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Caution on chloroquine as Canada joins global drug-testing effort: Tam

Caution on chloroquine as Canada joins global drug-testing effort: Tam

OTTAWA — Canada's top public health official is warning against the use of untested drugs to treat COVID-19 amid buzz around the potential effectiveness of an anti-malaria medication.
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BREAKING: All non-essential workplaces ordered to close effective tomorrow at midnight

BREAKING: All non-essential workplaces ordered to close effective tomorrow at midnight

Measures to last for 14 days
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LIVE: PM addresses Canadians: You are not invincible

LIVE: PM addresses Canadians: You are not invincible

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Coursework could continue even if Ontario schools don't reopen: minister

Coursework could continue even if Ontario schools don't reopen: minister

The Minister of Education sent an open letter out to parents on Sunday
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Toronto man dies from COVID-19, marks city’s first coronavirus-related death: public health

Toronto man dies from COVID-19, marks city’s first coronavirus-related death: public health

Toronto Public Health (TPH) says a man in his 70s is the first person in the city to die from COVID-19 since the coronavirus outbreak began. In a statement released Sunday afternoon, officials said the man recently travelled to the United Kingdom.
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CP News Alert: Canada refuses to go to Tokyo Olympics unless Games postponed

CP News Alert: Canada refuses to go to Tokyo Olympics unless Games postponed

TORONTO — Canada won't be at this summer's Tokyo Olympics unless the Games are postponed by a year.
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Retirees, savers should stick to financial plan despite market fall due to COVID-19, experts say

Retirees, savers should stick to financial plan despite market fall due to COVID-19, experts say

While many Canadians may be panicking as they watch their retirement funds drop, financial experts say it's important to stay the course
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VIDEO: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issues 'special thank-you' to nation's children helping fight COVID-19

VIDEO: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issues 'special thank-you' to nation's children helping fight COVID-19

Children have seen their worlds change drastically this past week and they deserve thanks, says PM
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LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - House to resume Tuesday to pass emergency COVID-19 legislation

LIVE: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - House to resume Tuesday to pass emergency COVID-19 legislation

The Prime Minister thanked the nation's children who have had to cancel playdates and sleepovers and wash their hands 'a lot'
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BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why apocalyptic fiction helps us deal with the anxiety of the coronavirus pandemic

BEYOND LOCAL: Here's why apocalyptic fiction helps us deal with the anxiety of the coronavirus pandemic

Dystopic science fiction provides a reference points for our anxieties during a time of global change, PhD Candidate says
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