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ONTARIO: High-profile cabinet minister Rod Phillips to resign seat, won't seek re-election

ONTARIO: High-profile cabinet minister Rod Phillips to resign seat, won't seek re-election

Long-term care minister said the timing of his announcement 'will allow Premier Doug Ford to appoint someone else to lead the ministry, which is currently overseeing a sector in crisis'
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CANADA: Omicron wave may be peaking, but modelling shows COVID-19 hospitalizations to surge

CANADA: Omicron wave may be peaking, but modelling shows COVID-19 hospitalizations to surge

New federal modelling released Friday shows the wave might be cresting — or just about to do so — but health experts won't know for sure for another week or so
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COVID-19: Ontario top doc stresses safety of kid vaccines after calling them too new to mandate

COVID-19: Ontario top doc stresses safety of kid vaccines after calling them too new to mandate

Dr. Kieran Moore made the clarifying statement on Wednesday, after saying earlier in the day that the vaccines are too new to require that children take them to attend school
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COVID-19: PM needs more info on Quebec's no-vax tax, Ottawa struggles to deliver rapid tests

COVID-19: PM needs more info on Quebec's no-vax tax, Ottawa struggles to deliver rapid tests

'Details matter. We need to know exactly what measures they're putting forward. We need to know the terms and conditions so we can know if it'll be effective,' Trudeau said on Wednesday
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CANADA: Government extends repayment deadline to emergency business account to 2023

CANADA: Government extends repayment deadline to emergency business account to 2023

Loan forgiveness deadline also extended
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BEYOND LOCAL: Ontario to temporarily change G driving test to help tackle backlog: government

BEYOND LOCAL: Ontario to temporarily change G driving test to help tackle backlog: government

A spokeswoman for Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney says the province will remove some elements from the G test that are also assessed in the lower-level G2 test
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COVID-19: Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay 'significant' financial penalty

COVID-19: Quebec to force unvaccinated to pay 'significant' financial penalty

About 10 per cent of adult Quebecers aren't vaccinated, but they represent about half of all patients in intensive care, Legault said, adding that the unvaccinated 'should be forced to pay for the extra burden they are placing on the health-care system'
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CANADA: Rapid spread of Omicron showing 'tale of two pandemics: rich and poor'

CANADA: Rapid spread of Omicron showing 'tale of two pandemics: rich and poor'

As provinces scale back eligibility for PCR testing, private testing companies in Ontario can offer same-day results for those willing to pay $160 or more for the service
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BEYOND LOCAL: Why it’s grim, but unsurprising, that the U.S. Capitol attack looked like something out of a zombie movie

BEYOND LOCAL: Why it’s grim, but unsurprising, that the U.S. Capitol attack looked like something out of a zombie movie

In the 20 years that zombie apocalypse narratives have grown and reached critical mass in popular media, such comparisons at an insurrection at the seat of American democracy are disturbing, but unsurprising
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U.S. POLITICS: Reject false narratives, political violence, Biden urges on Capitol riot anniversary

U.S. POLITICS: Reject false narratives, political violence, Biden urges on Capitol riot anniversary

'Are we going to be a nation that lives not by the light of the truth, but in the shadow of lies?'
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