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Full check-ups will still require a visit to an optometrist, but online services are jockeying to provide standard vision tests (iStock)

Will the pandemic force Canada to embrace online eye tests?

An online tool temporarily approved in the U.S. allows people to update their eyeglass prescriptions from home. Now a Canadian company is pushing to offer the service here.