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  Sudburian returning from international travel may have brought back more infectious strain of COVID

  An even more infectious strain of COVID-19 could be in Greater Sudbury, the health unit said Monday, after it was detected in a traveller returning to Canada.

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  Ontario officially extends state of emergency and stay-at-home order by 14 days

  Ontario has officially extended the province's state of emergency and all orders associated with it, including the stay-at-home order, for an additional 14 days.

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  Sudbury police investigate report of illegal gathering, find people hiding in bedrooms

  A homeowner in Greater Sudbury has been fined $750 after police investigated a report of an illegal gathering and found people hiding in the residence.

• All long-term care residents should be vaccinated by Feb. 5, Public Health Sudbury & Districts announces
• Northern Ontario teen charged with multiple counts of sexual assault
• Sault man killed in fatal crash between truck and snowmobile
• Kirkland Lake man charged with impersonating a peace officer, other criminal offences
• Ontario to accelerate COVID-19 vaccination of residents at long-term care, high-risk retirement homes
• St. Charles College cancels classes after two positive COVID-19 tests
• Ontario could announce date for reopening more schools outside COVID-19 hot spots this week
• Ontario reports fewer than 2,000 new COVID-19 cases on anniversary of first infection
• Ontario expands list of essential workers who qualify for free emergency child-care

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• 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
• Sault school board looking to hire adults to be supply teachers even with no teaching certificate

Northern COVID-19 articles

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  Sudbury's Laurentian University extends virtual learning to spring semester

  

  Classes at Sudbury's Marymount Academy suspended due to staff shortage
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  COVID outbreak at another Sudbury elementary school

  

  Monday classes cancelled at Sudbury school following COVID-19 case
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  Sudbury 'Beer Store' closed following confirmed case of COVID-19

  

  24 new COVID-19 cases, one new death in Porcupine health region
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  One new COVID case recorded in Hearst, Hornepayne area

  

  Chief of Constance Lake First Nation declares state of emergency due to a COVID-19 outbreak
• COVID vaccines could arrive in North Bay on Feb. 1, depending on supply issues
• Sudbury health unit reports 14 new COVID cases Friday
• Timiskaming Health Unit declares COVID outbreak at long-term care home in Haileybury
• Sudbury health unit closes St. David School over fears of widespread COVID infections
• COVID outbreak at Kapuskasing long-term care home claims the life of resident
• Northern Ontario lodge owner wants fairness with small business grant
• Two Sudbury school bus routes to self-isolate due to possible COVID exposure
• Fifth COVID death connected to Sudbury retirement home outbreak
• First Nation near Hearst declares COVID-19 state of emergency
• Porcupine Health Unit reports death related to COVID-19; seven new cases in Sudbury
• Ontario doctors promote vaccine confidence to counter misinformation
• Sault businesses calling for regional reopening

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  'Dance your cares away': Production of new Fraggle Rock series underway in Calgary
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  Boy, 10, told to walk home from school with 2 broken wrists: parents
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  Homemade ice-surfacing machine gives old washing machine new life
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  'I heard my dad saying, 'you can't go'': Worker pinned in building collapse recounts story of survival
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  'The most Canadian thing you can do': Comedian Jimmy Fallon on woman’s review of Langford jail

CTV National News

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  Freeland hints at potential hotel quarantines for returning travellers
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  MP removed from Liberal caucus over allegedly 'dangerous' accusations about colleagues
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  Don Martin: 10 well-grounded names for Trudeau to consider (and actually vet) for governor general
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Around Ontario

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Ottawa

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  Ottawa sees lowest daily case count in nearly a month
• Provincial inspectors issue 24 fines following big box blitz in Ottawa
• Ottawa teen fined for breaking Quebec curfew while trying to return to Ontario

Barrie

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  Death toll rises at Roberta Place as region records 130 new cases of COVID-19
• Ontario officially extends state of emergency and stay-at-home order by 14 days
• U.K. variant confirmed at Barrie, Ont., care home where 41 have died

Toronto

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  Ontario confirms U.K. COVID-19 variant could result in more severe illness as 34 cases reported
• These are the ER nurses who cared for the first COVID-19 patient in Canada
• Male critically injured after two-vehicle crash in Mississauga

Montreal

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  Public health apologizes to Montreal's Hasidic community over repeated flip-flops on gatherings
• Day 42 after first COVID-19 vaccines and still no second dose in sight as Quebec steps into 'wilderness': experts
• Over $55,000 in fines handed out at illegal gathering in Laurentians

London

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  London, Ont. teen's cause of death will remain classified as COVID-19-related
• 'Horrible waste of time': Former councillor decries use of police resources for anonymous COVID-19 complaints
• Charges pending after gathering at Church of God in Aylmer, Ont.

Vancouver

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  BREAKING

  Weekend update: 1,344 cases of COVID-19, 26 deaths in B.C.
• Great Canadian Gaming CEO resigns after allegedly flying to Yukon for COVID-19 vaccine
• Secret COVID-19 report on B.C. care homes dated 2 days before election

Calgary

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  Alberta restaurant and gym owners demand reopening timeline as businesses continue to struggle
• Shandro, Hinshaw to give COVID-19 update at 3:30
• Canadian crude-by-rail exports surge 87% to 170,000 barrels per day in November

Saskatoon

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  'His judgement was impaired': Psychologist testifies to mental state of Saskatoon man who killed his spouse
• Sask. reports 240 new COVID-19 cases, one death
• 'I don’t want to die': Passenger in fatal Saskatoon crash remembers moment before impact

Vancouver Island

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  LIVE

  Health officials identify 73 more COVID-19 cases in Island Health over weekend
• Coroner investigating death at Victoria homeless camp
• BC NDP, Green Party officials condemn racism against Cowichan Tribes

Edmonton

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  Man pictured wearing KKK-style hood at Alberta post office identified: RCMP
• Mountie charged with off-duty sexual assault
• 'Urgent need': Hope Mission asking for donations as temperatures plunge

Winnipeg

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  UPDATED

  Driver killed in crash on Perimeter Highway: RCMP
• Manitoba COVID-19 death toll passes 800 on Monday
• Police watchdog investigating following fatal crash in Morden

Canada

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  Ontario officially extends state of emergency and stay-at-home order by 14 days
• Suspected RCMP secrecy breach fallout upgraded to 'severe': newly released documents
• Front-line workers reflect on the toll of a year dealing with COVID-19

Entertainment

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  Man third in line of presidential succession has been in five 'Batman' movies
• Trial of Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard, who faces sex-related charges, pushed to 2022 amid pandemic
• 'Dance your cares away': Production of new Fraggle Rock series underway in Calgary

World

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  U.S. president signs executive order instituting stringent new Buy American regimen
• U.S. House sending Trump impeachment to Senate, GOP opposes trial
• Dominion Voting Systems sues Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani over U.S. election claims

Health

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  Trump's virus adviser says some saw it as 'hoax'
• Two common antibiotics not effective in early-stage COVID-19: study
• Secret COVID-19 report on B.C. care homes dated 2 days before election

Politics

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  A parliamentary pile on over national vaccine rollout kicks off new Commons sitting
• MP removed from Liberal caucus over allegedly 'dangerous' accusations about colleagues
• MPs agree to call on feds to declare Proud Boys a terrorist entity

Autos

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  Maya Weug becomes first female driver to earn a spot in the Ferrari Driver Academy
• Shell buys European electric car charging firm ubitricity
• Judge throws out complaint from taxi companies claiming regulator made error approving Uber and Lyft