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<b>CANADA:</b> Indigenous artwork to be displayed on billboards to honour residential schoolchildren

CANADA: Indigenous artwork to be displayed on billboards to honour residential schoolchildren

Hundreds of billboards across the country to honour those whose remains have been found and those who are still missing
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<b>ONTARIO:</b> Accelerated second-vaccine eligibility expands in hot spots for Delta variant

ONTARIO: Accelerated second-vaccine eligibility expands in hot spots for Delta variant

People in hot spots who received a first dose of an mRNA vaccine on or before May 30 can move up their second shots as of today
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<b>OPINION:</b> Canada's history of racism is different than the U.S., but just as real

OPINION: Canada's history of racism is different than the U.S., but just as real

Researcher offers insight as to why we shouldn't look at ourselves through a U.S. lens when it comes to race relations
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<b>WORLD:</b> Kobe Bryant's widow to settle lawsuit over deadly crash

WORLD: Kobe Bryant's widow to settle lawsuit over deadly crash

If approved by the court, the settlement — first announced by KABC-TV — would end a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit filed against the estate of the pilot and the owner and operator of the helicopter that crashed into a hillside on Jan. 26, 2020
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<b>CANADA:</b> Risk-assessment tool for fully vaccinated people coming soon, Tam promises

CANADA: Risk-assessment tool for fully vaccinated people coming soon, Tam promises

Canada is looking at a "risk assessment tool" that will guide Canadians to make a call on their own whether they are safe and comfortable to take off their masks and throw physical distancing to the wind
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<b>COVID-19:</b> How to respond to 'moral distress' of the pandemic

COVID-19: How to respond to 'moral distress' of the pandemic

Health-care professions like nursing are at risk of experiencing a post-pandemic exodus of workers due to burnout and moral distress
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<b>OPINION:</b> We must eliminate profit-making from child care and elder care

OPINION: We must eliminate profit-making from child care and elder care

Profits have no place in the care of our children and aging parents and grandparents
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<b>ONTARIO:</b> Province to spend $8M to staff OPP mental health call program

ONTARIO: Province to spend $8M to staff OPP mental health call program

The Crisis Call Diversion Program will be staffed by mental health and addictions crisis workers at Ontario Provincial Police communications centres
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<b>ONTARIO:</b> Teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo again denied parole

ONTARIO: Teen killer and serial rapist Paul Bernardo again denied parole

The hearing officers of the Parole Board of Canada took about an hour before denying Bernardo release, saying they were not persuaded that he no longer posed a substantive risk of reoffending
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<b>CANADA:</b> Restaurateurs grapple with rising food costs, menu prices expected to rise

CANADA: Restaurateurs grapple with rising food costs, menu prices expected to rise

A survey by Restaurants Canada found food costs are one of the top three challenges restaurants are facing along with additional shutdowns and pandemic-related debt
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