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WORLD: Netflix chooses Toronto as location for its corporate office in Canada

WORLD: Netflix chooses Toronto as location for its corporate office in Canada

Netflix said in February it planned to open an office in this country but was still figuring out the location
COVID-19: Quebec reports first blood clot death in Canada following AstraZeneca vaccine

COVID-19: Quebec reports first blood clot death in Canada following AstraZeneca vaccine

Quebec's public health director said the benefits of the vaccine far outweigh the risks, and the province always knew that rare complications were possible
ONTARIO: Why didn't police intervene when a Tillsonburg golf course reopened?

ONTARIO: Why didn't police intervene when a Tillsonburg golf course reopened?

Experts say while a lack of enforcement may undermine public faith in the rules, it isn't as simple as police slapping down a fine and calling it a day
COVID-19: Canada still counting on U.S. to share its AstraZeneca stockpile, Trudeau says

COVID-19: Canada still counting on U.S. to share its AstraZeneca stockpile, Trudeau says

Trudeau says the federal government is in close contact with the U.S. about procuring more doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
CANADA: Trudeau says Ontario sick leave should be delivered directly through employers

CANADA: Trudeau says Ontario sick leave should be delivered directly through employers

The prime minister says Ontario should work through provincially regulated businesses to implement a sick-leave program, as his government did with federally regulated workplaces
ONTARIO: Migrant farm workers need COVID protection, coroner report says

ONTARIO: Migrant farm workers need COVID protection, coroner report says

The report recommends putting isolation centres in place, setting up an anonymous phone line for reporting concerns, and conducting random tests for COVID-19
CANADA: People view Derek Chauvin guilty verdict in George Floyd death as good news, poll finds

CANADA: People view Derek Chauvin guilty verdict in George Floyd death as good news, poll finds

Jury found Chauvin guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after he knelt on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes last year
COVID-19: Ontario preparing for military support to help overburdened health care system

COVID-19: Ontario preparing for military support to help overburdened health care system

The move comes after the province said it made a formal request for assistance from the Canadian Armed Forces and the Canadian Red Cross
COVID-19: Ontario considering sending half its vaccines to hot spot areas, health minister says

COVID-19: Ontario considering sending half its vaccines to hot spot areas, health minister says

The government is also seeking to have "several" pharmacies administer the Pfizer shot as part of a pilot project meant to help mitigate the impact of a shortage of AstraZeneca vaccines
ONTARIO: Municipal council in Northern Ont. passes resolution calling for probe into volatile lumber prices

ONTARIO: Municipal council in Northern Ont. passes resolution calling for probe into volatile lumber prices

Last year a piece of 2 by 4 Grade A lumber sold for $1.25 and one year later that same piece of lumber retails for more than $9