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Environment Canada calls for freezing drizzle in Blue Mountains overnight

Environment Canada calls for freezing drizzle in Blue Mountains overnight

Environment Canada also issued an advisory for freezing drizzle in Collingwood that is still in effect
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Shipment of Moderna vaccine destined for Simcoe-Muskoka diverted

Shipment of Moderna vaccine destined for Simcoe-Muskoka diverted

'What we’ve not got is the Moderna vaccine that we thought we would be getting; that’s been redirected,' says local medical officer of health
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Nearly 150 area COVID cases reported in January linked to gatherings

Nearly 150 area COVID cases reported in January linked to gatherings

Region's medical officer of health says enforcement a key to success of province's stay-at-home order
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Paramedics anxious to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccine

Paramedics anxious to roll up their sleeves for COVID-19 vaccine

'From our perspective, it’s just a big frustration that we keep getting shoved down the list and not considered front-line workers and not a priority,' says union representative
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One new case of COVID-19 reported in Blue Mountains today

One new case of COVID-19 reported in Blue Mountains today

The Town of the Blue Mountains currently has one active case and has seen a total of 39 COVID-19 cases
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Ford: ‘Bad actors’ flouting emergency orders will be fined

Ford: ‘Bad actors’ flouting emergency orders will be fined

Premier says he ‘couldn’t be any clearer’ as worst-case scenario predicts 15,000 cases a day. ‘If that isn’t scary enough, I don’t know what is’
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What the new state of emergency means for retailers

What the new state of emergency means for retailers

Workers who can work from home should be working from home, province says
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Health unit confirms 68 new COVID cases in region today

Health unit confirms 68 new COVID cases in region today

According to the health unit, there have been more than 8,100 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine administered in Simcoe Muskoka
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Transit study underway, accessible transportation contracts extended

Transit study underway, accessible transportation contracts extended

Town also applied for a $30,000 provincial grant to help fund further exploration into accessible transportation for Collingwood, Wasaga, and TBM
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County considers permitting physician-assisted dying in long-term care homes

County considers permitting physician-assisted dying in long-term care homes

Since 2016, Simcoe County policy required residents be off-site if they elected to proceed with medical assistance in dying; There have been two such instances in that time
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