Pressure mounts to make COVID-19 rapid testing more accessible amid Omicron
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Pressure mounts to make COVID-19 rapid testing more accessible amid Omicron
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Flights, schools cancelled in Toronto as ‘historic’ winter storm wallops Ontario
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01:54 | January 14, 2026
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Ottawa, B.C. unveil anti-extortion measures
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‘People are suffering’: Dangerous heat roasts Eastern Canada
02:11 | June 24, 2025
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SGA caps all-time season by leading Thunder to 1st NBA title
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How Ontario, Quebec are coping with dangerous heat dome
01:48 | June 23, 2025
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Manitoba wildfires force new evacuations, air quality warnings
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes 2nd Canadian to win NBA MVP
02:03 | May 22, 2025
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Female complainant in world junior sex assault trial begins testimony
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Pressure mounts to make COVID-19 rapid testing more accessible amid Omicron
Description
December 14, 2021
As calls grow to make COVID-19 rapid tests more accessible to Canadians, the federal government has set aside money for 180 million tests to be given to provincial governments. But as Mike Le Couteur explains, that doesn't mean the tests will be distributed to the public.
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Pressure mounts to make COVID-19 rapid testing more accessible amid Omicron02:16 | December 14, 2021 -
Federal government, Ontario sign $8.8B deal to help boost housing sector01:54 | March 30, 2026 -
Ford government expands HST rebate on newly built Ontario homes02:07 | March 25, 2026 -
Severe winter weather hammers southern Ontario01:12 | February 18, 2026 -
Why is Trump threatening to block the Gordie Howe bridge from opening?02:15 | February 10, 2026 -
Trump’s Gordie Howe bridge threat ‘doesn’t make any sense’: Windsor mayor02:18 | February 10, 2026 -
Record winter storm buries Eastern Canada02:15 | January 26, 2026 -
Flights, schools cancelled in Toronto as ‘historic’ winter storm wallops Ontario03:45 | January 25, 2026 -
Snowstorms smother Eastern Canada, cause power outage01:42 | January 19, 2026 -
Parts of Ontario, Quebec digging out of severe snowstorm02:04 | January 15, 2026 -
‘People are frustrated’: First Nation leaders call for action amid Kashechewan’s water crisis01:54 | January 14, 2026 -
Winter storm smothers Ontario, Quebec02:15 | December 29, 2025 -
ICE taps Ontario firm for 20 armoured vehicles02:06 | December 3, 2025 -
Ottawa, B.C. unveil anti-extortion measures02:08 | November 28, 2025 -
Canada, Ontario spending $3B on small modular reactors02:07 | October 23, 2025 -
Unplugged: GM ending electric van production at Ontario plant01:59 | October 21, 2025 -
How will Stellantis’ U.S. move impact Canada’s auto sector?02:13 | October 15, 2025 -
Hard foul: Why prized Canadian basketball artifacts could move to U.S.02:32 | October 7, 2025 -
Marineland threatens to euthanize 30 beluga whales as Ottawa, Ontario urge each other to take action01:45 | October 7, 2025 -
No injuries reported after small plane crash-lands near Toronto sports field01:30 | September 16, 2025 -
Safety tool or cash grab? Toronto speed camera vandalism sparks debate02:09 | September 9, 2025 -
Speed camera vandals on rise in Toronto as fines issued at mass scale02:06 | September 7, 2025 -
Trailblazing Canadian actor Graham Greene remembered as ‘iconic’02:11 | September 2, 2025 -
Global National: July 2022:29 | July 20, 2025 -
Trump’s tariffs on Canada might be here to stay, U.S. Secretary of Commerce says02:12 | July 20, 2025 -
Teen charged in ‘horrific’ attack on Quadeville, Ont. child01:49 | July 10, 2025 -
‘People are suffering’: Dangerous heat roasts Eastern Canada02:11 | June 24, 2025 -
SGA caps all-time season by leading Thunder to 1st NBA title02:09 | June 23, 2025 -
How Ontario, Quebec are coping with dangerous heat dome01:48 | June 23, 2025 -
Manitoba wildfires force new evacuations, air quality warnings02:07 | June 2, 2025 -
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes 2nd Canadian to win NBA MVP02:03 | May 22, 2025 -
Female complainant in world junior sex assault trial begins testimony02:08 | May 2, 2025
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Pressure mounts to make COVID-19 rapid testing more accessible amid Omicron02:16 | December 14, 2021
-
Federal government, Ontario sign $8.8B deal to help boost housing sector01:54 | March 30, 2026
-
Ford government expands HST rebate on newly built Ontario homes02:07 | March 25, 2026
-
Severe winter weather hammers southern Ontario01:12 | February 18, 2026
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Why is Trump threatening to block the Gordie Howe bridge from opening?02:15 | February 10, 2026
-
Trump’s Gordie Howe bridge threat ‘doesn’t make any sense’: Windsor mayor02:18 | February 10, 2026
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Record winter storm buries Eastern Canada02:15 | January 26, 2026
-
Flights, schools cancelled in Toronto as ‘historic’ winter storm wallops Ontario03:45 | January 25, 2026
-
Snowstorms smother Eastern Canada, cause power outage01:42 | January 19, 2026
-
Parts of Ontario, Quebec digging out of severe snowstorm02:04 | January 15, 2026
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‘People are frustrated’: First Nation leaders call for action amid Kashechewan’s water crisis01:54 | January 14, 2026
-
Winter storm smothers Ontario, Quebec02:15 | December 29, 2025
-
ICE taps Ontario firm for 20 armoured vehicles02:06 | December 3, 2025
-
Ottawa, B.C. unveil anti-extortion measures02:08 | November 28, 2025
-
Canada, Ontario spending $3B on small modular reactors02:07 | October 23, 2025
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Unplugged: GM ending electric van production at Ontario plant01:59 | October 21, 2025
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How will Stellantis’ U.S. move impact Canada’s auto sector?02:13 | October 15, 2025
-
Hard foul: Why prized Canadian basketball artifacts could move to U.S.02:32 | October 7, 2025
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Marineland threatens to euthanize 30 beluga whales as Ottawa, Ontario urge each other to take action01:45 | October 7, 2025
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No injuries reported after small plane crash-lands near Toronto sports field01:30 | September 16, 2025
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Safety tool or cash grab? Toronto speed camera vandalism sparks debate02:09 | September 9, 2025
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Speed camera vandals on rise in Toronto as fines issued at mass scale02:06 | September 7, 2025
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Trailblazing Canadian actor Graham Greene remembered as ‘iconic’02:11 | September 2, 2025
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Global National: July 2022:29 | July 20, 2025
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Trump’s tariffs on Canada might be here to stay, U.S. Secretary of Commerce says02:12 | July 20, 2025
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‘People are suffering’: Dangerous heat roasts Eastern Canada02:11 | June 24, 2025
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SGA caps all-time season by leading Thunder to 1st NBA title02:09 | June 23, 2025
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How Ontario, Quebec are coping with dangerous heat dome01:48 | June 23, 2025
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Manitoba wildfires force new evacuations, air quality warnings02:07 | June 2, 2025
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander becomes 2nd Canadian to win NBA MVP02:03 | May 22, 2025
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Female complainant in world junior sex assault trial begins testimony02:08 | May 2, 2025
Pressure mounts to make COVID-19 rapid testing more accessible amid Omicron
Description
December 14, 2021
As calls grow to make COVID-19 rapid tests more accessible to Canadians, the federal government has set aside money for 180 million tests to be given to provincial governments. But as Mike Le Couteur explains, that doesn't mean the tests will be distributed to the public.
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