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Sat, 23 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
With patience and respect, Montreal doctor convinced vaccine-hesitant co-worker to get her shots
Patient attendant turned to doctor for advice about vaccination but even once she had been persuaded, it took a month to take the leap and be inoculated.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:53:11 EDT
Sask. plans to send more COVID-19 patients to Ontario
Saskatchewan plans to increase the number of COVID-19 patients it sends to Ontario starting early next week.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:48:00 EDT
Simmering Canada-U.S. trade dispute erupts into the open
An emerging trade irritant between Canada and the U.S. that's been quietly simmering for months has now bubbled into the open. The Canadian government sent a letter to U.S. officials expressing dismay...

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 21:34:14 EDT
More than 1,700 people were assaulted unprovoked by a stranger in past year, Vancouver police review finds
The majority of people who were victims of unprovoked assaults by strangers in the past year were simply going about their day, the Vancouver police said this week when announcing the findings of a ca...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 21:45:38 EDT
Husband regrets anti-vaxx stance as pregnant wife lies in a coma 800 km from home
A former self-described anti-vaxxer says he regrets not listening to the science as his pregnant wife lies in a medically induced coma 1,200 kilometres from home. 

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:23:10 EDT
Niagara council docks Ontario mayor's pay for asking woman if COVID-19 shot affected her period
Niagara regional council, acting on a code of conduct investigation, has voted to dock the pay of the mayor of West Lincoln, Ont., six months after he asked a woman in a private Facebook message if t...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:02:44 EDT
Record 21 humpback calves spotted in Salish Sea over feeding season as whale numbers rebound
A record number of humpback whale calves have been documented swimming off the coast of Washington State and British Columbia this summer and fall.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 16:57:14 EDT
Maj.-Gen. Fortin appeals judge's ruling on reinstatement to COVID-19 vaccine campaign
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is appealing after a Federal Court judge struck down his request for reinstatement as the head of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Alberta put its contact-tracing system on life support. Can it be resuscitated?
Alberta announced it would move in August toward treating the pandemic as an endemic — ending contact tracing. That didn’t last, but resuming it has been difficult, contact tracers say. ...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 15:23:55 EDT
Taxpayers spent up to $720K on salaries for military leaders sidelined by sexual misconduct crisis
Taxpayers have spent an estimated $639,000 to $720,900 on salaries for high-ranking military officers who have been moved out of their jobs in connection with the military's sexual misconduct crisis, ...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 17:40:55 EDT
Quebec premier says Trudeau must ensure province does not lose a seat
The number of Quebec MPs would go from 78 to 77 in a planned redistribution of parliamentary ridings in Canada.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:23:12 EDT
Canadian Forces to be deployed to help tackle Iqaluit's water crisis
The Canadian Armed Forces will be stepping in to help with the water crisis in Iqaluit. "We will always be there to help Canadians deal with an emergency," Public Safety Minister Bill Blair tweeted on...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:21:15 EDT
Rogers declares ex-chair's attempt to name new directors 'invalid' in telecom drama's latest twist
Rogers Communications Inc. says a move by former chair Edward Rogers to replace five members of the company's board is "invalid," the latest development in an ugly fight for control of the company. ...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 12:31:08 EDT
Health-care worker fired for drinking can't challenge termination using Human Rights Code: Supreme Court
A Manitoba health-care worker who was fired from her job for drinking alcohol cannot challenge her termination under her province’s Human Rights Code, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled.  ...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 13:57:44 EDT
Senior soldier returned to leadership role after investigation into alleged use of racial slur
A senior member of the Canadian Armed Forces who was removed from his role in Canada's vaccine rollout in the spring has been deemed fit to continue as a senior military leader.

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
I'm a burnt-out barista, and I don't know if I'll return to my minimum wage job
Even before the pandemic, young people were speaking out about the low minimum wage, writes 21-year-old Chloe Peel. The pandemic has made working a service job that much harder.

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 11:30:40 EDT
Sen. Josée Forest-Niesing hospitalized in Sudbury, Ont., for COVID-19
Sen. Josée Forest-Niesing of Sudbury is in hospital in the northern Ontario city for COVID-19. Her office says Forest-Niesing, a lawyer appointed to the Senate in 2018, is "very grateful for all the...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 06:00:00 EDT
Murder trial hears secret audio of 2-day bush search for body of Sheree Fertuck
Accused killer Greg Fertuck insisted to undercover police in 2019 that he dumped his dead wife's body in a stand of poplars north of a gravel pit, even though he spent two days leading them on a fruit...

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 07:39:04 EDT
Hamilton clinic to use monoclonal antibody treatment for high-risk COVID-19 patients
A COVID-19 treatment newly available in Hamilton has doctors underscoring the importance of early testing for people who show symptoms. 

Fri, 22 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Montreal pianist 'keeps audience breathless' as he wins prestigious international competition
Bruce (Xiaoyu) Liu's win at the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition on Thursday has catapulted the 24-year-old into stardom and put Montreal on the map as a destination for music educ...



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