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Halton Region reported six deaths related to COVID-19 over the past two weeks, four of them in Burlington.There were also deaths reported in Oakville and Milton.There were 223 deaths related to COVID-19 in the region 2022. Of those, COVID-19 was a contributing factor or the underlying cause 168 times. In 48 cases, the person had COVID-19, but it was not a contributing factor while seven cases are undetermined. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW COVID-19 hospitalizations dropped slightly since the region last reported numbers on Dec. 22, dropping from 43 to 40. Thirteen of the 40 were admitted to hospital for COVID-19 while the remainder were admitted for other reasons but later tested positive. Hospital capacity for acute care beds remained over capaci
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John Baird, a veteran Conservative politician, was interested in seeking his partys leadership, but ultimately decided it wasnt important enough to him to justify disrupting his life.In that thinking, Baird is quite typical of many Canadians, according to a new poll on the state of our democracy and politi
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