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Morgan Sharp
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News, Politics, Next Gen Insider
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August 26th 2020
The Ford government released its guidance for the province’s school boards and public health units to deal with outbreaks of COVID-19 in schools on Wednesday, and it doesn’t require a negative test result before students or staff are allowed back.
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The two-part federal payment is part of a $2-billion plan announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday. Trudeau dodged questions about whether his government believes provincial plans are adequate.
Emma McIntosh, Morgan Sharp
News, Politics, Next Gen Insider
| August 26th 2020
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It’s not too late to use the funds to employ youth and support businesses and community groups across the country that are struggling economically during the pandemic, said Rachel Blaney, MP for North Island-Powell River.
Rochelle Baker
News, Island Insider
| August 27th 2020
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The federal Conservatives are calling on a speaking agency through which WE Charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family to hand over all documents about the arrangements.
Lee Berthiaume
News, Politics
| August 27th 2020
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COVID-19 laid bare cracks in our agricultural system. Cracks that run deeper than disrupted supply chains and empty shelves. Cracks that tie together sky-high farm debt, land speculation, and Canada’s reliance on migrant agricultural workers.
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| August 27th 2020
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Within the first day of arriving for a near two-week stay in Smithers, B.C., to delve into discovering the stories of the traditional Wet'suwet'en People, I learned about Niwus. And I continued to learn about this sacred medicine until the day I left.
Brandi Morin
News
| August 27th 2020
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More than one-third of women in Canada's three northern territories have been subjected to unwelcome sexual attention in a public place, says a survey from Statistics Canada.
Bob Weber
News, Politics
| August 27th 2020
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As countries prepare to announce ambition-raising climate actions for the 2020-2025 period, it is critical that Canada does its part to increase both the quantity and quality of its climate finance.
Shaughn McArthur
Opinion
| August 27th 2020
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Sometimes the features of a wind-and-solar system turn out to be bugs.
Alex Trembath, Zeke Hausfather
News
| August 27th 2020
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The potential dangers of smoke mingling with the coronavirus in people's lungs have doctors worried.
Lydia O'Connor
News, Politics
| August 27th 2020
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From the archives
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Rex Weyler
Opinion
| July 31st 2020
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