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COVID-19: Study links good healthcare in Canada to higher COVID-19 death rate

COVID-19: Study links good healthcare in Canada to higher COVID-19 death rate

Canadians 'live longer with chronic disease, putting them at greater risk,' research says
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ONTARIO: Province amends liquor laws to help hospitality sector recover from pandemic

ONTARIO: Province amends liquor laws to help hospitality sector recover from pandemic

The province says it recognizes the need for physical distancing due to COVID-19 and is amending the Liquor Licence Act to allow alcohol delivery services to use contractors
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CANADA: Ethnocultural crime statistics to be collected through police, StatCan co-operation

CANADA: Ethnocultural crime statistics to be collected through police, StatCan co-operation

The move comes amid widespread concern about police brutality and discrimination toward Black and Indigenous people
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CANADA: Home sales continued to rebound in June

CANADA: Home sales continued to rebound in June

This comes after home sales froze due to the pandemic
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CANADA: Aid for energy heavily weighted towards fossil fuels in COVID-19 response

CANADA: Aid for energy heavily weighted towards fossil fuels in COVID-19 response

A recent survey showed revenues and jobs in the clean tech sector were both expected to fall more than 50 per cent this year
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Ontario loosens rules to visit long-term care homes starting July 22

Ontario loosens rules to visit long-term care homes starting July 22

Indoor visits to resume July 22
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LIVE: Premier Doug Ford to make announcement

LIVE: Premier Doug Ford to make announcement

Village Media will carry the livestream
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COVID:19: Ontario 'prepared' for second COVID-19 wave, Ford says

COVID:19: Ontario 'prepared' for second COVID-19 wave, Ford says

Hospitals warn surge may come this fall during flu season
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ONTARIO: Province to scrap birth alerts starting in October

ONTARIO: Province to scrap birth alerts starting in October

This is 'part of the province's push to bring greater equity to the child welfare system,' minister says
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COVID-19: Air Canada urges Ottawa to adopt 'science-based approach' to reopen travel

COVID-19: Air Canada urges Ottawa to adopt 'science-based approach' to reopen travel

Air Canada's chief medical officer, Dr. Jim Chung, wrote that the restrictions are severely impacting the airline, its customers and employees, as well as an overall recovery
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