Canada’s COVID Alert app is ‘completely useless’ right now: health expert
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Canada’s COVID Alert app is ‘completely useless’ right now: health expert
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Canada’s COVID Alert app is ‘completely useless’ right now: health expert
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Health Matters: Ontario lab begins using mail-in semen analysis kits
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Union concerned about contraband, overdoses in Ontario jails
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Legault upset after Ford extends invitation to Quebec doctors
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01:33 | October 29, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario hospitals ask for an additional $1.1B in funding
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‘Saves lives’: Advocates calling on province to reverse prohibition on clean needle distribution
02:19 | July 13, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario measles cases trending downward
02:08 | July 4, 2025
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Health Matters: Concern over measles spreading within Canada this summer
02:22 | June 27, 2025
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How Ontario, Quebec are coping with dangerous heat dome
01:48 | June 23, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario OB/GYN patient complaints up 29%
02:19 | June 13, 2025
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Nerve surgery could help spinal cord patients regain movement
02:26 | June 12, 2025
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Doctors speak about risks of measles vaccine during pregnancy
01:44 | June 6, 2025
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Infant dies in Ontario after measles infection, other complications
01:49 | June 5, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario adds 173 new measles cases to growing outbreak
02:27 | May 22, 2025
Canada’s COVID Alert app is ‘completely useless’ right now: health expert
Description
March 17, 2021
Less than four per cent of Canadians who tested positive for COVID-19 used the COVID Alert app to warn other people that they might have been exposed to the virus, according to recent data from Health Canada. Jasmine Pazzano explains.
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Canada’s COVID Alert app is ‘completely useless’ right now: health expert01:38 | March 17, 2021 -
Ontario sees increase in tick reports on tracking platform ‘eTick’ in 2026: experts02:16 | May 24, 2026 -
Canada implements enhances screening measures at airports amid Africa’s Ebola outbreak04:51 | May 22, 2026 -
Health Matters: New Ebola outbreak04:35 | May 21, 2026 -
Ontario Health Ministry asks 7 more people to isolate over potential hantavirus exposure00:36 | May 13, 2026 -
‘Safer snorting’ pamphlet on using cocaine distributed at Ontario high school00:23 | May 8, 2026 -
Health Matters: Ontario looks to change medical residency priority rules02:23 | April 17, 2026 -
Raising awareness around women’s health05:37 | March 4, 2026 -
Trans Canada Trail launches ‘Blahs-2-Ahhs’ to help Canadians beat ‘Blue Monday’05:32 | January 19, 2026 -
Health Matters: Ontario lab begins using mail-in semen analysis kits02:20 | January 15, 2026 -
Union concerned about contraband, overdoses in Ontario jails00:46 | December 8, 2025 -
Survivors, advocates call on Ontario to allow restorative justice in sexual violence cases02:15 | November 27, 2025 -
Ontario sees thousands of measles cases as Canada loses elimination status04:10 | November 11, 2025 -
Legault upset after Ford extends invitation to Quebec doctors02:08 | October 29, 2025
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Ford tells Quebec doctors to call him as some look to leave over compensation dispute01:33 | October 29, 2025 -
Health Matters: Ontario hospitals ask for an additional $1.1B in funding02:19 | October 8, 2025 -
London Health Sciences Centre clinical trial targets kidney cancer with internal radiation01:30 | October 5, 2025 -
Emergency room closures drop in Ontario as critics urge government to make data public04:10 | October 4, 2025 -
Health Matters: Ontario starting COVID-19 vaccinations02:46 | September 22, 2025 -
Health Matters: Ontario to offer RSV vaccines to all seniors over 75 starting this fall02:11 | August 28, 2025 -
Ontario food manufacturer’s cooling tower likely source of deadly legionnaires’ outbreak02:02 | August 27, 2025 -
Health Matters: Measles cases taper off in Ont., rise in NS01:49 | July 25, 2025 -
Air quality alerts issued as wildfire smoke sweeps across central Canada01:56 | July 14, 2025 -
‘Saves lives’: Advocates calling on province to reverse prohibition on clean needle distribution02:19 | July 13, 2025 -
Health Matters: Ontario measles cases trending downward02:08 | July 4, 2025 -
Health Matters: Concern over measles spreading within Canada this summer02:22 | June 27, 2025 -
How Ontario, Quebec are coping with dangerous heat dome01:48 | June 23, 2025 -
Health Matters: Ontario OB/GYN patient complaints up 29%02:19 | June 13, 2025 -
Nerve surgery could help spinal cord patients regain movement02:26 | June 12, 2025 -
Doctors speak about risks of measles vaccine during pregnancy01:44 | June 6, 2025 -
Infant dies in Ontario after measles infection, other complications01:49 | June 5, 2025 -
Health Matters: Ontario adds 173 new measles cases to growing outbreak02:27 | May 22, 2025
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Canada’s COVID Alert app is ‘completely useless’ right now: health expert01:38 | March 17, 2021
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Ontario sees increase in tick reports on tracking platform ‘eTick’ in 2026: experts02:16 | May 24, 2026
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Canada implements enhances screening measures at airports amid Africa’s Ebola outbreak04:51 | May 22, 2026
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Health Matters: New Ebola outbreak04:35 | May 21, 2026
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Ontario Health Ministry asks 7 more people to isolate over potential hantavirus exposure00:36 | May 13, 2026
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‘Safer snorting’ pamphlet on using cocaine distributed at Ontario high school00:23 | May 8, 2026
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Health Matters: Ontario looks to change medical residency priority rules02:23 | April 17, 2026
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Raising awareness around women’s health05:37 | March 4, 2026
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Trans Canada Trail launches ‘Blahs-2-Ahhs’ to help Canadians beat ‘Blue Monday’05:32 | January 19, 2026
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Health Matters: Ontario lab begins using mail-in semen analysis kits02:20 | January 15, 2026
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Union concerned about contraband, overdoses in Ontario jails00:46 | December 8, 2025
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Survivors, advocates call on Ontario to allow restorative justice in sexual violence cases02:15 | November 27, 2025
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Ontario sees thousands of measles cases as Canada loses elimination status04:10 | November 11, 2025
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Legault upset after Ford extends invitation to Quebec doctors02:08 | October 29, 2025
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Ford tells Quebec doctors to call him as some look to leave over compensation dispute01:33 | October 29, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario hospitals ask for an additional $1.1B in funding02:19 | October 8, 2025
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London Health Sciences Centre clinical trial targets kidney cancer with internal radiation01:30 | October 5, 2025
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Emergency room closures drop in Ontario as critics urge government to make data public04:10 | October 4, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario starting COVID-19 vaccinations02:46 | September 22, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario to offer RSV vaccines to all seniors over 75 starting this fall02:11 | August 28, 2025
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Ontario food manufacturer’s cooling tower likely source of deadly legionnaires’ outbreak02:02 | August 27, 2025
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Health Matters: Measles cases taper off in Ont., rise in NS01:49 | July 25, 2025
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Air quality alerts issued as wildfire smoke sweeps across central Canada01:56 | July 14, 2025
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‘Saves lives’: Advocates calling on province to reverse prohibition on clean needle distribution02:19 | July 13, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario measles cases trending downward02:08 | July 4, 2025
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Health Matters: Concern over measles spreading within Canada this summer02:22 | June 27, 2025
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How Ontario, Quebec are coping with dangerous heat dome01:48 | June 23, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario OB/GYN patient complaints up 29%02:19 | June 13, 2025
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Nerve surgery could help spinal cord patients regain movement02:26 | June 12, 2025
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Doctors speak about risks of measles vaccine during pregnancy01:44 | June 6, 2025
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Infant dies in Ontario after measles infection, other complications01:49 | June 5, 2025
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Health Matters: Ontario adds 173 new measles cases to growing outbreak02:27 | May 22, 2025
Canada’s COVID Alert app is ‘completely useless’ right now: health expert
Description
March 17, 2021
Less than four per cent of Canadians who tested positive for COVID-19 used the COVID Alert app to warn other people that they might have been exposed to the virus, according to recent data from Health Canada. Jasmine Pazzano explains.
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