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ONTARIO: Top doc wants students back in classrooms before provincial reopening

ONTARIO: Top doc wants students back in classrooms before provincial reopening

Williams said most public health units in the province support the reopening of schools, which have been shut to in-person learning since early- to mid-April
BEYOND LOCAL: How COVID-19 has affected baseball betting odds

BEYOND LOCAL: How COVID-19 has affected baseball betting odds

What’s happening in baseball, it seems, is the rich get richer and those less fortunate struggle to compete, financial analyst says
COVID-19: Ontario reports first blood clot death in AstraZeneca vax recipient

COVID-19: Ontario reports first blood clot death in AstraZeneca vax recipient

A man in his 40s who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the end of April passed away a few weeks later
COVID-19: Four ways to fill the need to socialize during the pandemic

COVID-19: Four ways to fill the need to socialize during the pandemic

In this time of crisis, we must remember that we need others in our lives because social connection is fundamental
BEYOND LOCAL: Tiny nanotechnologies are poised to have a huge impact on agriculture

BEYOND LOCAL: Tiny nanotechnologies are poised to have a huge impact on agriculture

Nanotechnology can improve farming efficiency without the need for new infrastructure
ONTARIO: Why thousands of Toronto COVID-19 patients had to be transferred to other cities' hospitals

ONTARIO: Why thousands of Toronto COVID-19 patients had to be transferred to other cities' hospitals

Leader of Queen's University department of medicine says root causes began long before the pandemic
OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic is the best and worst of times for animals

What is the state of animal welfare more than a year into the crisis?
OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare decades of drug policy failures

OPINION: The COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare decades of drug policy failures

The pandemic has simultaneously intensified the problem and laid bare the urgent and immediate need for radical change to Canada’s drug policies, researcher say
BEYOND LOCAL: Treatment for stuttering may be most effective when addressing anxiety as well as speech

BEYOND LOCAL: Treatment for stuttering may be most effective when addressing anxiety as well as speech

Research indicate that many adults who stutter also experience psychological problems, including anxiety, depression and social phobia, as well as applying stigma about stuttering to their self-identity
COVID-19: Pandemic may produce dramatic changes in life expectancy, birth rates and immigration

COVID-19: Pandemic may produce dramatic changes in life expectancy, birth rates and immigration

Researchers still studying the long-term implications of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic on populations