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ONTARIO: Orillia native with COVID-19 urges people to 'take precautions seriously'

ONTARIO: Orillia native with COVID-19 urges people to 'take precautions seriously'

Chad McKillop and wife still feeling effects of coronavirus; 'The more people follow these guidelines, the quicker we’re going to get through this'
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LIVE: 'Fines and even prison time' in store for Canadians who break quaratine order, says PM

LIVE: 'Fines and even prison time' in store for Canadians who break quaratine order, says PM

Quarantine act makes 14-day isolation manadatory
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What you need to know about the Quarantine Act as isolation becomes mandatory for returning travellers

What you need to know about the Quarantine Act as isolation becomes mandatory for returning travellers

Canada's move to use the Quarantine Act to curb spread of COVID-19 is unprecedented
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BEYOND LOCAL: New guidelines suggest not to take Aspirin to prevent first stroke, heart disease

BEYOND LOCAL: New guidelines suggest not to take Aspirin to prevent first stroke, heart disease

This comes as a major shift from the decades-old practice calling for a daily, low dose of ASA
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ONTARIO: Viral video of Niagara restaurant employee 'licking' plastic spoons causes outrage

ONTARIO: Viral video of Niagara restaurant employee 'licking' plastic spoons causes outrage

Woman in video to Village Media: 'It was taken before corona and I did not lick the spoons'
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ONTARIO: Niagara man dies in hospital from COVID-19

ONTARIO: Niagara man dies in hospital from COVID-19

This marks Niagara Region's first death in the global pandemic
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BEYOND LOCAL: This is what you need this morning. Mic'd up Mason is back!

BEYOND LOCAL: This is what you need this morning. Mic'd up Mason is back!

Orillia's Mason Rupke starred in a video that went viral globally a year ago; Once again the local lad is featured in a smile-inducing video
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LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces $2,000-a-month COVID-19 job loss benefit

LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces $2,000-a-month COVID-19 job loss benefit

Will be updated . . .
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Canada to help world's poor cope with COVID-19, amid UN appeal: aid minister

Canada to help world's poor cope with COVID-19, amid UN appeal: aid minister

International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada has earmarked $50 million in response to today's launch of the U.N's COVID-19 humanitarian response plan
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Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic

Parks Canada to close national parks, historic sites to vehicle traffic

Parks Canada plans to suspend all motor vehicle access, starting Wednesday, until further notice
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