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  New stay-at-home order signals trouble for winter tourism industry in northern Ontario

  As the province-wide stay-at-home order comes into effect, facilities in northern Ontario say ice fishing hut rentals are way down.

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  Vaccine manufacturers concerned about provinces delaying second doses: Anand

  While Canada's top immunization experts have signed off on provinces delaying the administration of the second Pfizer and Moderna doses in an effort to begin vaccinating more people with a small supply, Procurement Minister Anita Anand says she's heard concerns from the manufacturers that may impact future deliveries.

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  Trudeau leaves door open to tighter travel ban, eyeing COVID-19 mutations abroad

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is leaving the door open to tighter travel restrictions, including a possible ban on outbound air travel as COVID-19 case counts climb across the country.

• China builds hospital in 5 days after surge in virus cases
• Judge calls U.S. Capitol siege 'violent insurrection,' orders man who wore horns held
• GM Canada announces tentative deal for $1 billion electric vehicle plant in Ontario
• Canada's coming month of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shipments will be reduced by half
• Big rumbles felt Friday in Greater Sudbury
• After a busy 2020, The Gathering Place plans to expand in 2021
• Review could see air traffic control removed from Sault airport
• Ontario temporarily pauses residential evictions
• New book tackles MMIWG from an Indigenous, community-based perspective

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

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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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  COVID vaccination plan for Sudbury includes mobile clinics, mass vaccination sites, pharmacies

  

  Laurentian University student living in residence tests positive for COVID-19
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  Resident of Sudbury retirement home where outbreak was declared dies of COVID

  

  Garson daycare closed after case of COVID-19 confirmed, the school remains open
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  North Bay makes 'unpopular decision' to close rinks and tobogganing hills

  

  How the second state of emergency will affect Greater Sudbury
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  North Bay to close outdoor rinks, tobogganing hills as of Thursday

  

  COVID-19 vaccine arrives in northeastern Ontario
• Low school-related COVID cases reason for northern schools remaining open: Ontario education spokesperson
• Two people near North Bay charged in connection with illegal gatherings
• Public Health Sudbury & Districts reports 13 new COVID cases at Sudbury retirement home
• Laurentian University one of three Ontario schools to receive COVID rapid testing grant
• COVID-19 outbreak declared at North Bay-area long-term care home
• First COVID-related death in Timiskaming District
• Sudbury hospital confirms first workplace transmission of COVID-19
• Public health says much of Sudbury COVID spike related to holiday get-togethers
• Sudbury’s new daytime drop-in warming centre has officially been relocated
• More parents in Sault Ste. Marie opting for virtual learning as COVID cases surge
• Northern College supporting students through remote learning
• Sudbury Meals on Wheels growing to meet demand

Editor's Picks

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  Ontario hardware store skirts lockdown orders allowing in-store shopping
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  Second Hard Rock Hotel in Canada announced for London Ontario
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  OPP reveals how it will enforce Ontario's stay-at-home order
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  Elderly Indigenous man released from Quebec hospital wearing only a gown, family says
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  Here's what to expect after the House impeachment vote
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  Ontario orders halt to residential evictions during state of emergency

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Ottawa

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  COVID-19 in Ottawa: Fast Facts for Jan. 16, 2021
• Ottawa's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 400 as Ontario sets new record
• Ottawa police charge California man with breaking 14-day quarantine

Barrie

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  Ontario hardware store skirts lockdown orders allowing in-store shopping
• Alarm sounded at Ontario jail over inmate transfers amid outbreaks
• Police clarify enforcement of Ontario's stay-at-home order

Toronto

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  Ontario extends nearly all emergency orders another 30 days
• Police arrest person who barricaded inside Oakville, Ont. home
• One person dead after apartment fire in Toronto

Montreal

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  Elderly Indigenous man released from Quebec hospital wearing only a gown, family says
• Stranger's kindness saves Quebec woman's life by responding to a Facebook post and donating a kidney
• Vaccine manufacturers concerned about provinces delaying second doses: Anand

London

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  BREAKING

  COVID-19 outbreak in Emergency Department at University Hospital in London
• COVID-19 outbreak declared in Stratford surgical unit
• Lawyers for LHSC and former CEO spar over termination

Vancouver

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  Young woman from Toronto who was lost on B.C. mountain has died, police say
• B.C. surpasses 60,000 total COVID-19 cases, adds 9 deaths in last update of the week
• 26 more flights involving B.C. airports added to COVID-19 exposures list

Calgary

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  Photos from inside Calgary’s COVID-19 wards
• Calgary parents charged with neglect after adult son found malnourished, unresponsive
• Alberta reports 785 new cases of COVID-19 as deaths surpass 1,400

Saskatoon

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  24-year-old woman dies in head-on crash on Circle Drive in Saskatoon
• Family who lives next to boiler room where lethal gas built up in Saskatoon apartment building shaken by close call
• Sask. teen was helping a driver in the ditch when he was hit by passing vehicle: fire chief

Vancouver Island

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  National COVID-19 modelling shows cause for concern, even as B.C.'s curve flattens
• 13 more COVID-19 cases found on Vancouver Island
• Pfizer vaccine shortage will have 'significant' impact on B.C. in short term, says minister

Edmonton

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  'Another blow': Shandro says vaccine delivery delay could slow vaccination effort in Alberta
• Chief calls EPS member's conspiratorial Facebook posts 'unacceptable and concerning'
• Worker missing after incident at Suncor plant identified as Patrick Poitras

Winnipeg

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  UPDATED

  Manitobans to have their say on the possibility of easing code red restrictions
• Parents of slain Winnipeg teen forgive men responsible in son's home invasion death
• 'It upholds the systemic racism': Brandon mother upset over offensive image in child's homework

Canada

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  New COVID-19 modelling shows pandemic resurgence in Canada rapidly worsening
• Thousands share Indigenous ribbon skirt photos in solidarity with Sask. girl
• Canadian who shares name, occupation with Trump supporter who stormed U.S. Capitol harassed online

Entertainment

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  Joanne Rogers, the widow of Fred Rogers, star of 'Mister Rogers' Neighborhood,' has died
• Movie reviews: 'One Night in Miami' is a fascinating what-if scenario
• Illusionist Siegfried Fischbacher of Siegfried & Roy dies

World

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  European powers press Iran to back off latest nuclear move
• Trump's presidency not just a blip in U.S. foreign policy
• Nepal team claim first winter ascent of Pakistan's K2

Health

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  'Giving these women their lives back': Canadian starts fund to help those struggling with endometriosis get care abroad
• Medical experts call on employers to help cover the cost of fertility services
• Harvest Meats recalls sausages over undercooking

Politics

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  Canada's coming month of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shipments will be reduced by half
• In mandate letter, PM tells Freeland to spend on temporary measures until crisis ends
• Trudeau leaves door open to tighter travel ban, eyeing COVID-19 mutations abroad

Autos

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  Tesla balks at touch screen recall, U.S. agency takes action
• OPP rescue snowmobiler who wrote 'SOS' in coffee grounds in the snow
• F1 season to start in Bahrain after Australian GP postponed