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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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Alberta couple battles the CRA after it claws back $14K received in COVID benefitsThe worst of the COVID-19 pandemic may be over, but the fallout certainly isn't for an Alberta couple involved a big battle with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).MoneyJul 10
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Downtown Eastside could lose 2 public toilets as funding dries upThe city first installed the facilities, both operated by the Overdose Prevention Society, as a temporary response to the growing homelessness crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.PoliticsJul 1
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Justin Trudeau to miss this year’s Calgary Stampede, his office saysThe annual 10-day rodeo and festival is usually a must-do event for politicians and Trudeau hasn't missed a summer except for the COVID-19 years of 2020 and 2021.CanadaJul 3
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Mayor hopes October event will be a boon to Winnipeg performing artsFew sectors were hit harder by the COVID-19 pandemic than the performing arts, and Winnipeg's mayor is hoping to help four of the city's most iconic arts organizations.EnvironmentJul 5
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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‘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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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