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Ottawa has struggled to increase grocery competition. Will the new food strategy help?

Ottawa has struggled to increase grocery competition. Will the new food strategy help?

The federal government has pledged $3 billion which it says will add more food terminals in Canada, help the Competition Bureau sniff out and penalize anticompetitive behaviour, and help Canada produce more of its own food. Independent grocers say it’s a step in the right direction when it comes to helping them compete, but won’t topple the dominance of the country’s major grocers.

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Why were cruise ship passengers sent home amid a deadly outbreak? Your hantavirus questions answered
Star

May 4, 2026

Why were cruise ship passengers sent home amid a deadly outbreak? Your hantavirus questions answered

Now that most of the passengers from a luxury cruise…

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Canadians heading to B.C. after being stuck on cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak
Star

May 4, 2026

Canadians heading to B.C. after being stuck on cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak

Travellers will have no contact with public during isolation: B.C….

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WHO head reassures Spanish island's residents before hantavirus ship arrives: 'This is not another COVID'
Star

May 4, 2026

WHO head reassures Spanish island’s residents before hantavirus ship arrives: ‘This is not another COVID’

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a…

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Risk of hantavirus pandemic 'very low,' Canada's top health official says
Star

May 4, 2026

Risk of hantavirus pandemic ‘very low,’ Canada’s top health official says

Canadians back home haven’t been tested because they’re asymptomatic: ReimerWhen…

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Deadly hantavirus outbreak on ship poses 'low' risk to wider public, WHO says
Star

May 4, 2026

Deadly hantavirus outbreak on ship poses ‘low’ risk to wider public, WHO says

The World Health Organization on Thursday stressed that the risk…

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WHO confirms Andes strain of hantavirus in cruise ship passengers, with 3 transferred from ship for treatment
Star

May 4, 2026

WHO confirms Andes strain of hantavirus in cruise ship passengers, with 3 transferred from ship for treatment

Health authorities have identified the Andes strain of hantavirus, which…

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Disaster, Ontario/Quebec

May 4, 2026

Maan Alhmidi

Fire breaks out again at two Toronto highrises evacuated last year

TORONTO — Fire crews are working to put out a…

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Education, Entertainment, Arts, Ontario/Quebec

May 4, 2026

Allison Jones

Data show racial, language disparities in mandatory Ontario teacher math test

TORONTO — Results of a math test teacher candidates in…

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Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150, including 4 Canadians, on cruise ship
Star

May 4, 2026

Evacuations planned as suspected hantavirus outbreak traps 150, including 4 Canadians, on cruise ship

Medics were working on Monday to evacuate two people with…

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