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COVID-19: Spartan Bioscience files for creditor protection after issue with rapid test

COVID-19: Spartan Bioscience files for creditor protection after issue with rapid test

Spartan said it's laying off 60 employees, or around 70 per cent of its workforce
COVID-19: Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools

COVID-19: Unions, politicians call on Ontario to vaccinate teachers or close schools

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said the government should "urgently" vaccinate education workers and use the upcoming April break to make other upgrades to classrooms
COVID-19: Ontario's restaurant industry calls on financial support from provincial government

COVID-19: Ontario's restaurant industry calls on financial support from provincial government

Wasted inventory, staffing costs, and patio setup and takedown are some of the expenses restaurants have incurred
BEYOND LOCAL: Humboldt Broncos team to be honoured on third anniversary of fatal bus crash

BEYOND LOCAL: Humboldt Broncos team to be honoured on third anniversary of fatal bus crash

Sixteen people died, 13 more injured when a semi-trailer ran a stop sign and into the path of the junior hockey team's bus near Tisdale, Sask., on April 6, 2018
CANADA: Humboldt planning $25M tribute centre to mark deadly Broncos bus crash

CANADA: Humboldt planning $25M tribute centre to mark deadly Broncos bus crash

The city says money for the project has to be raised and it will be at least a couple of years before construction gets underway
WORLD: Minneapolis police chief says kneeling on Floyd's neck violated policy

WORLD: Minneapolis police chief says kneeling on Floyd's neck violated policy

Medaria Arradondo testified that Chauvin should have let Floyd up sooner, and that the pressure on Floyd’s neck did not appear to be light to moderate, as called for under the department's neck-restraint policy
CANADA: Rising COVID cases sparks renewed concerns over hospital strain

CANADA: Rising COVID cases sparks renewed concerns over hospital strain

Canada's chief public health officer said the jump in COVID-19 cases in recent weeks and the rising proportion of cases involving more contagious variants were resulting in more hospitalizations
ONTARIO: Peel Region medical officer of health closing schools for two weeks

ONTARIO: Peel Region medical officer of health closing schools for two weeks

Dr. Lawrence Loh says he is ordering schools in Brampton, Caledon and Mississauga to close starting tomorrow
ONTARIO: Long-term care ministry asks homes to work on increasing staff vaccine uptake

ONTARIO: Long-term care ministry asks homes to work on increasing staff vaccine uptake

Memo discusses next steps for long-term care during the pandemic, and also asks homes to review policies to ensure residents can go outdoors
COVID-19: Officials seek to convince skeptical public of vaccine safety

COVID-19: Officials seek to convince skeptical public of vaccine safety

Twists and turns around vaccination advice and authorizations 'are not a sign of looming danger,' medical experts explain