Canadian COVID-19 clinical trial scrapped after China wouldn't ship potential vaccine

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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