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ONTARIO: Health Canada extends expiry for some AstraZeneca doses by one month

ONTARIO: Health Canada extends expiry for some AstraZeneca doses by one month

Ontario had been trying to redistribute a stockpile of 45,000 shots
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ONTARIO: David Williams out as top medical health officer; Kieran Moore gets job

ONTARIO: David Williams out as top medical health officer; Kieran Moore gets job

Health Minister Christine Elliott said Sunday that Moore will take over as Ontarios's chief medical officer of health on June 26 following Dr. Williams' retirement
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ONTARIO: Reopen schools on regional basis: Science Table

ONTARIO: Reopen schools on regional basis: Science Table

The recommendation was made in a letter addressed to Ontario Premier Doug Ford on Saturday
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CANADA: Canada Post says 950,000 customers potentially exposed to supplier data breach

CANADA: Canada Post says 950,000 customers potentially exposed to supplier data breach

Canada Post says, that after a detailed forensic investigation, there was no evidence that any financial information was breached between July 2016 and March 2019
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ONTARIO: Ford awaits response from dozens of experts, stakeholders before deciding on schools

ONTARIO: Ford awaits response from dozens of experts, stakeholders before deciding on schools

Critics say the last-minute letter shows Ford is passing the buck on making a decision about schools
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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