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Email not displaying correctly? View this email in your browser Follow us:   Daily Headlines December 31, 2021     HEALTH December 31, 2021 8:08 am December 31, 2021 8:08 am Hospitalizations are rising thanks to Omicron, but future impact is uncertain: experts Modellers say testing gaps and a lack of data about the COVID-19 Omicron variant has them “flying blind” trying to predict how health-care systems could be impacted. Continue reading → HEALTH December 31, 2021 10:19 am December 31, 2021 10:19 am Ontario reports record number of new COVID-19 cases with more than 16,700 infections There are 205 people in intensive care due to COVID-19, which is an increase of five compared with Thursday. Continue reading → CANADA December 31, 2021 7:01 am December 31, 2021 7:01 am Canadian cities cancel New Year’s Eve parties as celebrations move online Across the country, residents are being encouraged to tune in to livestreams for fireworks displays and performances or trade parties for outdoor activities. Continue reading → AD CANADA December 31, 2021 8:00 am December 31, 2021 8:00 am ‘The story was hidden’: How residential school graves shocked and shaped Canada in 2021 Beginning with the finding of unmarked graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School, over 1,000 such graves were found at residential school sites over spring and summer. Continue reading → CANADA December 30, 2021 11:43 pm December 30, 2021 11:43 pm Applications open for $300-a-week COVID-19 benefit in most provinces and territories The expanded Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit allows any worker to apply if their workplace has been slapped with capacity-limiting restrictions of 50 per cent or more. Continue reading → WORLD December 31, 2021 9:25 am December 31, 2021 9:25 am Colorado wildfires burn hundreds of homes and force thousands to flee One first responder and six others were injured in the Colorado wildfires that began Thursday morning, unusually late in the year and following an extremely dry fall and a winter. Continue reading → AD   This email was sent to globalnews@quicklydone.com Why did I get this?  |  Manage my subscription  |  Unsubscribe here © Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc., 2021. All rights reserved. Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. Corus Quay. 25 Dockside Drive, Toronto, ONTARIO M5A 0B5. Canada.