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The country doesn't have enough testing capacity, and might never get it
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Doug Ford blasts 'unacceptable' level of COVID-19 testing as Ontario cases top 5,000
Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasted the "unacceptable" number of daily COVID-19 tests being done in the province, as the province confirmed 550 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.
Canada -Toronto ||
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Doctors investigate rare COVID-19 symptoms to move from anecdotes to science
Dry cough, fever and difficulty breathing are the most common symptoms of COVID-19, but specialists are starting to learn more about less common potential symptoms such as loss of one's sense of smell, disorientation and even seizures.
Health ||
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Ontario's long-term care workers still working at multiple facilities as B.C. clamps down
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Katie Pedersen
Health |
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'You're not breaking your children': Experts say more screen time right now is OK
Health |
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Analysis
Pandemic equipment snarls will rewrite Canada's definition of national security needs, say experts
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Murray Brewster
Politics ||
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Analysis
Why B.C. is flattening the COVID-19 curve while numbers in central Canada surge
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Justin McElroy
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Video
How a simple plastic box could protect health-care workers across Canada from COVID-19
Lauren Pelley
Canada -Toronto ||
Mushrooms, oregano oil and masks targeted in crackdown on misleading COVID-19 ads
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Rachel Ward
Canada -Calgary ||
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COVID-19 could kill between 1,200 and 9,000 by end of month, Quebec public health officials warn
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Jonathan Montpetit
Canada -Montreal ||
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The mural and the message: How a community advocate and a graffiti artist are spreading facts on the DTES
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Karin Larsen
Canada -British Columbia ||
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How to parent when you're in quarantine. Your COVID-19 questions answered
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Ania Bessonov
Canada ||
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Mothers with COVID-19 can breastfeed, Canadian Paediatric Society says
Health |
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Canada's top doctor says she'll wear a mask when physical distancing isn't possible
John Paul Tasker
Politics ||
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Cape Breton woman in her 70s is Nova Scotia's first death related to COVID-19
Canada -Nova Scotia |
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Outpouring of support after COVID-19 fears leave Ottawa nurse homeless
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Catherine Cullen
Politics ||
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16 people died at Ont. nursing home before sick residents were separated from the healthy
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Mark Gollom
Canada -Toronto ||
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'Dear health-care worker': Send a message of thanks to those on the front lines
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Donna Carreiro
Canada -Manitoba |
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'She just started sobbing': Parents struggle to help kids cope with COVID-19 anxiety
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Ioanna Roumeliotis
Canada ||
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CBC Investigates
Do alcohol and COVID-19 isolation mix? Some health experts don't think so
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Dave Seglins
Health ||
'You can fight this': We survived COVID-19, and so can you
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Hallie Cotnam
Canada -Ottawa |
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Doctors threaten to leave Alberta after government cuts to fees
Canada -Edmonton |
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Ontario has only 1 week supply of 'critical' protective equipment left, premier says
Canada -Toronto ||
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Can mosquitoes spread the coronavirus? Your COVID-19 questions answered
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Ania Bessonov
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'Giving us the full understanding of what's happening': Applause for ASL interpreters amid pandemic
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Jessica Wong
Canada ||
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Nurses must be protected from abuse during coronavirus pandemic, WHO says
Health |
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Anxieties over COVID-19 and possible PPE shortages prompting some health care workers to draft wills
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Aarti Pole
Canada ||
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