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CANADA: Online hate, racist hiring practices among targets of $15M federal anti-racism funds

CANADA: Online hate, racist hiring practices among targets of $15M federal anti-racism funds

Liberals promised to double the funding for the strategy in the 2019 election campaign but that has not yet happened
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
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
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
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.
CANADA: Cineplex CEO says movie exhibitor has options to weather unpredictable coming year

CANADA: Cineplex CEO says movie exhibitor has options to weather unpredictable coming year

Possible reductions in lease costs and making further cuts to payroll expenses are among options being considered
ONTARIO: New funding announced for households struggling to pay bills

ONTARIO: New funding announced for households struggling to pay bills

The new Energy Affordability Program comes into effect on Jan. 4, 2021