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Doug Ford calls new COVID-19 variant concerning as Canada implements travel ban
TORONTO — Canada is implementing travel restrictions on all flights from southern Africa for the next two months after a…
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Gas prices to take major drop in Ontario this weekend
Gas prices in Ontario are expected to take the biggest single-day drop in more than a decade this weekend. According…
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Ontario logs highest daily COVID-19 case count since beginning of September with more than 900 new infections
TORONTO — Ontario is reporting the highest COVID-19 case count seen since the beginning of September. On Friday, the province…
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Ontario still in fourth virus wave, likely to continue through winter, top doc says
TORONTO — Ontario’s rising COVID-19 infection curve is a continuation of the fourth wave that started earlier in September, and…
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At least 52 dead after accident in Siberia mine
The number of miners and rescuers killed as a fire ravaged a coal mine in Siberia has risen to 52,…
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Quebec town chooses mayor by pulling name from hat after result ends in a tie
MONTREAL — A small town northeast of Quebec City has a new mayor after an unusual election that ended with…
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Human error likely caused Bulgaria’s deadly bus crash – investigators
Investigators say the deadly bus crash in Bulgaria was most likely caused by “human error”. At least 44 people were…
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Only nine Ontarians under the age of 60 have ended up in the ICU with a breakthrough case of COVID-19
TORONTO — There have been more than 17,000 so-called breakthrough cases of COVID-19 involving fully vaccinated Ontarians over the last…
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After anti-vax sentiment seeps in, three die and a tight-knit community near Montreal is torn apart
LAVAL, QUE. — When COVID-19 killed a 39-year-old Laval athlete in early September, it sent a shock through his tight-knit…
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Chance of vaccine mandates ending in January ‘next to zero’, Ontario science table head says
OTTAWA — The head of Ontario’s COVID-19 Science Advisory Table is not optimistic that vaccine certificate mandates will begin to…
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