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WATCH: Province to establish task force to end criminal activity, violence in towing industry

WATCH: Province to establish task force to end criminal activity, violence in towing industry

The goal of the task force will be to help develop a regulatory model that will increase safety and enforcement, clarify protections for consumers, improve industry standards, and consider tougher penalties for violators
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WATCH: Feds to extend rent assistance program for small businesses

WATCH: Feds to extend rent assistance program for small businesses

Trudeau also said that COVID-19 modelling numbers will be released later today
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ONTARIO: Guelph artist's Instagram 'blows up' after Britney Spears shares her art

ONTARIO: Guelph artist's Instagram 'blows up' after Britney Spears shares her art

'It's surreal' says Jenna Paddey of all the attention that's happened after the pop star shared her bee art
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BEYOND LOCAL: Fallout from COVID-19 shutdown means 117M people worldwide missed vaccinations, WHO says

BEYOND LOCAL: Fallout from COVID-19 shutdown means 117M people worldwide missed vaccinations, WHO says

The World Health Organization estimates that 117 million people worldwide may have missed a vaccination during the COVID-19 pandemic
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CANADA: Feds commits $300M to global COVID-19 fight but PM urged to spend $1.5 billion

CANADA: Feds commits $300M to global COVID-19 fight but PM urged to spend $1.5 billion

Canada's contribution includes $180 million to address the immediate humanitarian and development impacts of the pandemic and $120 million towards a new initiative called the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator
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BEYOND LOCAL: Animals that can do math understand more language than we think

BEYOND LOCAL: Animals that can do math understand more language than we think

In experiments, African grey parrots have shown an ability with numbers
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CANADA: Air Canada, WestJet to drop physical distancing policies as air travel ticks up

CANADA: Air Canada, WestJet to drop physical distancing policies as air travel ticks up

Carrier to revert to United Nation's aviation agency and International Air Transport Association trade group health recommendations, some of which run contrary to Transport Canada recommendations
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BEYOND LOCAL: Here's how caterpillars eat five times their weight everyday

BEYOND LOCAL: Here's how caterpillars eat five times their weight everyday

Basically, they poop and pee very effectively
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COVID-19: Hockey Canada cancels summer camps, going virtual with training camps

COVID-19: Hockey Canada cancels summer camps, going virtual with training camps

The Canadian junior squad's annual development camp was originally scheduled to go from July 27 to 31
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BEYOND LOCAL: Five tips to get you off the sofa during COVID-19

BEYOND LOCAL: Five tips to get you off the sofa during COVID-19

Since stay-at-home orders were issued, there has been an upsurge in Netflix and app use, indicating that people may be spending more time at sedentary actives
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