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CRA says legal action coming to recover COVID benefit overpaymentsStarting in July, Canada Revenue Agency said it will begin issuing legal warnings and could start to take steps to recover overpayments of all COVID-19 programsCanadaJun 27
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COVID-flu shot offers strong immune response in late-stage trial, Moderna saysModerna says it combination vaccine to protect against both COVID-19 and influenza generated a stronger immune response in adults 50 and over when compared to separate shots.HealthJun 10
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COVID-19, Ebola, bird flu: What to know about zoonotic diseasesCOVID-19 and H5N1 bird flu are both zoonotic, meaning they jumped from animals to humans. How did that happen and how can they infect humans?CanadaJun 15
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Charges dismissed against pair accused of harassing N.S. medical officer during COVIDThe pair were scheduled to go on trial next week, but provincial court Judge Jill Hartlen decided Wednesday that the case had dragged on for too long.CanadaJun 6
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First 3 years of COVID-19 had 3M excess deaths in the West: study'Excess mortality has remained high in the Western world for three consecutive years, despite the implementation of containment measures and COVID-19 vaccines,' researchers say.HealthJun 3
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Mpox and COVID-19 vaccines can be given at the same time: NACINACI says the mpox vaccine can be given at the same time as an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, reversing its previous recommendation to wait at least four weeks due to safety concerns.CanadaMay 24
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After an unusual four years, Sask. high schoolers hit the stage for graduationFrom COVID-19 restrictions to Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation sanctions, students in Saskatchewan have had a unique high school experienceCanadaJun 25
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Coutts murder-conspiracy trial: Accused cried when protest disbanded after arrestThe blockade protesting COVID-19 measures and vaccines paralyzed traffic for two weeks at the busy Canada-U.S. border crossing.CrimeJun 26
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Dane Cook, Bassem Youssef to perform at ‘revived’ Just for Laughs festivalJust for Laughs cancelled its Montreal and Toronto festivals earlier this year and sought creditor protection, blaming the COVID-19 pandemic and inflation, among other factors.EntertainmentJun 26
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Ontario whooping cough cases are on the riseSome epidemiologists attribute the spike in cases due to lagging childhood immunization, in part due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.HealthJun 12
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Alberta premier’s support for town hall questioning COVID vaccines worries expertsUCP removes COVID-19 vaccine child-death references and takes over ticket sales to controversial eventHealthMay 19
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Opioid deaths in Ontario shelters more than tripled during pandemic, study findsA new study examining data indicates opioid-related deaths in the province's shelters more than tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic, when compared with a few years prior.HealthJun 18
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Peterborough health unit offers to cover wastewater surveillance costs after Ontario ends programThe Ontario government will end its wastewater surveillance program for COVID-19 on July 31. However, officials in Peterborough have expanded the program to test for other viruses.HealthJun 14
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‘This can’t continue’: No value for money in N.B. use of travel nurses, auditor saysThe province's auditor general said the roughly $173 million the province spent on travel nurses was not justified and didn't correlate to COVID-19-related staff vacancies.HealthJun 4
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Flight costs are likely to continue rising, industry group warnsWhile carriers recover from the groundings worldwide from the COVID-19 pandemic, industry leaders say that there are several costs likely to push those ticket prices ever higher.ConsumerJun 3
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B.C. becomes 1st province in Canada to pay for PaxlovidThe federal government has told all provinces they will no longer be paying for the drug used to treat COVID-19. Other provinces are moving the drug to the pharmacare program.HealthMay 30
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AstraZeneca says it’s withdrawing COVID vaccine amid low demandAstraZeneca says a surplus of other available COVID-19 vaccines and declining demand are the reasons behind why it's withdrawing Vaxzevria.HealthMay 8
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Is air travel back in full swing? What new Statistics Canada data suggestsIn April, seven out of eight Canadian airports surveyed by StatCan reported higher volumes of passenger traffic year over year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.CanadaMay 30
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Moose Jaw high school student perseveres through many obstacles toward graduationA Moose Jaw student with autism reflects on his time as he persevered through high school during the COVID-19 pandemic and the teachers job action.EducationMay 28
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COVID-19 attacked one lung, cancer the other. A double transplant saved himOne lung ravaged by COVID-19, the other damaged by lung cancer — this was the daunting reality facing 56-year-old Arthur Gillespie, a former police captain from Chicago.HealthMay 13