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Joyce Echaquan's family reacts to coroner's report into her death
Joyce Echaquan’s family said it would launch legal action against the hospital where she died after a Quebec coroner said a combination of “undeniable” systemic racism and health-care system failings contributed to her death. Lawyer Patrick Martin-Ménard said Echaquan was the victim of negligence “at several levels” and said her death was “triggered by a combination of deficient health-care and racist prejudices and misconceptions.”
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Category: News
Time Published: 4:45 p.m. ET Tuesday, Oct. 5
Toronto Zoo and Toronto Symphony Orchestra announce new collaboration
The Toronto Zoo and Toronto Symphony Orchestra announced a new creative partnership Tuesday that will introduce young audiences to the sounds of animals by illuminating them with performances by TSO musicians. Zoophony, a digital concert being filmed at the Toronto Zoo, will be released to schools on Nov. 22.
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Category: News
Time Published: 3:30 p.m. ET Tuesday, Oct. 5
Coming up later (subject to change on availability):
OTTAWA _ Conservative leader Erin O'Toole speaks after party caucus meeting. (expected late afternoon)
EDMONTON _ Alberta Premier Jason Kenney gives CVOID-19 update for the province. (via livestream, expected early evening)
VICTORIA _ B.C. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix provide update on COVID-19. (via livestream, expected later this afternoon)
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Ontario announces rapid testing for schools in areas with high COVID-19 transmission
Ontario is rolling out a rapid COVID-19 testing program for schools in areas of the province with high transmission. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Kieran Moore said it can help identify cases and prevent transmission in schools and licensed child-care centres.
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Category: News
Time Published: 1:25 p.m. ET Tuesday, Oct. 5
NDP calls for end to court battles with Indigenous children
NDP MP Charlie Angus called on the federal government to cease its court battles around services and compensation for First Nations children. The call came after the Federal Court upheld two key rulings last week that Ottawa had discriminated against Indigenous children by knowingly underfunding child and family services on reserve.
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Category: News
Time Published: 12:45 p.m. ET Tuesday, Oct. 5
Injured Humboldt Bronco Ryan Straschnitzki making progress in his recovery
Ryan Straschnitzki, who was paralyzed from the chest down in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, continues to make progress in his recovery including being able to take steps using a walker and taking up a new sport. But one thing he’s excited about is a new found feeling of independence.
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Category: News
Time Published: 12:00 p.m. ET Monday, Oct. 4
Delta moves goalposts on COVID-19 herd immunity
Dr. Theresa Tam, the chief public health officer, has previously said she would like to see all age groups at least 80 per cent fully vaccinated as soon as possible to fight the surge in COVID-19 cases. She now says the very contagious Delta variant demands even higher vaccination rates to provide community protection from the virus.
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Category: News
Time Published: 5:20 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 1
Hajdu speaks about reconciliation amid Trudeau controversy
Health Minister Patty Hajdu sidesteps the backlash Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing over his decision to fly to British Columbia to spend time with his family on the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation. Hajdu says she took part in events in her northern Ontario riding and was moved by them.
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Category: News
Time Published: 4:20 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 1
Manitoba announces a ‘lockdown on the unvaccinated’
The Manitoba government is introducing new restrictions to slow the spread of COVID-19. The province says it is targeting unvaccinated people while leaving fully immunized people largely untouched.
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Category: News
Time Published: 3:45 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 1
Mask mandate announced for all B.C. students
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says B.C. is tightening its COVID-19 mask mandate for elementary and secondary schools. The mandate will require all students — regardless of age — to wear masks while indoors, at their desks and on buses.
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Category: News
Time Published: 3:00 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 1
Toddler's grandmother ‘relieved’ to have justice
A family member of Hunter Smith-Straight spoke briefly outside court in Winnipeg after a man was sentenced to life in prison in death of the toddler in 2019. Charlene Straight says she is relieved to have some justice for her grandson.
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Category: News
Time Published: 1:30 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 1
Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard agrees to be extradited to U.S.
Former Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard agreed to be extradited to the United States to face a charge of sex trafficking. His defence lawyers say he denies those allegations, as well as new charges in Toronto of sexual assault and forcible confinement.
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Category: News
Time Published: 11:40 a.m. ET Friday, Oct. 1
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