Ottawa surpasses 500 COVID-19 deaths
More than 500 people in Ottawa have died in relation to COVID-19, according to the local public health unit’s latest report Wednesday.Ottawa Public Health said...
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‘A punishing third wave’: RVH transfers 50 to other hospitals in past 2 weeks, official says
Amid a third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) in Barrie, Ont., has had to transfer 50 patients to other hospitals...
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Lobus raises $6 million for an art management platform on the blockchain
Reshaping ownership proofs in the fine art markets has been one of the blockchain's clearest real-world use cases. But in recent months as top auction houses ha...
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Nearly 2 dozen families isolating after St. Vital school COVID-19 outbreak
Nearly two dozen Winnipeg families are now at home isolating after a COVID-19 outbreak swept through a St. Vital school.It took less than two weeks for 22 peopl...
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With COVID-19 present in daycares, early childhood educators call for greater protection
As Nova Scotia experiences record-breaking spread of COVID-19, early childhood educators (ECEs) in the province are calling for more protection.While businesses...
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Mower believed responsible for grass fire near home in South Okanagan
The Oliver Fire Department managed to put out a small grass fire on Tuesday afternoon before it could spread to a nearby home.The fire broke out at around 4 p.m...
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Ontario’s COVID-19 triage protocol ‘discriminates because of disability,’ advocates say
When Tracy Odell experienced bleeding in her stomach last summer during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, she went to hospital but vowed she would not re...
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B.C.’s police watchdog service investigating head-on highway collision near Salmon Arm
A head-on highway collision that happened near Salmon Arm earlier this month, and may be linked to a possible domestic disturbance, is being investigated by B.C...
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Food fight brewing in Steveston over food trucks
Food trucks are among the many businesses that have been hard hit by the pandemic but they are now running up against new challenges in one Metro Vancouver comm...
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COVID-19: 8 new cases in City of Kawartha Lakes, 5 in Northumberland County
The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit reported another 13 new cases of COVID-19 in its jurisdiction on Wednesday afternoon.The new cases inc...
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COVID-19: Ottawa council backs Ontario paid sick leave ahead of expected announcement
Ottawa city council is putting last-minute pressure on the Ontario government to provide paid sick leave to workers during the third wave of the COVID-19 pandem...
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Kelowna RCMP find cache of stolen bikes; owners sought
Nearly a dozen bikes, all believed to be stolen, have been recovered, say Kelowna RCMP.Last Wednesday, police executed a search warrant on a Kelowna storage loc...
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