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ONTARIO: TSB amends statement about pilot's actions in fatal Thunder Bay plane crash (updated)

ONTARIO: TSB amends statement about pilot's actions in fatal Thunder Bay plane crash (updated)

The Transportation Safety Board has released new information about the crash.
CANADA: Airbnb rolls out restrictions on some one-night stays to curb Halloween partying

CANADA: Airbnb rolls out restrictions on some one-night stays to curb Halloween partying

Airbnb will also restrict some people from making local and last-minute bookings for two-night stays if they don't have a history of positive reviews
ONTARIO: Province to give optometrists $39M as they threaten to withdraw services

ONTARIO: Province to give optometrists $39M as they threaten to withdraw services

The one-time payment comes after optometrists threatened to stop conducting eye exams covered by provincial heath insurance in September
CANADA: Trudeau follows Singh, promising 'consequences' for unvaccinated federal workers

CANADA: Trudeau follows Singh, promising 'consequences' for unvaccinated federal workers

Mandatory vaccinations have become an early election issue as each party vies for voters in the 36-day campaign
COVID-19: Ontario to require COVID vaccination or regular tests in health-care, education

COVID-19: Ontario to require COVID vaccination or regular tests in health-care, education

Policy will be similar to one that is already in place in the province’s long-term care homes
ONTARIO: Province to run school-based COVID-19 vaccine clinics as academic year begins

ONTARIO: Province to run school-based COVID-19 vaccine clinics as academic year begins

Education Minister Stephen Lecce said local public health units and boards will be required to host the clinics
CANADA: Military launches online tracker to gauge progress in improving internal culture

CANADA: Military launches online tracker to gauge progress in improving internal culture

Decision comes after Canadian Armed Forces 'rocked in recent months by a series of allegations of sexual misconduct, including among several of its most senior members'
CANADA: Police investigating handful of cases looking at residential schools

CANADA: Police investigating handful of cases looking at residential schools

Tally from police across the country shows four ongoing criminal investigations, one decade-long probe into complaints involving residential schools
COVID-19: Canada to buy 40 million Moderna doses in next two years, Trudeau says

COVID-19: Canada to buy 40 million Moderna doses in next two years, Trudeau says

Deal 'could be extended into 2024,' the Prime Minister said in a recent post on Twitter; Ottawa to have access to as many as 65 million doses 'if needed'
ONTARIO: Court certifies class action against Uber

ONTARIO: Court certifies class action against Uber

Uber has long refused to recognize couriers and drivers using its platform as employees and instead likened them to independent contractors because they have the flexibility to drive or deliver as little or as much as they want