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  Federal budget to include grocery rebate for lower income Canadians: sources

  The 2023 federal budget includes a 'grocery rebate' that will be offered to Canadians with lower incomes who may be struggling with the rising cost of food, CTV News has confirmed.

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  Ontario changes eye exam eligibility for seniors under OHIP

  Ontario has reached a funding agreement with optometrists that increases some payments to them, but reduces some coverage for patients, including less frequent general eye exams for seniors.

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  Why lettuce prices are likely to rise again in Canada next month

  Lettuce prices are likely to rise next month and could stay high into the summer, agriculture experts say, as flooding in a key California farming area becomes the latest example of extreme weather's effect on the food chain.

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• New survey suggests people should check receipts before leaving grocery stores
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• Risk of a hard landing for Canadian economy is up, former Bank of Canada governor says
• Northern resources, the highlight of Ontario’s budget

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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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  COVID-19 delays Sudbury murder trial until Monday

  

  Sault-area nursing homes involved in COVID-19 study
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  North Bay suspends COVID-19 vaccine policy

  

  North Bay mayor says council can't fund every organization, budget deliberations underway
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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.
• Ontario court sides with child on vaccination stance
• Northerners were hit worse by the pandemic than rest of Ontario, study finds
• 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

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CTV National News

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Ottawa

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  Carleton University education workers on strike
• NHL commissioner in Ottawa to meet with officials, attend Senators game
• New armed forces housing benefit won't help Petawawa troops, realtor warns

Barrie

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  Passenger charged with assaulting Barrie transit driver
• Story Book Park Road closed in Meaford, Ont. for death investigation
• Smoking materials cause garage fire in Barrie's north end

Toronto

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  Teen who died after Toronto subway station stabbing remembered as kind, good friend
• Trucker pleads guilty to careless driving in 2020 death of activist outside pig slaughterhouse
• Hamilton school experiences second bomb threat in under a week

Montreal

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  Police to provide update on Old Montreal fire investigation
• Quebec proposes extending nurses' bonuses to June
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London

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  Homicide investigation in London
• Driver returns to scene of hit and run
• Two people rescued from Thames River

Vancouver

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  Investigation underway after fire in Vancouver’s Chinatown deemed suspicious
• Burial plots in Metro Vancouver are now so expensive, they're being compared to real estate
• Nanny who was fired after cancer diagnosis awarded $45K in B.C. discrimination case

Calgary

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  Calgary emergency crews on scene after explosion in Marlborough
• Edmonton hosts funeral for officers killed in the line of duty; families thank Canadians for support
• KLM flight en route to Calgary following detour back to Amsterdam due to unruly passenger

Saskatoon

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  Saskatoon Blades face Pats in opening round of WHL playoffs
• Change proposed to high-collision Saskatoon intersection
• Two Saskatoon teens arrested after allegedly fleeing police in stolen car

Vancouver Island

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  New cancer centre coming to Nanaimo: B.C. Health Minister
• Vancouver Island farmers struggle to deal with threatened elk species
• Victoria police say repeat offender wanted again

Edmonton

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  In Pictures: Remembering Constables Travis Jordan and Brett Ryan
• What you need to know about the regimental funeral Monday
• Fatal snowmobile crash involving steel cable being investigated by RCMP

Winnipeg

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  Federal budget to include grocery rebate for lower income Canadians: sources
• Manitoba launching new park reservation system today
• ‘When are we going to see action?’: The changes needed for Manitoba’s cannabis rules

Canada

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  Federal budget to include grocery rebate for lower income Canadians: sources
• Two-thirds of people with disabilities find barriers on planes, trains in Canada: report
• Judge grants bail to sisters who say they were wrongfully convicted

Entertainment

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  Reese Witherspoon, agent husband make 'difficult decision to divorce'
• Fox News producer who sued network last week over her Dominion testimony says she was fired
• Nicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43

World

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  Zelenskyy, atomic agency chief discuss nuclear plant fears
• 3 children killed in Nashville school shooting, suspect dead
• Scotland to get 1st Muslim leader as SNP elects Humza Yousaf

Health

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  Hershey looking to remove lead, cadmium from chocolate
• For Muslims with eating disorders, fasting in Ramadan brings new challenges
• Xylazine: Expert view on risk of lethal substance in Canada’s street drug supply

Politics

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  'Rigorous' cost management needed as $5B Centre Block renovation proceeds: AG report
• Federal budget to include grocery rebate for lower income Canadians: sources
• MP Han Dong threatens legal action against Global over foreign interference report

Autos

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  Two-thirds of people with disabilities find barriers on planes, trains in Canada: report
• Germany, EU reach agreement in combustion engine row
• Most Canadians believe speeding tickets should be tied to income: poll