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  Netflix begins password sharing crackdown in Canada. What you need to know

  Netflix users who have been sharing their passwords with friends and family members who live hundreds – or even thousands – of kilometres away won’t be able to do so for much longer, as the streaming service announced its plans to end password sharing.

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  U.S. 6-year-old who shot teacher allegedly tried to choke another

  A 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his first-grade teacher constantly cursed at staff and teachers, chased students around and tried to whip them with his belt and once choked another teacher 'until she couldn't breathe,' according to a legal notice filed by an attorney for the wounded teacher.

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  Why wasn't the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over Canada?

  Critics say the U.S. and Canada had ample time to shoot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it drifted across North America. The alleged surveillance device initially approached North America near Alaska's Aleutian Islands on Jan 28. According to officials, it crossed into Canadian airspace on Jan. 30, travelling above the Northwest Territories, Alberta and Saskatchewan before re-entering the U.S. on Jan 31.

• Canadians now expect to need $1.7M in order to retire: BMO survey
• School buses cancelled Superior East to Sudbury, east Parry Sound area
• Curlers ask for transparency and communication after pregnancy exemption uproar
• European family moves to Toronto in long-term Airbnb. A 'loophole' got them an eviction notice midway
• Thieves cut huge hole in Ottawa restaurant wall to get at jewelry store next door
• Victim in Moosonee, Ont., injured in blow torch attack
• Quake deaths pass 5,000 as Turkiye, Syria seek survivors
• Two arrested in Kapuskasing accused of threatening pedestrian with a gun
• Northern Ont. woman turns heads at Grammy Awards

FULL COVERAGE: COVID-19 IN N. ONTARIO

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  Coverage of COVID-19 in Northeastern Ontario

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  Here is the current number of active COVID-19 cases in Northeastern Ontario

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  Coronavirus in Canada

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• Sudbury businesses brace for return of COVID-19 restrictions Wednesday
• Timmins health official explains concerns around school-related COVID-19 reporting
• Sudbury school bus cancellations continue fifth week in a row
• Another week of cancellations for 14 Sudbury school bus routes

Northern COVID-19 articles

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  One of North Bay’s top doctors tells northerners to mask-up

  

  COVID-19 outbreak declared at long-term care home in Elliot Lake
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  Algoma Public Health warns of increased risk of COVID-19 in the area

  

  Updated bivalent COVID-19 booster rolling out in northern Ont.
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  Ontario court sides with child on vaccination stance

  

  Northerners were hit worse by the pandemic than rest of Ontario, study finds
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  Timmins Chamber of Commerce offers free rapid antigen screening kits for COVID-19

  

  Heavy rains spark special weather statement for Sudbury, North Bay, Manitoulin
• Northerners weigh in on getting fourth COVID-19 shot
• Northern Ontario reaction to vaccine travel requirement ending
• Sudbury nurse should have received religious exemption for COVID-19 vaccine, arbitrator rules
• Ontario health professionals plead for continued masking mandates in high-risk settings
• Vaccine interest remains high in Sudbury district
• New data says physician burnout doubled during COVID-19 pandemic
• Greater Sudbury lifts state of emergency order
• Algoma health, school officials prepare for dropping mask mandates
• Sault Ste. Marie wastewater sampling shows Omicron at its peak
• Timmins fitness centre will continue to require proof of vaccination
• North Bay’s top doc supports easing of COVID-19 restrictions
• Timmins business community reacts to province lifting pandemic health rules

Editor's Picks

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  The world's deadliest earthquakes since 2000
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  First-year university student from northern Ontario wins $48M in lottery, making history
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  Poor oral health could affect the brain later in life: early study
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  Charles Kimbrough, best known for role in 'Murphy Brown,' dies at 86
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  Five things to know about upcoming health-care talks between Trudeau, premiers
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  Extreme cold can bring frostbite and hypothermia. Here are the symptoms to watch for

CTV National News

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  Trudeau to present health-care offer to premiers in long-awaited meeting for new deal
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  National shortage of veterinarians puts pressure on clinics, pet owners
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  U.K. police officer, exposed as serial rapist, jailed for life
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  Exoplanet 31 light years away could be habitable: astronomers

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Ottawa

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  EXCLUSIVE

  Homeowners left with unfinished projects after Ottawa construction company suddenly closes
• Stittsville family recounts barefoot escape from devastating fire
• Flood displaces more than 40 vulnerable Ottawa residents

Barrie

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  Female Barrie officer stabbed in face during crisis call
• Clarksburg senior charged with child pornography offences
• Freezing rain warning for central Ontario

Toronto

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  BREAKING

  'We are desperate': Family of slain Toronto tech CEO announces $250,000 reward in unsolved murder case
• Video emerges of moments before former child actor was fatally run down on the Danforth
• Man arrested after 2 TTC riders sexually assaulted on Bloor-Danforth Line

Montreal

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  Boy, 16, fatally struck in Laval parking lot by snow loader
• Montreal receives record number of pothole claims in 2022
• Iranian prisoner sponsored by Quebec MNA released

London

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  Fatal fire under investigation on Dundas Street
• Multi-vehicle crash snaps hydro pole and cuts power
• London’s housing crisis demands 47,000 new homes — 40 per cent are approved but still unbuilt

Vancouver

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  'A largely absent resource': Those who call on Vancouver's police-based mental health team hope funding boost will improve service
• U.S. actor facing sex charges in Nevada also facing charge in B.C.
• Dog named Kujo likely to 'kill or injure,' B.C. court rules in euthanasia decision

Calgary

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  Smith joins premiers in Ottawa to talk to Trudeau about health care, just transition
• 'Buildings are broken': Calgary man in Turkiye describes disaster scene post-earthquake
• New details emerge ahead of Trudeau-premiers' health-care meeting

Saskatoon

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  Syphilis cases up over 600 per cent in Sask. First Nations communities, says public health doc
• Saskatoon police investigating suspicious death
• 'A step backwards': Saskatoon greenhouse closure could harm green infrastructure strategy

Vancouver Island

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  Pilots safe after B.C. air tanker crashes in Australia
• Man charged with attempted murder after shooting in Nanaimo, B.C.
• 2 B.C. cities have the longest average wait times for walk-in clinics in Canada

Edmonton

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  N.W.T to complete curriculum transition by 2028, a 'sad commentary' for Alberta
• Josh Classen's forecast: Warm, with precipitation risks this morning and tonight
• Will Biden's second state of the union mark a less protectionist approach to Canada?

Winnipeg

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  'Absolute cash grab': Winnipeg residents upset with construction zone speed trap
• Man sentenced following 'savage' attack on Winnipeg bus
• Canadians now expect to need $1.7M in order to retire: BMO survey

Canada

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  Canadians now expect to need $1.7M in order to retire: BMO survey
• Trudeau to present health-care offer to premiers in long-awaited meeting for new deal
• Thieves cut huge hole in Ottawa restaurant wall to get at jewelry store next door

Entertainment

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  The Grammys ended in controversy, again. Here's what to know
• Everyone seemed to love the Grammys ... except Ben Affleck
• Salman Rushdie releases new novel six months after stabbing attack

World

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  N. Korean leader orders military to improve war readiness
• U.K. police officer, exposed as serial rapist, jailed for life
• Palestinians: Teen killed in Israeli army raid in West Bank

Health

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  Vaccine uptake higher among people who knew someone who died of COVID-19: U.S. survey
• 2 B.C. cities have the longest average wait times for walk-in clinics in Canada
• New study highlights increasing prevalence of muscle dysmorphia among Canadian boys, young men

Politics

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  Trudeau to present health-care offer to premiers in long-awaited meeting for new deal
• Will Biden's second state of the union mark a less protectionist approach to Canada?
• New details emerge ahead of Trudeau-premiers' health-care meeting

Autos

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  Renault, Nissan boards agree to equalize mutual stakes
• Use of electric vehicles associated with fewer asthma-related ER visits on a local level, study shows
• Super Bowl draws epic air show of private planes to Phoenix