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COVID-19: Ontario government to announce plans for back-to-school in September today

Announcement just six weeks before back-to-school season

Jul 30, 2020 8:00 AM Read more >

CANADA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to testify today on WE Charity controversy

Trudeau's chief of staff Katie Telford was also scheduled to testify today

Jul 30, 2020 7:18 AM Read more >

CANADA: Kids should return to school full-time, but masks not ideal for all grades, SickKids says

Doctors say evidence is mounting that young children don't play a "significant role" in spreading COVID-19, compared to teenagers and other adults

Jul 29, 2020 8:55 PM Read more >

CANADA: Privacy officials say LifeLabs has asked court to limit their breach report

A joint statement from the privacy commissioners for Ontario and British Columbia says the Toronto-based chain of medical labs has agreed to comply with their orders and recommendations

Jul 29, 2020 3:31 PM Read more >

ONTARIO: Province plans to redesign child welfare system to focus on prevention

Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues Jill Dunlop says the new strategy will also work to address the over-representation of Black and Indigenous families in the children's aid system

Jul 29, 2020 1:49 PM Read more >

WATCH: Province launches independent long-term care COVID-19 commission

Commission will guide the province on how to better protect long-term care residents and staff

Jul 29, 2020 1:08 PM Read more >

COVID-19: Boosting marginalized groups key to 'feminist economic recovery,' report says

The report also notes that many essential workers are unprotected from the effects of COVID-19, because they are migrant workers or work in the gig economy

Jul 29, 2020 9:25 AM Read more >