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COVID-19: ‘Ring vaccination’ can teach us how to target limited supply

Quebec adds almost 1,250 new cases as province sets another COVID-19 vaccination record

Quebec premier wants Trudeau to tighten travel, land border restrictions to limit COVID-19 variants

Ontario reports nearly 3,700 new COVID-19 cases, 40 deaths as ICU patients surpass 800

‘See you in 2022’: Osheaga cancelled for 2nd year in a row due to COVID-19

Norway lends AstraZeneca vaccine jabs to Sweden, Iceland

Pfizer confirms fake vaccine shots on sale in Mexico, Poland

Syria receives batch of UN vaccines to speed up virus fight

Norway lends AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine jabs to Sweden, Iceland

Syria receives batch of UN vaccines to speed up COVID-19 fight

Sweden registers 7,736 new COVID-19 cases, 19 deaths on Thursday

EU preparing legal case against AstraZeneca over cuts to vaccine delivery: sources

India is shattering global COVID-19 infection rates. Here’s why

Feelings of isolation worse now than at any point during pandemic: report

India posts world’s highest daily COVID-19 surge with over 314,000 new cases

‘It’s hard to say you were wrong’: B.C. promotes outdated information on airborne COVID-19 spread

Ottawa consulting on stricter border measures, won’t stop flights from India

Emergency House of Commons debate on COVID-19 devolves into finger-pointing

Experts explain why Canada’s third wave is less deadly so far — and why we still need to be concerned

Saskatoon educator created Prince Philip’s exercise program

COVID-19: Experts say Quebec plan to substitute vaccines for second dose makes sense

Nova Scotia hospitals learning from rest of Canada about possible COVID patient spike

5 Ontarians from different addresses charged after riding in same car during stay-at-home order

COVID-19: Elgin-Oxford’s third mass vaccination clinic to open in Tillsonburg on April 27: SWPH

First case of ‘double mutant’ COVID-19 variant confirmed in Quebec

COVID-19: 128 new cases, record 94 hospitalized in London-Middlesex; more people vaccine-eligible

Antiviral remdesivir appears safe for ill children

Why does the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine age limit differ across provinces?

Lineups here, unused doses there: Are COVID-19 shots getting to the places that need them most?

‘Practically impossible’ to keep COVID-19 variants out, officials say, as flights from hotspots continue

AstraZeneca advice from national panel delayed by new data on COVID-19 and variants

Bad news overload: COVID-19 pandemic blurs lines between informing public, feeding anxiety

Metro sees Q2 profit and sales up from year ago amid pandemic’s home cooking trend

Quebec reports more than 1,200 new COVID-19 cases as hospitalizations keep increasing

Quebec officials report first case of coronavirus variant that emerged in India

Ontario reports more than 4,200 new COVID-19 cases, 32 deaths

WHO eyes malaria eradication in 25 countries by 2025

Montrealers line up bright and early for AstraZeneca vaccine after province expands access

Japan eyes state of emergency for Tokyo, Osaka regions amid virus surge

Why women are bearing the brunt of COVID-19 vaccine side effects

The U.S. is vaccinating millions of Americans daily, but here’s why COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are up

Ontario Premier Doug Ford in isolation after staff member tests positive for COVID-19

‘At a breaking point’: Some B.C. hospitals at capacity as warnings grow

Post-COVID-19 Canada: What the federal budget tells us about the end of the pandemic

COVID-19: Ford government hints at some sort of paid sick leave support after months of refusal

Recall: Oven mitt sold at Giant Tiger could melt and catch fire

This much virtual health care wasn’t intentional, but experts say it may be here to stay

C-section babies, those born to Asian parents more likely to develop food allergies: study

Operation Honour left ‘sour taste’ for women reporting military misconduct: witness

Exercise during COVID-19: Why physical activity can protect from severe illness, death

Thursday, April 22, 2021

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Approval granted for new Halifax overdose prevention site to open

A new overdose prevention site (OPS) will be opening on Monday, Aug. 17, on Brunswick Street in Halifax. The announcement came on Thursday, less than two months after the closure … Read More