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WATCH: Province launches Ontario Tools Grant for apprentices

WATCH: Province launches Ontario Tools Grant for apprentices

Ontario commits $10M to new grants program; previous apprentice loans through Loans for Tools program to be forgiven by province
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WATCH: Feds now able to make more than 20,000 contact tracing calls a day: Trudeau

WATCH: Feds now able to make more than 20,000 contact tracing calls a day: Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledges federal support for increased testing, contact tracing and data sharing across Canada
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COVID-19: Survey suggests almost half of Canadians can’t tell coronavirus fact from conspiracy theory

COVID-19: Survey suggests almost half of Canadians can’t tell coronavirus fact from conspiracy theory

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CANADA: PM faces question, how will feds help ramp up COVID-19 testing, contact tracing?

CANADA: PM faces question, how will feds help ramp up COVID-19 testing, contact tracing?

Provinces and territories combined are testing fewer than 30,000 Canadians every day — less than half the available testing capacity that chief public health officer Theresa Tam has said should be the target
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COVID-19: Financial help lacking as pandemic shuts courts, kills legal work, lawyers say

COVID-19: Financial help lacking as pandemic shuts courts, kills legal work, lawyers say

Members of the profession say law societies aren't doing enough to help
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WORLD: Canadian peacekeeping levels hit lowest level in more than 60 years

WORLD: Canadian peacekeeping levels hit lowest level in more than 60 years

The decline coincides with the COVID-19 pandemic
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COVID-19: Researchers say testing wastewater could give early warning of second wave

COVID-19: Researchers say testing wastewater could give early warning of second wave

Logistics, including lab capability and capacity, would still need to be worked out
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COVID-19: Air travel might not return to normal until 2023, report says

COVID-19: Air travel might not return to normal until 2023, report says

Large decline is predicted to be as a result of an erosion of consumer confidence
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CANADA: Trudeau addresses growing frustration with airlines over refund policies

CANADA: Trudeau addresses growing frustration with airlines over refund policies

None of Canada's major airlines are offering to return cash to passengers for the hundreds of thousands of flight cancellations since mid-March
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WATCH: Ontario funding 15 proposals for COVID-19 research: Ford

WATCH: Ontario funding 15 proposals for COVID-19 research: Ford

Research prosposals approved as part of province's $20-million rapid research fund
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