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CANADA: Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, minister says

CANADA: Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, minister says

Indigenous Services Minister says the treatment of Joyce Echaquan, who used her phone to livestream hospital staff using racist slurs against her as she lay dying in a Quebec hospital, is more evidence of the ways the system has failed Indigenous people for generation
COVID-19: Govts, companies shifted risk management responsibility to individuals, study says

COVID-19: Govts, companies shifted risk management responsibility to individuals, study says

Messaging has shifted, urging customers to follow guidelines
ONTARIO: Physicians lobby government for exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’

ONTARIO: Physicians lobby government for exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’

Five physicians in the Northwest are requesting an exemption to use ‘magic mushrooms’ for experiential training in order to help guide terminally ill patients using the treatment
CANADA: Will the 2nd coronavirus wave wipe away movie theatres?

CANADA: Will the 2nd coronavirus wave wipe away movie theatres?

With theatre attendance plummeting in North America, many studios are pressing the pause button on their most-awaited releases
COVID-19: Hamilton cycling studio outbreak could mean tighter gym restrictions in Ontario

COVID-19: Hamilton cycling studio outbreak could mean tighter gym restrictions in Ontario

Ontario is considering changing COVID-19 safety protocols for gyms in light of an outbreak linked to a Hamilton cycling studio, the province's associate medical officer of health said Wednesday. Dr.
ONTARIO: Three per cent of COVID-19 tests over last day were positive

ONTARIO: Three per cent of COVID-19 tests over last day were positive

Dr. Barbara Yaffe said the per cent of positive results seen in testing at pharmacies, which is offered to certain asymptomatic individuals, is also starting to go up slightly
CANADA: Canadians working from home continue to stay ‘on the job’ while sick

CANADA: Canadians working from home continue to stay ‘on the job’ while sick

In what’s already a stressful time for Canadians, with health and financial concerns, the absence of time off is piling on to some employees
ONTARIO: Outings on pause for long-term care residents in COVID-19 hotspots

ONTARIO: Outings on pause for long-term care residents in COVID-19 hotspots

Absences for medical or compassionate reasons will be permitted
COVID-19: Pandemic could cost Canadian universities millions, even billions, StatCan says

COVID-19: Pandemic could cost Canadian universities millions, even billions, StatCan says

In a report published this week, Statistics Canada tried to estimate university budget losses for the 2020-2021 school year
ONTARIO: Electricity bills going up almost two per cent across the province

ONTARIO: Electricity bills going up almost two per cent across the province

Fixed pricing will come to an end on Nov. 1.