federal help for COVID hot spots in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta

  05-10-2020 20:34 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today promised more support for local public health units in emerging COVID-19 hot spots — some of which are struggling with testing backlogs and a contact tracing system that can't keep up with the number of new cases being reported.
  
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• Ontario is sending COVID-19 pharmacy swabs to California lab for processing

  05-10-2020 20:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Swabs from COVID-19 tests being done at Ontario pharmacies are being sent to a lab in California for analysis before being shipped back to to Canada, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Annamie Paul is Canada's first Black leader of a federal party. She says it shouldn't have taken this long

  05-10-2020 20:15 via cbc.ca
  
  Annamie Paul is the new leader of the Green Party, becoming the first Black permanent leader of a major federal political party in Canada. She discusses what's next for the party, and her vision for Canada's future.
  
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• The pandemic has made NIMBYism a problem Toronto can no longer ignore - TVO

  05-10-2020 19:59
  
  The pandemic has made NIMBYism a problem Toronto can no longer ignore  TVO
  
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• WATCH LIVE: City of Toronto COVID-19 update - Article - BNN - BNN

  05-10-2020 19:51
  
  WATCH LIVE: City of Toronto COVID-19 update - Article - BNN  BNN
  
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• Four Toronto Shoppers Drug Mart locations report coronavirus cases | News - Daily Hive

  05-10-2020 19:17
  
  Four Toronto Shoppers Drug Mart locations report coronavirus cases | News  Daily Hive
  
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• This is the Toronto neighbourhood where COVID-19 cases are rising fastest - blogTO

  05-10-2020 19:06
  
  This is the Toronto neighbourhood where COVID-19 cases are rising fastest  blogTO
  
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• N.L. advises passengers on Toronto to Halifax flight to isolate and get tested for COVID-19 - HalifaxToday.ca

  05-10-2020 19:05
  
  N.L. advises passengers on Toronto to Halifax flight to isolate and get tested for COVID-19  HalifaxToday.ca
  
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• Toronto Public Health to receive 200 staff after city announces halt to most contact tracing

  05-10-2020 18:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The province confirmed Monday morning at least 600 staff will be hired in the next five weeks to join the contact tracing efforts for Toronto's and Ottawa's public health units.
  
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• COVID-19 in Toronto: Toronto Public Health to receive 200 staff, city halts most contact tracing

  05-10-2020 18:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The province confirmed Monday morning at least 600 staff will be hired in the next five weeks to join the contact tracing efforts for Toronto's and Ottawa's public health units.
  
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• City officials speak as Toronto Public Health set to receive 200 new contact tracing staff

  05-10-2020 18:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The province confirmed Monday morning at least 600 staff will be hired in the next five weeks to join the contact tracing efforts for Toronto's and Ottawa's public health units.
  
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• University of Guelph testing campus residences' wastewater to detect COVID-19

  05-10-2020 18:28
  
  Researchers from the University of Guelph say they're testing wastewater from campus residences for early signs of COVID-19 and could find out this week if new cases are cropping up.
  
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• Canadian orphan in Syrian camp set free, will come to Canada

  05-10-2020 17:22 via cbc.ca
  
  A five-year-old Canadian girl stuck inside Syria after her family was killed in an airstrike is being allowed to leave the country.
  
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• Canadian orphan in Syrian camp set free, on her way to Canada

  05-10-2020 17:22 via cbc.ca
  
  A five-year-old Canadian girl stuck inside Syria after her family was killed in an airstrike is on her way to Canada.
  
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• Want to get a COVID-19 test in Ontario? Here's what you need to know

  05-10-2020 17:11
  
  Ontario residents who want to be tested for COVID-19 must now make an appointment at a hospital, assessment centre or pharmacy.
  
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• New testing rules come into effect in Ontario. Here’s what you need to know:

  05-10-2020 17:11
  
  Ontario residents who want to be tested for COVID-19 must now make an appointment at a hospital, assessment centre or pharmacy.
  
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• New COVID-19 testing rules come into effect in Ontario. Here’s what you need to know:

  05-10-2020 17:11
  
  Ontario residents who want to be tested for COVID-19 must now make an appointment at a hospital, assessment centre or pharmacy.
  
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• Animal rights activists storm Saks store in Toronto to protest sale of fur coats - blogTO

  05-10-2020 16:42
  
  Animal rights activists storm Saks store in Toronto to protest sale of fur coats  blogTO
  
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• Toronto Blue Jays could definitely afford Trevor Bauer - Jays Journal

  05-10-2020 16:35
  
  Toronto Blue Jays could definitely afford Trevor Bauer  Jays Journal
  
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• Premier Ford to speak as Ontario reports 615 new COVID-19 cases, nearly half in Toronto

  05-10-2020 16:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported an additional 615 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as the province begins its move toward appointment-only testing for the illness.
  
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• Premier Ford speaks as Ontario reports 615 new COVID-19 cases, nearly half in Toronto

  05-10-2020 16:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported an additional 615 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as the province begins its move toward appointment-only testing for the illness.
  
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• Ontario's chief medical officer to speak as province reports 615 new COVID-19 cases

  05-10-2020 16:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported an additional 615 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as the province begins its move toward appointment-only testing for the illness.
  
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• Ontario reports 615 new COVID-19 cases, nearly half in Toronto - CBC.ca

  05-10-2020 16:29
  
  Ontario reports 615 new COVID-19 cases, nearly half in Toronto  CBC.caDoug Ford says shutting down restaurants in Toronto again would destroy lives  blogTOPremier Doug Ford won't close bars and restaurants in Toronto without 'more data,' despite soaring case counts and plea from city's top doctor  Toronto StarToronto health network website crashes amid high volume of COVID-19 test requests  CTV TorontoLILLEY: Ford speaks up for the little guy  To
  
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• Ontario reports 615 new COVID-19 cases, nearly half in Toronto

  05-10-2020 16:29 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario reported an additional 615 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, as the province begins its move toward appointment-only testing for the illness.
  
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• Ontario reports 615 new cases of COVID-19 as province shifts testing strategy

  05-10-2020 16:24
  
  Health officials are reporting more than 600 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday morning as the province’s testing strategy shifts from walk-in appointments to strictly scheduled visits.
  
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• Ontario reports another rise in new COVID-19 cases - CityNews Toronto

  05-10-2020 16:22
  
  Ontario reports another rise in new COVID-19 cases  CityNews Toronto
  
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• Police investigating after body found in Scarborough apartment fire

  05-10-2020 16:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Toronto police are investigating after a body was found in an apartment fire in Scarborough Monday morning.
  
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• Body found in Scarborough apartment fire

  05-10-2020 16:08 via cbc.ca
  
  A body was found in an apartment fire in Scarborough Monday morning.
  
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• Toronto Catholic school closed after staffer assigned to 4 other schools tests positive for COVID-19 - CBC.ca

  05-10-2020 15:49
  
  Toronto Catholic school closed after staffer assigned to 4 other schools tests positive for COVID-19  CBC.ca
  
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• Toronto Catholic school closed after staffer assigned to 4 other schools tests positive for COVID-19

  05-10-2020 15:49 via cbc.ca
  
  St. Charles Catholic School on Claver Avenue will stay closed until October 9, the Toronto Catholic District School Board says.
  
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• IKEA confirms case of COVID-19 at location in Toronto - CTV Toronto

  05-10-2020 15:27
  
  IKEA confirms case of COVID-19 at location in Toronto  CTV Toronto
  
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• IKEA confirms case of COVID-19 at location in Toronto

  05-10-2020 15:27
  
  An employee at IKEA’s North York store has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
  
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• Confirmed case of COVID-19 at North York IKEA

  05-10-2020 15:27
  
  An employee at IKEA’s North York store has tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
  
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• One dead after fire at Scarborough apartment building

  05-10-2020 15:11
  
  One person is dead after a fire broke out inside a Scarborough apartment Monday morning, according to Toronto Fire Services.
  
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• Crews on scene of fatal fire in Toronto’s east end - Global News

  05-10-2020 14:47
  
  Crews on scene of fatal fire in Toronto’s east end  Global News
  
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