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A report launched by the Parkland Institute reinforces previous calls for worker safety and accountability for one of the largest COVID-19 outbreaks in a North American workplace. Bella Finn reports.

Some people in Ontario can start getting their flu and COVID-19 shots this week as the province kicks off its fall immunization program. Ontario’s ministry of health says the vaccines will now be available for high risk and priority groups. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Sep. 28, 2026.

The Alberta government says it is keeping its $100 fee for the COVID-19 shot as the province prepares for its fall vaccination campaign. Provincial officials argue the fee helps to significantly reduce vaccine waste. Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for Sept. 15, 2026.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday titled the “Gold Standard Childhood Vaccine Recommendations.” The order is designed to replace long-standing U.S. childhood immunization guidelines. The recommendations seek to split the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three separate vaccinations injected at separate times to avoid what Trump claims would otherwise...

This week flu and COVID-19 vaccines are starting to roll out to high-risk groups across Ontario. Madeleine McColl has more on the Peterborough region’s flu season outlook.

Conservative MP Dean Allison held a news conference Thursday on Parliament Hill to provide an update on his call for an inquiry into Canadians who may have been injured by COVID-19 vaccines. Allison said that stories of Canadians adversely affected by the vaccine are important for government accountability and to learn from for future health...

Canadians who say they were failed by the COVID-19 Vaccine Impact Assistance Program (VIAP) had the opportunity to share their stories in Ottawa last week. It wasn’t an official government inquiry, but as Melissa Ridgen reports, the speakers hope their testimony leads to more help for those with medically documented, serious injuries from government-mandated vaccines.

As leading authorities in artificial intelligence (AI) call for a global slowdown in the development of AI, U.S. President Donald Trump is downplaying those concerns, saying the U.S. needs to remain an industry leader. Overseas, there was an emotional return to the stage for Céline Dion, after a rare neurological condition forced her to take...

Data released from Équité Association Tuesday reveals that auto thefts are declining nationwide and are trending towards “pre-crisis” numbers from before the COVID-19 pandemic.

A decision to plead the Fifth Amendment more than 110 times has left Dr. Anthony Fauci – America’s former pandemic north star – at risk for potential jail time. A Republican-led committee held him in contempt for refusing to answer their questions, as many seek to hold him responsible for the COVID-19 crisis. Reggie Cecchini...

A Republican-controlled U.S. Senate committee has voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress for pleading the Fifth Amendment more than 110 times at a previous hearing on his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jackson Proskow looks at why Republicans are going after Fauci more than six years after the health crisis began.

It started as a few guys looking for camaraderie after the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Men’s Sheds Lethbridge and Coaldale has become a thriving non-profit, supporting 50 men across southern Alberta. As Justin Sibbet reports, the executive director is now raising money for cancer detection kits, while donating his own hair to cancer victims.

Former top U.S. infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci sat before a Republican-led Senate committee in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, facing questions about his handling of America’s COVID-19 response. Invoking the Fifth Amendment — as advised by his attorneys — Fauci refused to answer any questions from the Senator Rand Paul-led panel, who the now-retired...

Canadians with documented injuries from the COVID-19 vaccine are demanding compensation. Three thousand Canadians say they’ve been permanently injured as a result of those vaccines and they’ll have their chance to share their stories in Ottawa later this year. As Melissa Ridgen reports, they’re hoping to spur the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) to...

A new survey from Royal LePage found that among respondents who are renewing their mortgage over the next year more than a third anticipate that their payments will increase, and three-quarters of those expecting to pay more are concerned about the impact it will have on the rest of their finances. That story and more...

A B.C. man who is one of the rare cases of suffering a debilitating reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine says he’s living a bureaucratic nightmare trying to get compensation. As Paul Johnson reports, he says the ordeal has left him in financial ruin during what should be his ‘golden years.’

It’s understandable the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship is triggering unease and flashbacks to the COVID-19 pandemic, but doctors underscore there are big differences between the two diseases. As Mike Armstrong explains, hantavirus has already been tracked and managed by doctors for decades.

2019 feels like a lifetime ago: the Raptors were NBA champions, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ was in theatres, and the COVID-19 pandemic was still months away. It was also the last time a ‘Star Wars’ film arrived in theaters, a run that ended with ‘The Rise of Skywalker.’ 2026 sees the iconic sci-fi franchise returning to the...

Four Canadians exposed to a deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship, are expected to arrive in British Columbia on Sunday under strict isolation protocols. At a press conference on Sunday, B.C. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said none of the passengers are showing symptoms, but warned the virus has an incubation period...

New data shows there was a significant surge of RSV hospitalizations after the COVID-19 pandemic. The study offers insight into the reality of who is most at risk and how vaccines introduced since that time have changed the game. Health reporter Katherine Ward has the details.