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Meghani Issues instructions to Businesses on Outbreaks
By: Laura Steiner Halton’s Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) Dr. Hamidah Meghani has issued new instructions to businesses to help them respond to workplace […]
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Advocates Call Ottawa’s PR Program “A Smokescreen”
By: Johna Baylon, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, New Canadian Media When Ottawa announced a new federal program that would provide a path to permanent residency […]
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Oxfam slams Canada’s reticence on vaccine patent waivers
By: Lynn Desjardins Oxfam says Canada could have been a leader in fighting COVID-19 vaccine inequality around the world but “instead has chosen to sit […]
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Trudeau slams lockdown protests as counterproductive
By: Levon Sevunts Canadians who are gathering in large numbers to protest against COVID-19 related lockdown measures are in fact prolonging the pandemic and the […]
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Golf club owners, players frustrated over course closures
By: Joshua Santos, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Orangeville Banner It’s as frustrating as missing a hole-in-one or swinging the ball out of the sand. Non-essential […]
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Halton Region Announces COVID-19 Vaccination schedule for the month of May
By: Laura Steiner The Region of Halton has unveiled its vaccine schedule for the rest of May, 2021. As previously announced it begins today with […]
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Feds, CFL in talks for potential support this year: Carr
By: Evan Radford, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Regina Leader-Post While the federal Liberal government’s special envoy to the Prairies spent Thursday morning touting Ottawa’s 2021-22 […]
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Trudeau dismisses Ontario’s call for stricter land border quarantine rules
By: Levon Sevunts Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is open to stricter penalties for travellers who violate the mandatory quarantine period but will […]
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‘Ed died of a broken heart’: Oro-Medonte family mourns death of father in nursing home
By: Cheryl Browne, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Barrie Advance Christy Cachia-Zerygiewicz, 41, is convinced her father-in-law died of a broken heart. Edward Cachia was 92 […]
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Canadian charity launches fundraising appeal for COVID-stricken India
By: Lynn Desjardins The charity Plan International Canada is launching an urgent fundraising appeal to support its COVID-19 response in India. As of 2016, there […]