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Shift to online learning could spell trouble for rural families
Some rural families are worried about their children falling behind as school closures are extended until at least next month and the provincial government shifts to online learning.
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To protect her family from COVID-19, this ER nurse moved out
As an emergency room nurse at Ottawa's Queensway Carleton Hospital, Peggy Freemark admits she's scared of COVID-19 — so scared she's moved out of her Stittsville home to protect her family from the respiratory illness.
Canada -Ottawa |
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Ottawa nurse says pandemic panic has left her homeless
Health care workers are already facing added stress and personal danger because of COVID-19. Now, one Ottawa nurse says fear of the disease has also left her homeless.
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Regulator, colleges rush to get respiratory therapists working
As the Ontario government scrambles to acquire more ventilators for hospitals in the province, the regulatory body that licenses the specialists who operate the machines says it's working to get more of them to the front lines of the war against COVID-19.
Canada -Ottawa |
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Ottawa chefs cooking for low-income families
Canada -Ottawa |
Analysis
Canadians want to know how bad this could get. Is anyone ready to tell us?
Politics ||
Families of health workers in Quebec driving grassroots campaign to get pandemic equipment to hospitals
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As spring planting approaches, Quebec farmers face steep costs, long delays in getting foreign workers
Canada -Montreal ||
Western Quebec starts sealing off borders
Canada -Ottawa |
Fines coming for COVID-19 infractions, mayor warns
Canada -Ottawa |
Ottawa sees biggest surge in COVID-19 cases yet
Canada -Ottawa |
Senators confirm 4 new cases of COVID-19 within organization, raising total to 6
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What you need to know about the new COVID-19 emergency wage subsidy
Politics ||
'A surge is coming': Physical distancing critical as Ontario sees 426 new COVID-19 cases, 4 more deaths
Canada -Toronto ||
Ottawa 'likely did not have enough' protective gear stockpiled: Hajdu
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COVID-19 in Quebec: Staying away from seniors' homes a matter of 'life or death,' Legault says
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Benjamin Shingler
Canada -Montreal ||
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School trustee under investigation after confronting teen
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Joanne Chianello
Canada -Ottawa |
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OC Transpo driver tests positive for COVID-19
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Hillary Johnstone
Canada -Ottawa |
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40 dead from COVID-19 in Ontario nursing and retirement homes
Mike Crawley
Canada -Toronto ||
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Tenants, landlords on edge as pandemic forces thousands out of work
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Kimberley Molina
Canada -Ottawa |
Jail guards want COVID-19 screening at Ottawa-Carleton Detention Centre
Stephen Hoff
Canada -Ottawa |
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Concerns grow over staffing Ontario long-term care centres
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Julie Ireton
Canada -Ottawa |
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Opinion
Pressures of COVID-19 could be catastrophic for mental health system
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Dr. Andrew L. Smith
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'Everybody is susceptible': Why younger Canadians may be helping fuel the spread of COVID-19
Adam Miller
Health |
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Canada's airline, tourism sectors facing 'catastrophic' decline due to COVID-19 pandemic
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
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Outbreaks declared at 3 seniors' homes, long-term care facility in Ottawa
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Laura Glowacki
Canada -Ottawa |
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Ontario COVID-19 cases near 2,000 as schools set to stay closed until at least May
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