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COVID-19: Improving building ventilation can help control coronavirus spread during winter months

COVID-19: Improving building ventilation can help control coronavirus spread during winter months

The risk of transmitting COVID-19 is much higher indoors due to proximity to other people and building ventilation systems
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COVID-19: What pro sports should learn from resilient women athletes post-pandemic

COVID-19: What pro sports should learn from resilient women athletes post-pandemic

Despite record-setting momentum, the sports industry has continued to ignore the economic viability of women’s sports
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CANADA: The argument in favour of COVID-19 immunity passports

CANADA: The argument in favour of COVID-19 immunity passports

Are immunity passports an idea that we should be seriously considering?
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COVID-19: Why eco-labelling is so difficult during the pandemic

COVID-19: Why eco-labelling is so difficult during the pandemic

Eco-labelling during the COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be challenging for some businesses, particularly those in low-income countries
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ONTARIO: Government didn't replenish PPE stockpiles before COVID-19, LTC commission hears

ONTARIO: Government didn't replenish PPE stockpiles before COVID-19, LTC commission hears

Ontario's former deputy minister of health and long-term care told the independent commission that the province's supply of personal protective equipment should have been refilled around 2017 or 2018
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CANADA: Prison guards need priority COVID-19 vaccinations, union says

CANADA: Prison guards need priority COVID-19 vaccinations, union says

The call comes as the union hears of plans by the Correctional Service to begin vaccinating inmates Friday
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ONTARIO: Families, experts question school reopening plans as COVID-19 cases remain high

ONTARIO: Families, experts question school reopening plans as COVID-19 cases remain high

The new year has brought increasing uncertainty for many families left on tenterhooks, wondering how they can be sure when it's safe to resume classes
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COVID-19: Ford says Ontario is consulting medical experts on return to in-class learning

COVID-19: Ford says Ontario is consulting medical experts on return to in-class learning

He says the government will be making an announcement on the issue in the coming days
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COVID-19: Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests

COVID-19: Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests

COVID-19 case numbers are rising, and the poll suggests 62 per cent surveyed have little to no confidence in Canada's ability to limit the spread of COVID-19 over the next few weeks
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ONTARIO: Doctors urge high-risk pregnant, breastfeeding women to get access to COVID vaccines

ONTARIO: Doctors urge high-risk pregnant, breastfeeding women to get access to COVID vaccines

Dr. Samantha Hill, a cardiac surgeon in Toronto, says because pregnant and breastfeeding women haven't been included in clinical trials yet she is worried the message many pregnant women are getting is to not get vaccinated
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