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  • Kathleen, a staff member at The Sanctuary Drop-In Centre in Toronto, open the doors to a visitor, Thursday, March 26, 2020. People who work with the city's homeless say more are on the streets because many drop-in and respite sites, have warned of an 'explosion' of COVID-19 within within Toronto's homeless population. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

    Trudeau says help is on the way for homeless but advocate says it’s not coming fast enough

  • Osborne Avenue residents bang pots and pans to cheer for frontline workers fighting COVID-19.

    Upper Beaches neighbourhood bangs pots, pans to cheer for healthcare workers

  • This Feb. 15, 2018, file photo shows a McDonald's Restaurant in Brandon, Miss. A Utah man is suing McDonald's alleging that an employee spiked his Diet Coke in Aug. 2016 with a heroin substitute. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

    Hamilton woman faked COVID-19 diagnosis to get out of working at McDonald’s

  • Emmanuel Samoglou, his wife, Nicole Adoranti and their two-year-old daughter pose in this undated handout photo. A Canadian family on a round-the-world trip plans to ride out the COVID-19 pandemic on a remote island in the south Pacific Ocean. Emmanuel Samoglou, his wife, Nicole Adoranti and their two-year-old daughter are in a small home in idyllic Rarotonga, a part of the Cook Islands. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Emmanuel Samoglou

    Canadian family riding out pandemic on remote South Pacific island

  • Heather (left), Jesse, baby Xander, is seen in this undated photo. The family of three have recovered after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this month. (Submitted)

    'Stay home': Toronto family who tested positive for COVID-19 now urging public to take virus seriously

  • A commuter shows a mostly empty TTC train during rush hour Friday morning. (Twitter/@peterdwhitmore)

    Transit advocates urge city to make TTC fare-free amid pandemic

  • Lysol wipes are advertised for $29.99 at a Pusateri's store at Avenue Road and Lawrence Avenue. (Ross Arbour/ CTV News)

    'Absolutely disgusting:' Ford slams upscale Toronto grocery chain for jacking up price on Lysol wipes

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    Oshawa Superstore employee confirmed as Ontario's 15th COVID-19 death as province adds 170 new cases

  • Toronto District School Board service vans and trucks sit idle in a parking lot in this file image. (Corey Baird/CTV Toronto)

    TDSB preparing online lessons for kids during 'extended closure' of schools

  • Donated food from Scotiabank Arena

    Thousands of pounds of food donated by Scotiabank Arena to those in need

  • Brock Weston is seen in an undated handout photo. The Wisconsin college student had had fever sweats the night before. A stuffy nose and sore throat he thought were from dust in the air or maybe, at worst, a cold or flu had been hanging around for a couple of days. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

    Healthy Sask. student says COVID-19 felt like 'more than just the flu'

  • A man carries a boxspring up a set of stairs on what has become known as "Moving Day," in Montreal, on July 1, 2013. A new analysis of the country's rental market suggests that a minimum-wage worker can't afford the rent in all but a few neighbourhoods nationwide, and raises questions about a promised federal rent supplement. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

    Residential tenants, landlords face dilemma as rent comes due on April 1

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    Landlords must 'buck up' and communicate flexibility to tenants: Tory

  • In this Monday, March 9, 2020 file photo, Britain's Prince Charles and Camilla the Duchess of Cornwall, in the background, leave after attending the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in London, Monday, March 9, 2020. Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, has tested positive for the new coronavirus. The prince’s Clarence House office reported on Wednesday, March 25, 2020 that the 71-year-old is showing mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is self-isolating at a royal estate in Scotland. For most people, the coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

    Britain's Prince Charles tests positive for new coronavirus

  • Tess Richey's mother looks at Kalen Schlatter, 23, in this court sketch inside a Toronto courtroom on Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (John Mantha/ CTV News Toronto)

    'Tess had to give up her life to catch a monster,' Richey's mom says after Schlatter sentenced to life in prison

  • Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders delivers remarks and takes questions from reporters at a press conference in Toronto, on Friday, Aug. 9, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Christopher Katsarov)

    Officers ready to crack down on shops defying emergency orders: Saunders

  • In this Friday, May 20, 2016, file photo, Dr. Richard Goldstein, chief medical officer at the Animal Medical Center, checks on one of his patients at the hospital's clinic in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

    Veterinarians offer ventilators as they fight to be declared essential service

  • Kalen Schlatter (left) and Tess Richey (right) are seen.

    Schlatter found guilty of first-degree murder in death of Tess Richey

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at a press conference about COVID-19 in front of his residence at Rideau Cottage on the grounds of Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Sunday, March 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

    'Enough is enough,' Trudeau says to Canadians ignoring COVID-19 advice

  • Ontario Premier Doug Ford answers questions as Minister of Health Christine Elliott and Ontario Chief Medical Officer of Health Dr. David Williams, left, listen in during a news conference at the Ontario Legislature in Toronto on Monday, March 16, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

    Ford announces mandatory closure of all non-essential businesses