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WATCH: Outdoor sports fields, street-facing stores can open Tuesday: Doug Ford

WATCH: Outdoor sports fields, street-facing stores can open Tuesday: Doug Ford

Premier confirms golf courses, marinas can open on Saturday
What it is like being homeless in a pandemic

What it is like being homeless in a pandemic

'All the negativity around us being homeless; it hurts'
WATCH: National parks, historic sites to partially reopen June 1

WATCH: National parks, historic sites to partially reopen June 1

Some Parks Canada sites to reopen with safety measures for visitors, workers
WATCH: Ontario allows education workers to be voluntarily redeployed to congregate care

WATCH: Ontario allows education workers to be voluntarily redeployed to congregate care

Province looks to education sector to fill staff shortages at long-term care homes, shelters
Idle education workers to fill staffing shortages in long term care facilities says Ford

Idle education workers to fill staffing shortages in long term care facilities says Ford

'Whether it's cooking or cleaning, or supporting mental wellness, this voluntary initiative will enable our education workers to go where they're needed most during this crisis and make a difference in people's lives and in their communities'
LIVE: $1B regional relief fund to help tourism sector, seasonal businesses

LIVE: $1B regional relief fund to help tourism sector, seasonal businesses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says regional relief and recovery fund is for businesses that didn't qualify for federal wage subsidy, business loans
Farmers' Market opens this weekend with a very different look

Farmers' Market opens this weekend with a very different look

'The market asks that only one person per family attends and we ask you to leave your pets at home'
Canadore's 'new normal' will mean proceeding with fewer international students

Canadore's 'new normal' will mean proceeding with fewer international students

'Our returning student number is solid. It didn’t fall off...we have a returning student cohort, so far, that is on par with what we expected in our enrolment.'
April numbers slide as COVID-19 continues to impact real estate industry

April numbers slide as COVID-19 continues to impact real estate industry

'We continue to have low inventory of properties for sale, with some pent-up buyer demand and as a result, locally prices have not been impacted'
Provincial state of emergency officially extended until June 2

Provincial state of emergency officially extended until June 2

Province says new legislation will allow for more virtual or remote transactions during COVID-19