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Ford says 'patience has run thin' with low numbers of COVID-19 tests in Ontario

Ford says 'patience has run thin' with low numbers of COVID-19 tests in Ontario

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford vowed Wednesday to immediately and vastly increase the number of COVID-19 tests Ontario performs after the province faced criticism for allowing most of its lab capacity to sit idle for days.
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Quebec to test all residents, staff in long-term care homes as COVID-19 cases jump

Quebec to test all residents, staff in long-term care homes as COVID-19 cases jump

MONTREAL — Quebec reorganized its hospitals in anticipation of an influx of COVID-19 patients, only to receive fewer sick people than authorities anticipated.
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Bail granted to Quebec man charged in Walmart altercation with security guard

Bail granted to Quebec man charged in Walmart altercation with security guard

MONTREAL — A Quebec man involved in an alleged assault that left a security guard seriously injured and that police initially described as a kind of COVID-19 road rage was granted bail on Wednesday.
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Quebec forecasts at least 1,263 COVID-19 deaths, peaking around April 18

Quebec forecasts at least 1,263 COVID-19 deaths, peaking around April 18

Quebec public health officials project COVID-19 will cause between 1,263 and 8,860 deaths in the province by the end of April, according to projections released Tuesday.
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Toronto Zoo taking precautions with big cats after tiger in N.Y. gets COVID-19

Toronto Zoo taking precautions with big cats after tiger in N.Y. gets COVID-19

TORONTO — The news that a tiger tested positive for COVID-19 at the Bronx Zoo in New York dropped like a bomb at the Toronto Zoo. Staff traded messages after news broke Sunday night.
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Ontario calls for anyone with health-care training to join COVID-19 fight

Ontario calls for anyone with health-care training to join COVID-19 fight

TORONTO — Ontario put out a wartime-like plea Tuesday to press anyone in the province with health-care experience into service, as the first Ontario-made personal protective equipment rolled off the lines following a similar call to action to busines
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Legault sends reinforcements as a single Quebec care home reports over 100 cases

Legault sends reinforcements as a single Quebec care home reports over 100 cases

MONTREAL — Premier Francois Legault announced Tuesday that he was diverting health-care workers from Quebec's hospitals to serve in the province's hard-hit seniors' residences, as one long-term care home north of Montreal reported more than 100 cases
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Ontario has enough health-care protective gear for one more week: Ford

Ontario has enough health-care protective gear for one more week: Ford

TORONTO — Premier Doug Ford said late Monday he was pleased a U.S. manufacturer of medical equipment had reached a deal with the White House to continue sending desperately needed masks and respirators to Canada.
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SIU investigating fatal shooting of 26-year-old-man in Brampton

SIU investigating fatal shooting of 26-year-old-man in Brampton

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Ontario's Special Investigations Unit is investigating a fatal shooting Monday in Brampton. A 26-year-old man was killed after Peel Regional Police officers responded to a domestic situation.
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First COVID-19 case surfaces in northwestern Ontario Indigenous community

First COVID-19 case surfaces in northwestern Ontario Indigenous community

A military hospital is needed in a remote Ontario Indigenous community now that the COVID-19 pandemic has reached the area, the chief of the First Nation said Monday.
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