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ONTARIO: Province announces $30M of wetlands funding after conservation authority members quit

ONTARIO: Province announces $30M of wetlands funding after conservation authority members quit

Six members of Ontario's Greenbelt Council resigned yesterday, following a similar move by former chair David Crombie on Saturday
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Virtual care expansion too slow, AGCO not transparent, funeral sector needs work, AG report says

Virtual care expansion too slow, AGCO not transparent, funeral sector needs work, AG report says

Bonnie Lysk also raised concerns about the proliferation of private, for-pay virtual services
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CANADA: Trudeau says first COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving this month

CANADA: Trudeau says first COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving this month

Agreement with Pfizer will have up to 249,000 doses delivered, starting next week
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COVID-19: Canada orders more vaccines, refines advice on first doses as cases reach 400K

COVID-19: Canada orders more vaccines, refines advice on first doses as cases reach 400K

Country to receive estimated 40 million doses from the U.S. biotech in 2021 – twice as much as was previously guaranteed
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CANADA: Pace of job gains slows to 62,000 in November, StatCan says

CANADA: Pace of job gains slows to 62,000 in November, StatCan says

The gains were mostly focused in full-time work with a gain of 99,000 jobs
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ONTARIO: Ford to announce COVID-19 task force today (updated)

ONTARIO: Ford to announce COVID-19 task force today (updated)

Ford said yesterday the team is being finalized and the province will be ready to distribute the vaccine whenever it arrives
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ONTARIO: Father dies week after police-involved shooting that left infant son dead

ONTARIO: Father dies week after police-involved shooting that left infant son dead

SIU says 33-year-old man died in hospital last night
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COVID-19: Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

COVID-19: Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

Patty Hajdu described the United Kingdom's decision to authorize the vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech as "encouraging"
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COVID-19: Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days

COVID-19: Britain OKs Pfizer vaccine and will begin shots within days

Officials cautioned that several tough months still lie ahead even in Britain, given the monumental task of inoculating large swaths of the population
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CANADA: Passenger complaints filed in pandemic won't start to be processed until 2021

CANADA: Passenger complaints filed in pandemic won't start to be processed until 2021

CTA chairman Scott Streiner says the agency is struggling to handle another 11,000 complaints it received between last December and March
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