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Sat, 2 Oct 2021 18:22:20 EDT
Military nurses to land in Alberta Monday to ease health-care strain from COVID-19
Military medical personnel are expected to arrive in Alberta Monday to help ease the strain on hospitals caused by COVID-19, the federal government announced Saturday.

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 11:47:08 EDT
Pfizer submits preliminary data to Health Canada for kids' COVID-19 vaccine
Pfizer and its partner BioNTech have submitted preliminary data from their trial for a COVID-19 shot for kids to Health Canada earlier than expected, the department confirmed Saturday. ...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 13:11:58 EDT
Scaled-down Osheaga festival kicks off in Montreal, much to music-lovers' delight
The Osheaga music festival is back after a long absence due to COVID-19 restrictions. This year's event is a much more subtle affair, though fans in attendance are just happy to be able to gather and ...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Days of rage: Angry voters brought new tensions to the 2021 campaign trail
Scott Simms ran in seven federal elections, winning six of them. And while he came to terms fairly easily with his 264-vote loss on September 20, the long-time Liberal MP is having a harder time ac...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Supply chain crunch could threaten holiday wish lists
Retailers are warning of inventory shortages closer to the holidays amid ongoing problems in manufacturing and shipping due to the pandemic.

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
The fight to free the Michaels: Canada's ambassador to the U.S. describes the months before their release
About a month before two Canadians detained in China were flown home in a sudden move that stunned observers of Canada-China relations, Beijing was sending signals to Canadian diplomats that it was mo...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 11:36:32 EDT
Canadian ISIS fighter charged in U.S. with supporting terrorist group
A leading Islamic State media figure and foreign fighter has been charged in U.S. federal court in Virginia with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization resulting in...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 05:00:00 EDT
Garbage, safety among complaints to city about Halifax homeless encampments, documents show
Garbage and safety were among the concerns about homelessness raised by callers to 311 before the eviction of homeless people from parks in August.

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Coroner's report on Joyce Echaquan's death adds pressure on Quebec premier to acknowledge systemic racism
Experts from within and without Indigenous communities say the coroner's report into Joyce Echaquan's death validates what they've been saying for years: that systemic racism in Quebec health care mu...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Online offers of fake documents show it's time for a national vaccination passport: NDP critic
The NDP's health critic is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government to act quickly to introduce a single, secure, national proof of vaccination after CBC News reported that cybercriminals...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Why some first responders want to change the drone rules — and why not everyone agrees
In 2019, the federal government adopted regulations to govern the use of drones in Canadian airspace. Now there's a push to update those rules and fly drones beyond a human's range of eyesight — but...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 04:00:35 EDT
China sentenced Canadian Robert Schellenberg to die. Will Meng Wanzhou's release spare his life?
The resolution of the extradition case against Meng Wanzhou raises questions about the legal fate of Canadian Robert Schellenberg, who many believe was sentenced to death in China as retaliation f...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Alberta acted like the pandemic was over. Now it's a cautionary tale for Canada
The COVID-19 situation in Alberta has gone from bad to worse — providing a cautionary tale for the rest of Canada on how a string of bad policy decisions, low vaccination rates and a failure to act ...

Fri, 1 Oct 2021 16:00:00 EDT
Military began monitoring COVID-19 in early 2020 but still failed to predict pandemic's path, documents show
Newly-released documents show the Canadian military was concerned enough about the initial spread of COVID 19 to begin monitoring and planning for a response in late January 2020. However, experts sa...

Sat, 2 Oct 2021 09:27:31 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday
Help from the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to combat Alberta's critical COVID-19 situation is expected to arrive on Monday, the federal government said on Saturday.

Fri, 1 Oct 2021 05:00:00 EDT
'Jesus was a healer': One N.B. man's rage at anti-vaccination pastors in local churches
In the last week, Joe Gee has cared for several of his unvaccinated family members after they fell sick with COVID-19. He's now sending a message to the church he believes bears some responsibility fo...

Fri, 1 Oct 2021 08:41:48 EDT
Peter Nygard charged with sexual assault, forcible confinement by Toronto police
Toronto police have charged former fashion mogul Peter Nygard with multiple counts of sexual assault, The Fifth Estate has learned.

Fri, 1 Oct 2021 16:46:32 EDT
Court throws out challenge to Saskatchewan's proof-of-vaccination policy
A Court of Queen's Bench justice in Saskatoon has ruled against a group arguing that the province's vaccine policies are a violation of charter rights.

Fri, 1 Oct 2021 08:21:29 EDT
Racism, prejudice contributed to Joyce Echaquan's death in hospital, Quebec coroner's inquiry concludes
A coroner's report following a three-week inquiry into the death of Joyce Echaquan calls on the Quebec government to recognize the existence of systemic racism and concludes that the racism and prejud...

Fri, 1 Oct 2021 10:08:00 EDT
'We are still here': Hundreds march in Iqaluit on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Jack Anawak, a residential school survivor and Nunavut politician, led a procession of about 1,000 people in Iqaluit Thursday, carrying an orange and white flag with an "all children matter" banner, i...



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