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ONTARIO: Court to wait until 2022 to sentence Toronto's van attack killer

ONTARIO: Court to wait until 2022 to sentence Toronto's van attack killer

Justice Anne Molloy says the court is waiting on a decision from the Supreme Court of Canada about serving murder sentences consecutively before proceeding
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CANADA: Travel agencies report soaring bookings, but quarantine hotels hold people back

CANADA: Travel agencies report soaring bookings, but quarantine hotels hold people back

Large Canadian booking agencies like Flight Centre and tripcentral.ca have reported massive month-over-month increases in bookings since April, with Flight Centre reporting a nearly 20 per cent increase in bookings in April when compared to March
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BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why female robots are seen as being 'more human' than male ones

BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why female robots are seen as being 'more human' than male ones

Why do we perceive female robots as more human than male robots?
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ONTARIO: Health Canada extends expiry for some AstraZeneca doses by one month

ONTARIO: Health Canada extends expiry for some AstraZeneca doses by one month

Ontario had been trying to redistribute a stockpile of 45,000 shots
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ONTARIO: David Williams out as top medical health officer; Kieran Moore gets job

ONTARIO: David Williams out as top medical health officer; Kieran Moore gets job

Health Minister Christine Elliott said Sunday that Moore will take over as Ontarios's chief medical officer of health on June 26 following Dr. Williams' retirement
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BEYOND LOCAL: How living life on a screen during COVID-19 affects your eyes

BEYOND LOCAL: How living life on a screen during COVID-19 affects your eyes

We’re spending more and more time on our computers and beginning to notice eye problems
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BEYOND LOCAL: How teachers remember their own childhoods affects how they challenge school inequities

BEYOND LOCAL: How teachers remember their own childhoods affects how they challenge school inequities

How teachers recall their childhoods carries important clues about how likely they are to name and challenge inequities in schools today.
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BEYOND LOCAL: How high-tech contact lenses could one day replace smart phones

BEYOND LOCAL: How high-tech contact lenses could one day replace smart phones

Research bringing together chemistry, biology and microelectronics is resulting in contact lenses that are straight out of science fiction
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BEYOND LOCAL: How better conversations can help reduce vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 and other shots

BEYOND LOCAL: How better conversations can help reduce vaccine hesitancy for COVID-19 and other shots

Empathetically exploring the positive motivations of people who are vaccine hesitant may help improve acceptance for COVID-19 vaccines and others
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CANADA: Canada Post says 950,000 customers potentially exposed to supplier data breach

CANADA: Canada Post says 950,000 customers potentially exposed to supplier data breach

Canada Post says, that after a detailed forensic investigation, there was no evidence that any financial information was breached between July 2016 and March 2019
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