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Ontario puts Toronto and Peel Region into lockdown

Toronto and Peel Region will be are now in lockdown on Monday. No indoor gatherings with anyone outside the immediate household, are allowed. Businesses of all kinds are moving to takeout, delivery, curb-side service or closure and breaking the rules comes with fines.
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Alberta keeps current restrictions despite hitting new daily COVID-19 case record

Alberta, with Canada's second-highest COVID-19 infection rate, did not announce any significant new restrictions Friday, even as the province set a new daily case record. And that has some concerned the province may soon find itself in a situation it can no longer control.
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Donald Trump attempts to get Michigan’s election results thrown out

Donald Trump meets with Michigan Republican lawmakers in an effort to get the state's election results thrown out — the latest effort in a campaign many say is aimed at undermining democracy.
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Doctors weigh in on Canada’s 2nd wave restrictions

Doctors answer questions about COVID-19 including where the spread is likely happening and whether more provinces should implement stricter measures.
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New app allows customers to pay for retail purchases in installments

Afterpay is a new app that allows people shopping at certain retailers to pay in installments; however this differs from other installment plans because shoppers aren't charged interest — retailers do pay for providing the service.
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The National for November 20, 2020

Trudeau pleads with Canadians to stay home as COVID-19 projections show a grim road ahead for the country’s healthcare system.
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Hard realities from Canada’s COVID-19 2nd wave

Canada's second COVID-19 wave is taking a toll on some of the country's most vulnerable.
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Jury finds Matthew Raymond not criminally responsible for 2018 Fredericton shooting

A Fredericton jury took 25 hours before reaching the verdict of not criminally responsible for Mathew Raymond, a man who admitted to killing four people in 2018, two of them police officers.
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Canadian hospitals near capacity amid COVID-19 2nd wave

Hospitals are filling up with COVID-19 patients fast. How much time Canada has left before there are simply no beds left ranges from region to region. But with cases rising relentlessly, doctors dread what December will bring.
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Private COVID-19 tests see growing demand

Officials warn that Canada's COVID-19 testing rates are falling behind, threatening the national containment strategy. In Quebec that's fuelling demand for a growing, private testing industry, that not everyone supports.
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Trudeau urges Canadians to stay home and make sacrifices

Justin Trudeau revived his springtime ritual today, talking COVID-19 to Canadians from his front step. His message: step up and take care of each other.
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‘Shocking’ accounts of harassment, violence within RCMP detailed in report

There are calls for an independent review following a report into sexual harassment within the RCMP. The report’s author described the accounts as “shocking” and as signs of “systemic” problems with misogyny, racism and homophobia.
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OPP officer killed in northern Ontario

A veteran Ontario Provincial Police officer was killed in the line of duty in Gore Bay, Ont., a small town on Manitoulin Island. Const. Marc Hovingh was responding to a call about an unwanted man on a property.
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B.C. makes masks mandatory, restricts social gatherings to reduce COVID-19 spread

British Columbia has announced sweeping new COVID-19 measures, including mandatory masks in indoor public spaces and retail spaces, as well as limiting social gatherings to household members only across the entire province until at least Dec. 7.
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‘Urgent situation’: Canada could hit 60,000 COVID-19 cases within weeks

Canada’s latest COVID-19 projections show the country is on track to see 20,000 daily cases by mid-December and could hit 60,000 daily cases if restrictions are relaxed.
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Yukon teenagers get conversion therapy banned in territory

A group of teenagers have successfully lobbied the Yukon government to ban conversion therapy, the first territory to do so.
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ON DEMAND: The National for November 19, 2020

CBC News has learned Canada could hit 60,000 COVID-19 cases per day if contacts aren’t reduced. This comes as millions of Canadians face new COVID-19 restrictions as provinces try to beat back the second wave and Quebec unwraps a Christmas deal with its residents. Plus, how a group of teenagers helped get conversion therapy banned in Yukon.
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Canadian denied quarantine exemption after travelling for cancer treatment

Federal officials have denied a quarantine exemption for a man from Guelph, Ont., who travels to the U.S. monthly for cancer treatment, even though he’s only gone for two days.
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Liberals unveil net-zero emissions plan

The federal government has announced its plan to reduce Canada’s net carbon emissions to zero by 2050 in an attempt to meet climate change targets, but there are concerns the plan lacks accountability.
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Ontario braces for new COVID-19 restrictions

Ontario is set to announce tough new restrictions for COVID-19 hot spots as the health system approaches a crucial threshold of 150 coronavirus patients in intensive care units, leaving residents and businesses bracing for what’s to come.
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Manitoba tightens shopping restrictions to remove loopholes

With cases still spiking, Manitoba has announced stiff new COVID-19 restrictions, including what officials call the toughest retail restrictions in Canada, meaning Manitobans will soon find it hard to buy anything not deemed essential.
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Quebec to loosen COVID-19 restrictions over Christmas

Quebec Premier François Legault is proposing a “moral contract” for the holidays to allow residents to see some friends and family around Christmas. The plan involves limited contacts before and after Christmas and changes to school breaks, but some feel it's too much of a gamble for the hard-hit province.
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How premiers are handling the second wave | At Issue

The At Issue panel discusses how the premiers are leading through the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and what all levels of government should make of the latest federal modelling. Plus in this extended version, the panellists also look at how the federal government is managing another global challenge: climate change.
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How Canadian designer Aurora James is persuading retailers to support Black-owned businesses

Entrepreneur and fashion designer Aurora James on why she started the 15 Percent Pledge this spring to help bolster Black-owned businesses.
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Concerns about health-care access as Nunavut enters COVID-19 lockdown

Nunavut has begun a two-week lockdown, after COVID-19 cases more than doubled this week. There are fears the virus will overwhelm the territory's fragile health-care system.
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Inside a Moscow COVID-19 ward

A well-equipped, high-tech COVID-19 ward set up inside a Moscow convention centre is a stark contrast to the overwhelmed hospitals elsewhere in Russia. CBC News got a first-hand look at the facility and found out what’s creating the disparity in health care.
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Edmonton artist featured in Marvel's Indigenous Voices issue

Kyle Charles, an Edmonton-based comic book artist originally from Whitefish Lake First Nation, was tapped for a Marvel issue featuring Indigenous superheroes. The issue is considered a milestone and a step in the right direction after years of problematic portrayals of Indigenous people and culture.
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COVID-19: How to navigate the holiday season

An infectious disease expert and epidemiologist answer questions about navigating the holiday season during the COVID-19 pandemic, including what lessons may have been learned from Thanksgiving.

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