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COVID-19: Ontario eases restrictions, allowing sports training facilities to open

COVID-19: Ontario eases restrictions, allowing sports training facilities to open

Lisa MacLeod said pro sport training facilities can reopen, provided their respective leagues have health and safety protocols in response to COVID-19
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ONTARIO: Bradford boy goes missing, later found shopping for Mother’s Day gift at Walmart

ONTARIO: Bradford boy goes missing, later found shopping for Mother’s Day gift at Walmart

Police say this is a good reminder to talk to kids about streetproofing
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CANADA: Wage-subsidy program to be extended as steep job losses continue (updated)

CANADA: Wage-subsidy program to be extended as steep job losses continue (updated)

The loss of 1,993,800 jobs comes on top of more than one million jobs lost in March
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LIVE: More details on re-opening Ontario's economy to come soon: Finance minister

LIVE: More details on re-opening Ontario's economy to come soon: Finance minister

Province to release details of re-opening plan, but no timeline given
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COVID-19: A father reads his daughter's heartfelt account of his battle with coronavirus

COVID-19: A father reads his daughter's heartfelt account of his battle with coronavirus

The online blog compiled by his daughter includes moments of despair, of joy, of songs sung through smartphones to a semi-conscious man, and of a family's love for a "Papa bear" lying in a state of weakness
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COVID-19: How indoor malls could operate under new restrictions, measures

COVID-19: How indoor malls could operate under new restrictions, measures

Experts say the days of wandering aimlessly around the mall are behind us
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CANADA: Canadians divided over making COVID-19 vaccine mandatory, poll suggests

CANADA: Canadians divided over making COVID-19 vaccine mandatory, poll suggests

Older Canadians, who are most at risk of serious harm from COVID-19, were more likely to support a mandatory vaccine
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COVID-19: More people working remotely means higher risk of cybersecurity threats

COVID-19: More people working remotely means higher risk of cybersecurity threats

Emergency directives mean that more and more people are working remotely from home, producing more technological vulnerabilities
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ONTARIO: Even If the 'murder hornet' makes it to Ontario, it's unknown if it can survive our winters

ONTARIO: Even If the 'murder hornet' makes it to Ontario, it's unknown if it can survive our winters

More research needed on giant Asian hornet (aka the 'Murder hornet'), says Guelph U professor
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COVID-19: HR expert says work-from-home ‘revolution’ possible as companies adapt to coronavirus measures

COVID-19: HR expert says work-from-home ‘revolution’ possible as companies adapt to coronavirus measures

From an employer's perspective, money can be saved on rental spaces
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