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• Ontario long-term care homes need 'immediate emergency intervention,' advocates say

  12-01-2021 23:59 via cbc.ca
  
  Long-term care homes in Ontario need "immediate emergency intervention with whatever resources are available" to prevent more deaths from COVID-19, advocates said on Tuesday.
  
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• Virtual celebration held for Mississauga man’s 100th birthday

  12-01-2021 23:25
  
  It was a virtual celebration, but no doubt a special one, for a Mississauga resident who recently turned 100 years old.
  
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• Toronto police seek person who rented Lamborghini and never returned it - Driving

  12-01-2021 22:16
  
  Toronto police seek person who rented Lamborghini and never returned it  Driving
  
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• Earth losing roughly 1% to 2% of its insects annually, new studies suggest

  12-01-2021 22:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Climate change, insecticides, herbicides, light pollution, invasive species and changes in agriculture and land use are causing Earth to lose about 1 per cent to 2 per cent of its insects each year, researchers say, resulting in what they call "death by a thousand cuts" to the world's vital insect kingdom.
  
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• Toronto mayor asks for more funding from federal and provincial governments for 2021 - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  12-01-2021 21:16
  
  Toronto mayor asks for more funding from federal and provincial governments for 2021  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Full list of new COVID-19 lockdown restrictions in Ontario

  12-01-2021 20:36
  
  The Ontario government has unveiled new public health restrictions in the face of growing COVID-19 case numbers and deaths throughout the province.
  
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• Toronto-area music teacher charged in alleged historic sex assaults

  12-01-2021 20:19
  
  Police have charged a Toronto-area violin teacher over alleged historical sex assaults against a child.
  
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• Toronto mayor asks for more funding from federal and provincial governments for 2021

  12-01-2021 20:14
  
  Toronto's mayor is asking the federal and provincial governments for money to help Canadian cities through a second fiscal year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Super contagious UK COVID-19 variant 'is already here,' top Ontario health official says

  12-01-2021 20:03
  
  Ontario officials are reporting eight new cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 and they say that they have been unable to find a travel link with three of them, suggesting that the more contagious strain may already be circulating in the community.
  
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• Ontario officials concerned about community spread of UK COVID-19 variant as 8 more cases are confirmed

  12-01-2021 20:03
  
  Ontario officials are reporting eight new cases of the UK variant of COVID-19 and they say that they have been unable to find a travel link with three of them, suggesting that the more contagious strain may already be circulating in the community.
  
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• Toronto, Windsor, Hamilton, Peel and York region schools to remain closed until Feb. 10 - Global News

  12-01-2021 20:01
  
  Toronto, Windsor, Hamilton, Peel and York region schools to remain closed until Feb. 10  Global News
  
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• Here's what you need to know about Ontario's new COVID-19 restrictions

  12-01-2021 19:45 via cbc.ca
  
  With Ontario facing dangerously high rates of COVID-19 that could result in many more deaths, Premier Doug Ford declared a second provincial emergency Tuesday and announced a slate of new restrictions in an effort to bring the virus under control. 
  
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• Hamilton police charge 'Hugs Over Masks' protest organizers in two separate events

  12-01-2021 19:03
  
  Hamilton, Ont., police say they have charged two organizers of an anti-mask protest group for holding events that allegedly violated public health rules.
  
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• Government secures another 20M COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer

  12-01-2021 17:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the federal government has reached an agreement to purchase another 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, bringing the total number of vaccine doses scheduled to arrive this year to 80 million.
  
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• COVID-19 outbreak reported at call centre that dispatches paramedics to 911 calls - CP24 Toronto's Breaking News

  12-01-2021 16:42
  
  COVID-19 outbreak reported at call centre that dispatches paramedics to 911 calls  CP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  
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• Ex-paramedic charged in death of Yosif Al-Hasnawi says the teen was 'uncooperative'

  12-01-2021 16:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Christopher Marchant is one of the former paramedics charged in relation to the death of gunshot victim, Yosif Al-Hasnawi. He said he thought the teen had a psychiatric emergency, and called him "uncooperative."
  
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• Ontario reports single-day drop with fewer than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases, but positivity rate remains high

  12-01-2021 16:15
  
  Ontario health officials are reporting a one-day drop in the number of new COVID-19 with fewer than 3,000 new cases, but the positivity rate remains high.
  
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• Ontario reports single-day drop in new COVID-19 cases, but positivity rate remains high

  12-01-2021 16:15
  
  Ontario health officials are reporting a one-day drop in the number of new COVID-19 with fewer than 3,000 new cases, but the positivity rate remains high.
  
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• Ontario reports fewer than 3,000 new COVID-19 cases for first time in a week as more cases of U.K. variant found

  12-01-2021 16:15
  
  Ontario health officials are reporting a one-day drop in the number of new COVID-19 with fewer than 3,000 new cases, but the positivity rate remains high.
  
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• Dirty Toronto house hits the market in Toronto for a whopping $1 million

  12-01-2021 16:08
  
  A dirty and rundown home located in Toronto has hit the market for nearly $1 million.
  
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• Dirty Toronto house hits the market for a whopping $1 million - CTV Toronto

  12-01-2021 16:08
  
  Dirty Toronto house hits the market for a whopping $1 million  CTV Toronto
  
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• Dirty Toronto house hits the market for a whopping $1 million

  12-01-2021 16:08
  
  A dirty and rundown home located in Toronto has hit the market for nearly $1 million.
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford to announce new COVID-19 restrictions Tuesday

  12-01-2021 13:40
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford is expected to announce new COVID-19 lockdown measures on Tuesday afternoon, one day after the total death toll in the province related to the disease surpassed 5,000.
  
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• Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces new COVID-19 lockdown restrictions

  12-01-2021 13:40
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford will announce new COVID-19 lockdown measures on Tuesday afternoon, one day after the total death toll in the province related to the disease surpassed 5,000.
  
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• Ontario issues stay-at-home order, immediately declares second state of emergency

  12-01-2021 13:40
  
  The Ontario government has issued a stay-at-home order for the province beginning on Jan. 14 and has declared a second state of emergency for the province.
  
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• Ontario releases new modelling data amid rising COVID-19 cases

  12-01-2021 13:16
  
  Ontario health officials are expected to release new modelling data on Tuesday as the province grapples with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Ontario expected to release new modelling data Tuesday amid rising COVID-19 cases

  12-01-2021 13:16
  
  Ontario health officials are expected to release new modelling data on Tuesday as the province grapples with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Ontario daily deaths related to COVID-19 expected to double in February as health system becomes overwhelmed, data suggests

  12-01-2021 13:16
  
  Ontario health officials have said that without a “significant reductions in contacts,” the health system will be overwhelmed amid a rising number of COVID-19 infections and mortality will exceed the first wave totals, even with their vaccination efforts.
  
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• Ontario daily COVID-19 deaths expected to double in February, overwhelm health system: modelling

  12-01-2021 13:16
  
  Ontario health officials have said that without a “significant reductions in contacts,” the health system will be overwhelmed amid a rising number of COVID-19 infections and mortality will exceed the first wave totals, even with their vaccination efforts.
  
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• Ontario's homeless 5 times more likely to die of COVID-19, study finds

  12-01-2021 13:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A study published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal is painting a stark picture of how COVID-19 has impacted Ontario’s homeless population.
  
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• Growing chorus urging Ontario to include paid sick days in new COVID-19 restrictions

  12-01-2021 12:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The provincial government is being urged by municipal politicians, health experts and community organizations to make paid sick days available to all workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Health-care workers battled burnout before COVID-19 — now it's even worse, experts warn

  12-01-2021 11:00 via cbc.ca
  
  New Canadian research suggests feelings of burnout were high long before COVID-19 arrived in Canada — particularly among nurses — which is prompting concern that months of heightened pressure is taking even more of a toll on health-care workers and their ability to provide patient care.
  
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• Trudeau to shuffle cabinet before hosting ministerial retreat

  12-01-2021 10:33
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will conduct a small shuffle of his ministers Tuesday before holing up later in the day for a cabinet retreat to plot strategy for the resumption of Parliament.
  
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• PM Trudeau shakes up key posts in cabinet shuffle

  12-01-2021 10:33
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is shuffling some key front bench posts in a cabinet shakeup prompted by the departure of longtime Liberal Navdeep Bains.
  
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• PM shakes up key posts in cabinet shuffle, downplays election speculation

  12-01-2021 10:33
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shuffled some key front bench posts in a cabinet shakeup Tuesday morning, prompted by longtime Liberal Navdeep Bains' decision to step down as a minister.
  
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• Ontario to release 'bleak' COVID-19 modelling, new health measures today

  12-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The province is set to release new COVID-19 modelling projections, which sources have told CBC News will show that Ontario's intensive care units are projected to be over capacity by early next month.
  
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• Ontario set to announce new COVID-19 measures, updated projections

  12-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The Ontario government is expected to announce new COVID-19 measures today, along with updated modelling that projects the province's intensive care units could be overrun by early next month, sources have told CBC News.
  
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• Ontario issues stay-at-home order as COVID-19 models show province is at 'dangerous point'

  12-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  If Ontarians don't significantly reduce their contact with other people during the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's health system will become overwhelmed and deaths will exceed first-wave totals before a vaccine has time to take effect, new projections suggest.
  
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• Ontario COVID-19 cases at 'dangerous point,' models show, as new restrictions to be announced

  12-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  If Ontarians don't significantly reduce their contact with other people during the COVID-19 pandemic, the province's health system will become overwhelmed and deaths will exceed first-wave totals before a vaccine has time to take effect, new projections suggest.
  
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• Ontario couple faces charges over 1st cases of new COVID-19 strain, detected only by fluke

  12-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The first known cases in Canada of the U.K. variant of the coronavirus were discovered only by fluke, and the couple who fell ill are now facing public-health charges, CBC News has learned. 
  
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• Ontario couple faces charges over 1st Canadian cases of new COVID-19 strain, detected only by fluke

  12-01-2021 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The first known cases in Canada of a variant of the coronavirus first reported in the U.K. were discovered only by fluke, and the couple who fell ill are now facing public-health charges, CBC News has learned. 
  
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• Raptors come up short against Trail Blazers, suffer 2nd straight 1-point loss

  12-01-2021 07:25 via cbc.ca
  
  CJ McCollum scored 30 points, including the go-ahead jumper with 9.6 seconds left to give the Portland Trail Blazers a 112-111 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.
  
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• COVID-19 outbreak at centre that answers 911 calls hasn't disrupted service, city says

  12-01-2021 04:36 via cbc.ca
  
  A COVID-19 outbreak among employees at a city call centre that dispatches emergency crews in response to 911 calls has not resulted in a disruption in service, officials said on Monday.
  
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• Some Toronto hospitals criticized after staff far from the front lines get COVID-19 vaccine - Toronto Star

  12-01-2021 03:43
  
  Some Toronto hospitals criticized after staff far from the front lines get COVID-19 vaccine  Toronto Star
  
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• Game Thread: Toronto Raptors at Portland Trail Blazers updates - RaptorsHQ

  12-01-2021 03:30
  
  Game Thread: Toronto Raptors at Portland Trail Blazers updates  RaptorsHQ
  
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• Trudeau to shuffle ministers as Navdeep Bains leaves cabinet

  12-01-2021 03:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a cabinet shuffle involving a handful of ministers, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Trudeau to shuffle cabinet as Navdeep Bains leaves cabinet

  12-01-2021 03:21 via cbc.ca
  
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a cabinet shuffle involving a handful of ministers, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Ontario nurses under investigation after travelling to Washington D.C. to allegedly take part in anti-lockdown event on day of riot

  12-01-2021 03:14
  
  The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) is investigating after two nurses from the province travelled to Washington D.C. to allegedly participate in an anti-lockdown event preceding the Capitol Hill riot last week.
  
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• Toronto to open first clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations next week - Toronto Star

  12-01-2021 02:38
  
  Toronto to open first clinic for COVID-19 vaccinations next week  Toronto StarCOVID-19 vaccination clinic coming to downtown Toronto convention centre  CTV TorontoToronto opens COVID-19 vaccine clinic for frontline workers  CityNews TorontoLarge Toronto vaccination site opening next Monday at Metro Toronto Convention Centre  Newstalk 1010 (iHeartRadio)View Full coverage on Google News
  
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• LEVY: Tendercare not so tender with COVID-positive residents - Toronto Sun

  12-01-2021 02:33
  
  LEVY: Tendercare not so tender with COVID-positive residents  Toronto Sun
  
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