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Despite Alberta and Quebec charging residents for the COVID-19 vaccine, the province of Saskatchewan is continuing to offer it free of charge.

Only specific groups will continue to be eligible for subsidized vaccines, including people with chronic health conditions, those aged 65 and older, and health-care workers.

An update to Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine that targets the newest variants and is made entirely within Canada's borders was just approved by Health Canada.

The price is one of the details now rolled out by the province as part of its two-phase plan to deliver the shots free to some but with a fee for others.

Pfizer said Health Canada has approved its latest COVID-19 vaccine that targets a new Omicron variant. It will be made available in the fall.

Most Albertans who want a COVID-19 shot this year must pre-order and pay for it out of their own pocket. Critics say the new strategy is political and anti-science.

'We are tracking it. It's unacceptable what we heard about this ... We will try to improve,' Health Minister Marjorie Michel said in brief remarks about the VISP program.

Chris Carbert and Anthony Olienick were found guilty by a jury last year and sentenced to 6 1/2 years for mischief and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

PHAC officials will continue to visit Oxaro's VISP offices “on short notice and in-person to ensure that performance standards are met,”a confidential source told Global News.

Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo cast current requirements in schools and elsewhere as an 'immoral' intrusion on people’s rights, bordering on 'slavery.'

The oversight hearing was a chance for senators to seek answers from Kennedy on recent high-profile departures at the CDC.

Remote and hybrid work spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic is giving way to arrangements more closely aligned with traditional office norm.

Both John Carpay and Jay Cameron have been banned from practising law in Alberta, a decision that Carpay's employer calls 'a vindictive and petty abuse of process.'

'We cannot afford to throw away and waste vaccine and the cost of that vaccine, which is what we've seen over the last number of years,' Adriana LaGrange told Global News.

The CDC advisory group recommended against allowing parents to choose the combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella vaccine before age four.

The World Health Organization's probe into the cause of COVID-19 has not resulted in a definitive reason, with its director-general saying all scenarios 'remain on the table.'

Hundreds of home care nurses say they want to be paid the same as their counterparts in hospitals, as bargaining on a new deal gets underway.

Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada.

The talks come a day after the labour relations board said the two sides had resolved a complaint launched by the Alberta government, accusing teachers of bad-faith bargaining.

The owner of a souvenir shop in a popular Maine tourist town says he's seen a 50 per cent drop in Canadian tourists, and says this season is worse than the COVID-19 years.