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CANADA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify today on WE Charity controversy

CANADA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify today on WE Charity controversy

Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford was also scheduled to testify today
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CANADA: Kids should return to school full-time, but masks not ideal for all grades, SickKids says

CANADA: Kids should return to school full-time, but masks not ideal for all grades, SickKids says

Doctors say evidence is mounting that young children don't play a "significant role" in spreading COVID-19, compared to teenagers and other adults
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CANADA: Privacy officials say LifeLabs has asked court to limit their breach report

CANADA: Privacy officials say LifeLabs has asked court to limit their breach report

A joint statement from the privacy commissioners for Ontario and British Columbia says the Toronto-based chain of medical labs has agreed to comply with their orders and recommendations
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ONTARIO: Province plans to redesign child welfare system to focus on prevention

ONTARIO: Province plans to redesign child welfare system to focus on prevention

Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues Jill Dunlop says the new strategy will also work to address the over-representation of Black and Indigenous families in the children's aid system
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WATCH: Province launches independent long-term care COVID-19 commission

WATCH: Province launches independent long-term care COVID-19 commission

Commission will guide the province on how to better protect long-term care residents and staff
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COVID-19: Boosting marginalized groups key to 'feminist economic recovery,' report says

COVID-19: Boosting marginalized groups key to 'feminist economic recovery,' report says

The report also notes that many essential workers are unprotected from the effects of COVID-19, because they are migrant workers or work in the gig economy
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CANADA: Health Canada approves remdesivir to treat severe COVID-19 symptoms

CANADA: Health Canada approves remdesivir to treat severe COVID-19 symptoms

This is the first drug Health Canada has approved for the treatment of COVID-19
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ONTARIO: Ford says there are no plans to roll back economic reopening despite new cases

ONTARIO: Ford says there are no plans to roll back economic reopening despite new cases

New cases 'don't amount to a serious surge,' he says
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CANADA: Tam says feds, experts discussing COVID-19 vaccine orders amid concerns of delay

CANADA: Tam says feds, experts discussing COVID-19 vaccine orders amid concerns of delay

Tam was addressing concerns that Canadians will have to get in line behind other countries to wait for the COVID-19 vaccine
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ONTARIO: Province spent $3.5B less than planned in last fiscal year, watchdog says

ONTARIO: Province spent $3.5B less than planned in last fiscal year, watchdog says

The watchdog says the most significant underspending was seen in interest on debt
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