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Coronavirus fallout: Handwashing jumps in Canada, new poll indicates
TORONTO — Growing concern about contracting or spreading the new coronavirus has so far prompted Canadians to make relatively modest changes to protect themselves and others, a poll released on Wednesday indicates.
Mar 11, 2020 11:18 AM
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A breakdown of federal spending in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
OTTAWA — The federal government unveiled a $1 billion response package to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the Canadian health-care system, the economy, and workers.
Mar 11, 2020 10:42 AM
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Inheritances and bankruptcy at stake for Erie Shore Dr. residents
Rick Barnier has memories of his wife sitting on a wooden outdoor swing, facing Lake Erie, rocking back and forth as she recounted stories to their two young grandchildren.
Mar 11, 2020 10:36 AM
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Several hospitalized after suspected carbon monoxide leak at Quebec high school
LAVAL, Que. — A high school north of Montreal was evacuated and at least a dozen people have been taken to hospital after a suspected carbon monoxide leak. A spokesman for ambulance service Urgences-Sante said that as of 11:30 a.m.
Mar 11, 2020 10:32 AM
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Gas-powered vehicles contribute more to city pollution than thought: research
Research suggests cars and other gasoline-powered vehicles are responsible for a share of two highly toxic contaminants in downtown city air that's at least five times larger than previously thought.
Mar 11, 2020 9:13 AM
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Federal measures for COVID-19 and an upside down house; In The News for March 11
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 11 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
Mar 11, 2020 2:15 AM
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New coronavirus outbreak affecting Canadians' March break travel plans
TORONTO — Cindy Perry was all set for a March break trip to California with her wife and their two children, but the novel coronavirus outbreak that is sweeping the globe made her reconsider her plans.
Mar 11, 2020 2:00 AM
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Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates
VANCOUVER — Canada's first death from the novel coronavirus has highlighted the urgent and often ignored need for better staffing at long-term care facilities where elderly residents are especially vulnerable to the disease, says the head of the Cana
Mar 11, 2020 2:00 AM
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Sex trafficking common; convictions are not
“Every single day in Sarnia sex trafficking occurs,” says the Coordinator for the local Anti-Human Trafficking Project The recent conviction in Sarnia of a man on nine charges relating to the exploitation of two women through sex trafficking — includ
Mar 10, 2020 11:14 PM
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GTA man guilty of sex trafficking in Sarnia
It is an eye-opening reminder that sex trafficking happens everywhere, including small towns in Ontario. A Sarnia jury took just two hours to find a Toronto-area man guilty of exploiting two women for selling their sexual services.
Mar 10, 2020 11:05 PM
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