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Do those contemplating medically assisted death need a 10-day ‘reflection’ period?

... last week at the House of Commons’ standing committee on... Those opposed to the removal of the reflection period argue... think it’s really a matter of common sense that...
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So we get a COVID-19 vaccine. Then what? A glimpse of how the coming months could play out

... to leave. After a year of drastically reduced travel, the... required vaccine. It’s the kind of scene that’s becoming increasingly... are no longer the purview of speculative fiction writers,...
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This GTA neighbourhood has a staggering rate of COVID-19 infections. Families are struggling, and essential workers are scared. Inside the ‘perfect storm in Peel’

At the northeast corner of Queen Street East and... Brampton begins a large stretch of multi sized warehouses, factories and.. any given day, the movement of small and large trucks......
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The COVID Alert app has been used by just over 3,000 people in Ontario to alert contacts about a positive test

... it launched at the end of July, about five per cent of cases in the province... infectious diseases specialist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute and the University...
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Plasma from COVID-19 survivors desperately needed outside of Quebec as researchers fear second wave shortage

With a second wave of COVID 19 in full force, ... plasma, and fearing a shortage of the blood product. “We’re... plasma in the non Quebec part of the country, said Dr....
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Toronto weddings are spreading COVID-19. Experts say it’s time to stop ‘mixed messaging’ on large gatherings

As Toronto awaits yet more restrictions... COVID 19 levels, one significant driver of infections — weddings —... specific cap on the number of guests who can gather... here. Dr. Anna...
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Should medically assisted deaths be allowed for Canadians with mental illnesses? The federal government says no. Not everyone agrees

... is “stigmatizing” and “inaccurate, ” health professionals and advocates agree. But... be allowed on the basis of mental illness. Others see the exclusion of mental illness in upcoming... year, representing...
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RCMP commissioner delivers a blueprint to change a culture — and keep her job

... to hear from the leader of Canada’s national police force at the start of an interview. But after... has also done a lot of “listening” and “learning” —... dozen...
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‘I’m running out of ammunition.’ Peel’s medical officer of health looks at more curbs as region faces Ontario’s scariest COVID numbers

Peel’s medical officer of health is “running out of ammunition” to control the.. in his region and warns of further restrictions if the... a COVID 19 test positivity rate of...
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Bruce Arthur: Sadly, getting to COVID Zero now is too far to reach because we have already screwed up so badly

... scientists who have been warning of disaster, and how people behave. That’s where the idea of #COVIDZero comes in... weekend by several doctors, some of whom have been...
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Is there any benefit to receiving multiple COVID-19 vaccines?

TORONTO Dozens of COVID 19 vaccine candidates are... “They are the same sort of mechanism in terms of how they work, so... Dr. Eleanor Fish, an immunology...
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‘A pandemic of grief’: StatCan’s first-ever data on Black victims of homicide prompts calls for targeted trauma services

... that reveals a stark representation of Black Canadians among homicide... mental health programming for members of the Black community. StatCan’s... on Oct. 29, shows one third of homicide victims were...
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‘We’re heading to a place that is very bad’: Ontario announces 29 COVID-19 deaths as Mayor John Tory warns of increased restrictions

... as Mayor John Tory warned of possible increasing restrictions and... “We are working with health officials and the provincial government... to help stop the spread of COVID 19 in our...
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Toronto would be amazing if only we had more money to invest in our future — here’s how we could get it

. explaining his revenue raising ideas for Toronto, York University economist Amin Mawani quotes... King Louis XIV. “The art of taxation consists in so... obtain the largest possible amount of feathers...
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Remarks readied for Canada’s spy boss reveal fears ‘hostile’ nations are fishing for your data

... sets can contain huge volumes of personal information and have.. to reveal a “detailed picture of the day to day activities” of individuals and organizations they... says Stephanie Carvin, a Carleton...
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How to manage mental health during the second wave of COVID-19

TORONTO Amid... psyche. Steve Joordens, a psychology professor from the University of Toronto, told CTV News Channel... it could create a sense of helplessness among Canadians...
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Ford warns of harsher COVID-19 restrictions after data shows Ontario may get 6,500 cases per day

TORONTO ... are now in some form of lockdown by December. We need the cooperation of the people, Ford said, ... another record for the number of...
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Randall Denley: Ford is about to lockdown Ontario further — hopefully more carefully this time

... it. Dr. Steini Brown, dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and the province’s modelling... December, four times the level of today....
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Ontario could see 3,000 to 6,500 new COVID-19 cases per day by mid-December, new modelling suggests

TORONTO ... another record for the number of new infections in a... cases grow at a rate of three per cent, Ontario... are now in some...
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Science is working : Canadian experts say evolving mask guidance to be expected

... cloth masks can “reduce inhalation of ... droplets by the... WHO . The Public Health Agency of Canada PHAC said in... Amy Tan, a clinical assistant professor at the University...