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Province extends emergency orders, adds new measures

Province extends emergency orders, adds new measures

Province introducing new measures allowing hospitals to increase capacity by using retirement home beds
COVID-19: How music and the arts have connected us

COVID-19: How music and the arts have connected us

Many musicians are reaching out from isolation on balconies, in condos or the outdoors during the COVID-19 pandemic
CANADA: Lawyers, advocate call for inmate release before COVID-19 spreads

CANADA: Lawyers, advocate call for inmate release before COVID-19 spreads

It's extremely likely that COVID-19 will arrive in nearly every correctional facility in Canada, according to medical director of the COVID-19 assessment centre at the St. Joseph's Health Centre in Toronto
LIVE: Premier Doug Ford provides latest COVID-19 update

LIVE: Premier Doug Ford provides latest COVID-19 update

Premier continuing to provide almost daily briefings
LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provides COVID-19 update

LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau provides COVID-19 update

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CANADA: Flattening the cash-flow gap coronavirus curve

CANADA: Flattening the cash-flow gap coronavirus curve

Businesses need to take instant action to prevent cash-flow insolvencies in the midst of COVID-19, accountancy professor says
BEYOND LOCAL: How young women and girls are taking sex-ed into their own hands

BEYOND LOCAL: How young women and girls are taking sex-ed into their own hands

Many young women and girls who make YouTube videos about sexual consent also examine larger cultural, legal and political contexts.
ONTARIO: Chief medical officer issues new COVID-19 testing guidelines

ONTARIO: Chief medical officer issues new COVID-19 testing guidelines

All health-care workers, caregivers, care providers and first responders should be tested "as soon as is feasible" if they develop any symptoms, including atypical ones, Williams wrote
LIVE: Province launches economic recovery committee to plan for COVID-19 aftermath

LIVE: Province launches economic recovery committee to plan for COVID-19 aftermath

Ontario Jobs and Recovery Committee to consist of cabinet ministers from all sectors of province's economy
COVID-19: 'Dynamic' physical distancing could help balance coronavirus fight, economy

COVID-19: 'Dynamic' physical distancing could help balance coronavirus fight, economy

One potential method could be to change the laws around how many people can gather at once, according to professor at McMaster University