Canada's federal government has signed an agreement in principle to acquire up to 76 million doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine being developed by an American company.
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U.S. drug company Novavax signs deal to supply 76 million doses of possible COVID-19 vaccine to Canada
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Nunavut, RCMP in talks to send mental health workers on police calls
Nunavut's top RCMP officer responds to the high rate of police-related deaths in Nunavut with an emphasis on mental health needs.
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Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Monday
U.S. cases of the novel coronavirus are approaching six million as many states in the Midwest report increasing infections, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Here's a look at what's happening with the coronavirus around the world.
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In scramble to reopen schools in a pandemic, concerns raised about after-school child care
Sending kids back into classrooms as schools reopen during the COVID-19 pandemic is a decision many families are grappling with, but child care both before and after school is another complicating factor in the equation.
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More Canadian federal prisoners waiting for opioid treatment
Health professionals warn that delaying opioid agonist treatment, which keeps withdrawal symptoms at bay, increases the chance of an overdose. But data show the wait list for treatment has increased in federal penitentiaries since March.
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Manitoba reworks six-figure ad campaign after recent spike in COVID-19 cases
Manitoba's COVID-19 numbers were once the envy of most other provinces, but after several outbreaks in recent weeks, the government is having to alter its six-figure ad campaign.
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Taylor Farms brand BBQ ranch chopped salad kits recalled due to undeclared allergens: CFIA
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall on a type of Taylor Farms brand salad kits that may contain undeclared gluten, sesame and wheat allergens.
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Does your kid have a sore throat? What being 'slightly sick' may mean once school starts
Does your kid have a headache, a sore throat, sniffle or tummy ache? Parents have found symptoms like these might mean pulling kids and siblings out of camp or daycare, getting a COVID test and waiting for results before things can go back to normal. So what does that mean for school? Here’s what you can expect.
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Can I use a mouth shield instead of a mask? Your COVID-19 questions answered
Mouth shields look cool, but do they work? Is dancing at weddings allowed? And what’s the safest way to hug? We’re answering your pandemic questions.
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Health officials looking into whether airport COVID-19 tests can replace quarantine measures
Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says officials are looking into whether it's practical to test people for COVID-19 when they enter Canada instead of requiring them to quarantine.
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B.C. records 124 more cases of COVID-19, setting a new single day record
A record 124 new cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the last day in B.C. but no new deaths, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix announced Friday.
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'It's not children who are really sick' — Experts advise on getting kids back to school
Dr. Kathy Georgiades, pediatric psychologist with the Offord Centre for Child Studies at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences and Dr. Martha Fulford, infectious diseases specialist at McMaster Children’s Hospital and Hamilton Health Sciences offer advice on getting kids back to school.
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Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Friday
The South Korean government ramped up efforts to end a strike by thousands of the country's doctors on Friday, as Seoul took the unprecedented step of restricting eateries in the capital in a bid to blunt a surge in coronavirus cases.
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WestJet to remove unmasked passengers from flights and ban them for a year
WestJet says it's prepared to remove passengers who refuse to wear a mask on flights. In addition, the airline will put those passengers on a year long no-fly list. They're two of the tougher COVID-19 measures the airline will take beginning in Sept. 1.
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Ontario's Stage 3 reopening brings no surge in COVID-19 cases after 4 weeks
Fears of a resurgence in COVID-19 cases in Ontario after bars and other indoor spaces were reopened have not panned out — at least so far.
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Schools resort to phone and fax machine to restart classes in northern Ontario First Nations
Students in some remote First Nations in northwestern Ontario will talk to their teacher on a landline and get their lessons through a fax machine next month in an effort to keep their learning on track and keep them safe during the pandemic.
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What back to school looks like for thousands of kids in Quebec
Thousands of students in Quebec returned to school today — including kids in Montreal, who are heading back to class for the first time since the pandemic shut down schools in the spring.
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Pandemic has brought Canadians together, pushed Americans apart, poll suggests
Canadians believe the COVID-19 crisis has brought their country together, while Americans blame the pandemic for worsening their cultural and political divide, a new international public opinion survey suggests.
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Toronto dentist charged with sexual assault of patients allowed to keep practising with conditions
More than two months after a Toronto dentist was charged with multiple counts of sexual assault allegedly involving patients and children among the victims, Ontario’s dental regulator has imposed conditions on him.
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Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Thursday
The UN children's agency says at least a third of children couldn't access remote learning when the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools, creating "a global education emergency."
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Defunding police isn't the answer, there's a fundamental imbalance that must be fixed
The gamut of skills that we currently ask police officers to incorporate is totally unrealistic, writes Yvonne Sam.
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'I have a brother who's an addict': Emotional mayor highlights personal toll of northern B.C. overdose crisis
Northern British Columbia now has the province's highest overdose death rate per capita, leading to calls for more services such as safe consumption and overdose prevention sites.
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Will COVID-19 kill public drinking fountains?
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, all of Windsor's 18 outdoor, public drinking water fountains have remained closed, along with nearly 200 others located inside city buildings and facilities.
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Victoria party host calls $2,300 fine for breaching COVID-19 rules 'a bunch of BS'
A Victoria man says he will fight the $2,300 fine he received this weekend for hosting a party in his one-bedroom apartment that police say was so packed the windows fogged up. The police however have a different opinion.
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Victoria party host calls $2,300 fine for breaching COVID-19 rules 'a bunch of BS'
A Victoria man says he will fight the $2,300 fine he received this weekend for hosting a party in his one-bedroom apartment that police say was so packed the windows fogged up. The police however have a different opinion.
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Canadian COVID-19 clinical trial scrapped after China wouldn't ship potential vaccine
A collaboration between a Chinese vaccine manufacturer and a Halifax research team to test a potential COVID-19 vaccine has been abandoned after China would not approve the vaccine candidate for export to Canada.
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N.S. woman's attempt to stop husband from medically assisted death continues
The marriage of a Nova Scotia couple has splintered over the wife's attempts to thwart her husband's request to die with the help of a physician. An appeal court judge heard the case Wednesday afternoon and reserved her decision.
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Drugstores ramp up COVID-19 testing as part of health-care push amid pandemic
Drugstores in Alberta will offer in-store coronavirus tests at hundreds of locations by next month and are pushing to provide them in other provinces as pharmacies expand their health-care presence amid the pandemic.
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$2B in federal funding aims to help schools reopen safely as COVID-19 numbers climb
With less than two weeks to go before schools are set to welcome back students for the fall term, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today announced more than $2 billion in funding to help provinces and territories re-open their schools and economies safely.
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Ontario sees 88 new COVID-19 cases, mostly in Toronto, Peel and Ottawa
As has been the predominant trends in recent days, the majority of newly confirmed infections of the novel coronavirus are concentrated in three public health units, namely Toronto, Peel and Ottawa.
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Lingering symptoms among COVID-19 'long-haulers' remain a mystery
Chandra Pasma's family contracted presumed cases of the illness in March, but they continue to experience symptoms. Researchers are trying to figure out why.
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Whitehorse woman wants clarity over pre-surgery travel policy
Despite a travel bubble with British Columbia and the other territories, Yukon patients can't go in for surgery if they've left the territory within two weeks of their operation date.
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Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Wednesday
More than two million Indian students will sit for admission tests to medical and engineering schools next week, the government said on Wednesday, despite growing concern that the move could fuel a jump in coronavirus infections.
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N.S. not doing enough to help impoverished families feed their kids, says expert
A food insecurity expert says the Nova Scotia government needs to do more to ensure families living in poverty can afford to feed their babies.
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Hundreds of Quebec teachers express dissatisfaction with government as schools reopen: CBC questionnaire
Nearly 2,000 teachers, principals and other education workers in public schools filled out a questionnaire circulated last week by CBC Montreal and Radio-Canada. Their responses indicate deep-seated concerns about their personal safety and confusion about government guidelines.
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Ontario has failed to keep mentally ill people out of segregation in jail: human rights commission
The Ontario Human Rights Commission filed a motion with the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario seeking an order to hold the province accountable for violating a two-year-old agreement on the use of solitary confinement in the province's jails for the mentally disabled.
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National research project to probe racism in health care amid COVID-19 pandemic
A new research project will look at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on racialized communities as well as existing biases in the health-care system.
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Ottawa announces $82.5M to help Indigenous communities deal with COVID-19 mental health fallout
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller announced $82.5 million in new funding Tuesday for Indigenous communities to deal with increased mental health needs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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FDA chief apologizes for overstating plasma's effect against COVID-19
Responding to an outcry from medical experts, U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn on Tuesday apologized for overstating the life-saving benefits of treating COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma.
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Quebec declines to use federal COVID-19 notification app for now
The government believes the tracing system it is using now is adequate, given that there has been a slowdown in the number of cases reported in the province.
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B.C. marks 3rd straight month with more than 170 overdose deaths
The BC Coroners Service has detected "a sustained increase" of illicit drug toxicity deaths since the first peak of the pandemic in March, and it's now confirming five straight months with more than 100 such deaths.
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Without new federal funding, some Ontario First Nations may close schools until 2021
Two First Nation high schools in northwestern Ontario will remain closed next month because of a lack of funding to mitigate the risk of transmitting COVID-19, according to the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. Some elementary schools may not reopen until 2021.
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Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Tuesday
Two European patients are confirmed to have been reinfected with the coronavirus, raising concerns about immunity to the virus as the world struggles to tame the pandemic.
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Blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients is still an experimental treatment. Here's why
The World Health Organization warns using plasma recovered from the blood of patients who've recovered from COVID-19 remains an experimental treatment, highlighting the need for better data including from a large trial underway in Canada.
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As school year nears, some warn Canada 'lagging behind' on approving COVID-19 saliva tests
Researchers and public health officials are calling for saliva-based COVID-19 tests in schools. But despite international efforts to make this option a reality, there’s still no word on when saliva-based testing will be allowed anywhere in Canada.
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Emergency department visits down 25% in early weeks of pandemic, report finds
Canadian Institute for Health Information reports emergency department visits dropped by 25 per cent in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic compared with March 2019.
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Hong Kong team reports first documented coronavirus re-infection
A case of COVID-19 re-infection is a 33-year-old man from Hong Kong who tested positive again months later after trip called first documented occurrence of re-infection.
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Fight against overdose crisis must do more than target prescription opioids, study says
Canada needs a new approach to tackle its overdose crisis, says the lead author of a new study that highlights a prevalence of overdoses involving non-prescribed fentanyl and stimulants in British Columbia.
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Coronavirus: What's happening around the world on Monday
New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern has extended a coronavirus lockdown in the country's largest city until the end of the week and introduced mandatory mask wearing on public transport across the nation. Meanwhile, there is optimism in Australia that a deadly second wave is subsiding.
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As COVID-19 deaths surpass 60,000, Mexico hits 'catastrophic scenario' officials warned about
With a lack of widespread testing, an underfunded and mistrusted health care system and a government that's prioritized opening the economy back up, Mexico is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus.
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Fresh peaches recalled in Canada after salmonella outbreak in U.S.
Canadians are being warned to avoid some fresh peaches from a California company after a salmonella outbreak in the United States. Prima Wawona has recalled fresh peaches with various brand names due to possible salmonella contamination.
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Pregnant inmates are getting prenatal care far below health standards, study shows
Pregnant women in Ontario jails are getting prenatal care that falls far short of international standards, says a new study from McMaster University.
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Experts, parents call for more mental health support as kids head back to school
Experts say the mental health and well-being of students will be critical as they head back to class for the first time in nearly six months. But new programs to assist children still haven't been finalized.
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