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Places named for Indigenous women tell stories of their interaction with land

Places named for Indigenous women tell stories of their interaction with land

The Geographical Names Board of Canada has a database of about 300,000 geographical names, and about 30,000 of those place names could be Indigenous in origin
Public Health warning about high-risk COVID-19 exposure at RondezVous Hair Salon in Sudbury

Public Health warning about high-risk COVID-19 exposure at RondezVous Hair Salon in Sudbury

Anyone who visited the salon between March 1 to 11 is to get tested as soon as possible
30 new COVID-19 cases reported on March 19: Sudbury Health Unit

30 new COVID-19 cases reported on March 19: Sudbury Health Unit

Public Health Sudbury is monitoring 269 active cases
Local doc provides update on Elliot Lake COVID-19 vaccination program

Local doc provides update on Elliot Lake COVID-19 vaccination program

In two weeks, 903 people have been vaccinated at mass vaccination clinics
Manitoulin Island deemed a highly threatened ecoregion

Manitoulin Island deemed a highly threatened ecoregion

The lakeside daisy, a small yellow flower locally known as Manitoulin Gold is an endemic species that only lives around the Great Lakes, and some of the largest populations in the world occur on Manitoulin Island
Ontario reports 1,829 new COVID cases Saturday

Ontario reports 1,829 new COVID cases Saturday

Today's report includes 1,261 recoveries and 11 new deaths.
CANADA: New report details skilled trades earning, difference between men and women

CANADA: New report details skilled trades earning, difference between men and women

Researchers found that those in the "Red Seal" trades, which are those that have national standards, started out making $64,000 in their first years and those incomes grew on average 2.1 per cent annually over the eight-year study period to reach $73,800
The business of dying: Funeral industry adapts to life with COVID

The business of dying: Funeral industry adapts to life with COVID

It can be hard to express condolences from a distance
Good morning, Elliot Lake!

Good morning, Elliot Lake!

Be so good they can’t ignore you.
COVID-19: Exemption for 'essential' medical travel confuses doctors, patients

COVID-19: Exemption for 'essential' medical travel confuses doctors, patients

Perhaps the most talked about recent policy changes are the new testing and quarantine measures put in place at Canada’s international borders as of Feb. 22