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CANADA: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

CANADA: Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

The school was once the largest in Canada’s residential school system
ONTARIO: Premier asks doctors, can schools open safely given COVID-19?

ONTARIO: Premier asks doctors, can schools open safely given COVID-19?

Ontario schools have been shut since April, when they were the sources of more COVID-19 outbreaks than workplaces or any other location, the premier said
CANADA: Feds announces plans to land a rover on the moon in the next five years

CANADA: Feds announces plans to land a rover on the moon in the next five years

Lisa Campbell, president of the space agency, says it will put out a request for proposals on design and development from two companies in the coming months
CANADA: Feds got supplies to provinces during COVID-19 despite issues with stockpile, AG says

CANADA: Feds got supplies to provinces during COVID-19 despite issues with stockpile, AG says

Auditor general Karen Hogan said before COVID-19 the Public Health Agency of Canada ignored multiple warnings that its national stockpile of emergency medical supplies wasn't being properly managed
ONTARIO: Province two years behind goal of 15,000 new LTC beds by 2024, fiscal watchdog says

ONTARIO: Province two years behind goal of 15,000 new LTC beds by 2024, fiscal watchdog says

FAO projects the province will not reach 15,000 beds until the 2025-26 fiscal year
ONTARIO: Fiscal watchdog to release new LTC spending report

ONTARIO: Fiscal watchdog to release new LTC spending report

The Financial Accountability Office says the new report is based on the province's 2021-22 expenditure estimates
ONTARIO: Top doc wants students back in classrooms before provincial reopening

ONTARIO: Top doc wants students back in classrooms before provincial reopening

Williams said most public health units in the province support the reopening of schools, which have been shut to in-person learning since early- to mid-April
COVID-19: Ontario reports first blood clot death in AstraZeneca vax recipient

COVID-19: Ontario reports first blood clot death in AstraZeneca vax recipient

A man in his 40s who received a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the end of April passed away a few weeks later
CANADA: CFB Borden reserve cadet instructor faces mutiny-related charges for rally participation

CANADA: CFB Borden reserve cadet instructor faces mutiny-related charges for rally participation

Reserve Cadet Instructor Cadre instructor warned of 'a killer vaccine'
WORLD: Canadians in Japan say the Olympics should be cancelled

WORLD: Canadians in Japan say the Olympics should be cancelled

Anywhere from 60 to 80 per cent of Japanese residents in polls say it is their wish that the Games be cancelled