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ONTARIO: Energy board sets new electricity prices for households

ONTARIO: Energy board sets new electricity prices for households

Prices will fall on Jan. 1, but this will be offset by a government rebate cut
ONTARIO: Province asks hospitals to prepare surge capacity plans as COVID-19 cases rise

ONTARIO: Province asks hospitals to prepare surge capacity plans as COVID-19 cases rise

The Ontario Hospital Association says it's deeply concerned by the worsening pandemic and related pressure on hospitals
CANADA: How retailers are dealing with changing consumer habits

CANADA: How retailers are dealing with changing consumer habits

To adapt to changing consumer habits during COVID-19, small retailers in Canada have offered services like home delivery and curbside pickup
WORLD: SARS didn't prepare the hospitality industry for the prolonged impact of COVID-19

WORLD: SARS didn't prepare the hospitality industry for the prolonged impact of COVID-19

Hotels, as places of refuge, pleasure, business and also contagion, are important places to explore how the tourism sector pilots its way through pandemics
COVID-19: Working from home? Government making it easier to claim expenses

COVID-19: Working from home? Government making it easier to claim expenses

Eligible employees can claim $2 a day, to a maximum of $400
ONTARIO: Moderna vaccine key to immunization of nursing home residents, Hillier says

ONTARIO: Moderna vaccine key to immunization of nursing home residents, Hillier says

In the province's long-term care homes, 695 residents currently have COVID-19 and one new death has been reported today
CANADA: Fashion mogul Peter Nygard charged with sex trafficking in U.S.

CANADA: Fashion mogul Peter Nygard charged with sex trafficking in U.S.

The U.S. authorities allege that over a 25-year period, Nygard used his fashion company's influence, as well as its employees and funds, to recruit and use women and girls for his sexual gratification and the gratification of his friends and business associates
CANADA: Approval for Moderna's vaccine 'looks positive' but a few more documents still needed

CANADA: Approval for Moderna's vaccine 'looks positive' but a few more documents still needed

If approved, Pfizer and Moderna together are expected to deliver 60 million doses of vaccine to Canada by next fall, enough to vaccinate 30 million people
COVID-19: Majority of Canadians support holiday lockdown to fight virus, poll says

COVID-19: Majority of Canadians support holiday lockdown to fight virus, poll says

65 per cent of respondents said they supported a general lockdown in their province during Christmas and New Year’s to tackle the pandemic, while 29 per cent opposed the idea
CANADA: Wildfires take over from industry as major source of cancer-causing air toxins, study says

CANADA: Wildfires take over from industry as major source of cancer-causing air toxins, study says

Research has found that climate change contributes to bigger, hotter fires by drying out forests and extending the fire season