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Ontario's infection prevention team sidelined due to politics, commission hears

Ontario's infection prevention team sidelined due to politics, commission hears

Bureaucratic turf concerns prevented a highly trained team of infection prevention and control experts from helping Ontario long-term care homes in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, an independent commission has heard. Dr.
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Quebec to focus variant testing, increase vaccinations in hard-hit Montreal

Quebec to focus variant testing, increase vaccinations in hard-hit Montreal

MONTREAL — Quebec will send a larger proportion of vaccines to hard-hit Montreal and devote most of its efforts to screen for novel coronavirus variants in that city, Health Minister Christian Dube said Thursday.
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Stay-home order, vaccines needed to avoid third wave new data indicates

Stay-home order, vaccines needed to avoid third wave new data indicates

TORONTO — Aggressive vaccination and maintaining a stay-at-home order would help Ontario avoid a third wave and another lockdown, health experts advising the province said Thursday as the government prepared to ease restrictions for most regions next
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One-year-old boy was fatally shot by police in November incident: SIU

One-year-old boy was fatally shot by police in November incident: SIU

Police gunfire killed a one-year-old boy during a violent interaction between officers and his father last year, Ontario's police watchdog said Thursday, ending months of speculation on how the child had died.
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Ontario postpones March break until April to reduce community spread of COVID-19

Ontario postpones March break until April to reduce community spread of COVID-19

TORONTO — Ontario is postponing March break until the week of April 12 in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, a move decried by critics who argued the government should instead be focusing on making schools safer.
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Ontario universities urge students not to travel during reading week

Ontario universities urge students not to travel during reading week

Several Ontario universities are urging students living on campus not to travel during the upcoming mid-semester break known as reading week in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Pandemic has affected the mental health of 76% of Canadians, survey suggests

Pandemic has affected the mental health of 76% of Canadians, survey suggests

A new survey suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of the majority of respondents.
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Man charged after allegedly showing fraudulent COVID-19 test at Toronto airport

Man charged after allegedly showing fraudulent COVID-19 test at Toronto airport

TORONTO — Police say a man has been charged after he presented a fraudulent negative COVID-19 test result to officials at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.
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Public health fears more novel coronavirus variants in Montreal than tests suggest

Public health fears more novel coronavirus variants in Montreal than tests suggest

MONTREAL — The number of daily, reported COVID-19 infections in Montreal remains at a high plateau, the city's public health director said Wednesday, and she warned that new cases of novel coronavirus variants may be circulating undetected. Dr.
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COVID-19 inspections to focus on warehouses, distribution centres in Peel Region

COVID-19 inspections to focus on warehouses, distribution centres in Peel Region

TORONTO — The next phase of Ontario's workplace “inspection blitz” is expected to focus on warehouses and distribution centres in Peel Region, a COVID-19 hot spot with a high number of essential workers.
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