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ONTARIO: Province clarifies long-term care home visitor rules

ONTARIO: Province clarifies long-term care home visitor rules

Ontario is now saying the updated guidelines will even the playing field so families and caregivers across the province have greater access to residents
ONTARIO: Parents, educators push for outdoor learning experiments to address COVID fears

ONTARIO: Parents, educators push for outdoor learning experiments to address COVID fears

The use of cut logs, tarps, and cheap yoga mats are just some ideas to keep kids socially distanced and outside
CANADA: IIHF decision looming on world junior men's hockey championship

CANADA: IIHF decision looming on world junior men's hockey championship

The International Ice Hockey Federation's council will meet later this month to review the status of all tournaments in 2020-21
COVID-19: Health Canada reverses course, will review applications for home tests

COVID-19: Health Canada reverses course, will review applications for home tests

In June, the department indicated it would not review such applications
CANADA: Study says surgery backlog due to COVID-19 could take 84 weeks to clear

CANADA: Study says surgery backlog due to COVID-19 could take 84 weeks to clear

The provincial government instructed Ontario hospitals to cancel elective surgeries and other activities deemed not urgent in mid-March to prepare for a possible surge of COVID-19 patients
ONTARIO: Provincial cannabis regulator promises to double monthly store approvals

ONTARIO: Provincial cannabis regulator promises to double monthly store approvals

Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says it will step up pace of approvals process at province's direction
ONTARIO: School boards will need to "collapse" some classes, trustees group says

ONTARIO: School boards will need to "collapse" some classes, trustees group says

A spokesman for Canada's largest school board said in a typical year reorganization of classes happens within the first two weeks of school each year
COVID-19: Canadians filed more than 8,000 complaints about airlines to agency since March

COVID-19: Canadians filed more than 8,000 complaints about airlines to agency since March

The pandemic has devastated the airline industry, with billions of dollars in losses for Canadian carriers amid grounded flights and tight international borders
LIVE: Ford, seniors minister to hold press conference

LIVE: Ford, seniors minister to hold press conference

Village Media will carry the livestream
CANADA: Use of predictive policing tools highlight need for federal action, report says

CANADA: Use of predictive policing tools highlight need for federal action, report says

Report says Canadian law enforcement agencies have generally been much more cautious than their international counterparts when it comes to deploying algorithmic tools in their crime-fighting efforts