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Downtown Eastside could lose 2 public toilets as funding dries up

Downtown Eastside could lose 2 public toilets as fundin...

The city first installed the facilities, both operated by the Overdose Preventio...

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Alberta RCMP search of rural residence finds pipe bomb in home of murder-conspiracy accused

Alberta RCMP search of rural residence finds pipe bomb ...

The Coutts blockade tied up traffic for two weeks at the busy Canada-U.S. border...

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CRA says legal action coming to recover COVID benefit overpayments

CRA says legal action coming to recover COVID benefit o...

Starting in July, Canada Revenue Agency said it will begin issuing legal warning...

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Coutts murder-conspiracy trial to see more video of accused’s statement to police

Coutts murder-conspiracy trial to see more video of acc...

The blockade protesting COVID-19 measures and vaccines paralyzed traffic for two...

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Opioid deaths in Ontario shelters more than tripled during pandemic, study finds

Opioid deaths in Ontario shelters more than tripled dur...

A new study examining data indicates opioid-related deaths in the province's she...

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COVID-19, Ebola, bird flu: What to know about zoonotic diseases

COVID-19, Ebola, bird flu: What to know about zoonotic ...

COVID-19 and H5N1 bird flu are both zoonotic, meaning they jumped from animals t...

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Peterborough health unit offers to cover wastewater surveillance costs after Ontario ends program

Peterborough health unit offers to cover wastewater sur...

The Ontario government will end its wastewater surveillance program for COVID-19...

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Ontario whooping cough cases are on the rise

Ontario whooping cough cases are on the rise

Some epidemiologists attribute the spike in cases due to lagging childhood immun...

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COVID-flu shot offers strong immune response in late-stage trial, Moderna says

COVID-flu shot offers strong immune response in late-st...

Moderna says it combination vaccine to protect against both COVID-19 and influen...

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2 children die after tonsil, adenoid surgeries at McMaster Children's Hospital in Hamilton

2 children die after tonsil, adenoid surgeries at McMas...

Two children have died after tonsil and/or adenoid surgery at McMaster Children'...

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First 3 years of COVID-19 had 3M excess deaths in the West: study

First 3 years of COVID-19 had 3M excess deaths in the W...

'Excess mortality has remained high in the Western world for three consecutive y...

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Flight costs are likely to continue rising, industry group warns

Flight costs are likely to continue rising, industry gr...

While carriers recover from the groundings worldwide from the COVID-19 pandemic,...

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Sask. teachers narrowly reject province's latest contract offer

Sask. teachers narrowly reject province's latest contra...

The Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation confirmed the result Thursday evening, say...

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Is air travel back in full swing? What new Statistics Canada data suggests

Is air travel back in full swing? What new Statistics C...

In April, seven out of eight Canadian airports surveyed by StatCan reported high...

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B.C. becomes 1st province in Canada to pay for Paxlovid

B.C. becomes 1st province in Canada to pay for Paxlovid

The federal government has told all provinces they will no longer be paying for ...

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Privatization? Foreign investment? Canadian airports face an overhaul of their business model

Privatization? Foreign investment? Canadian airports fa...

In the recent federal budget, the government outlined plans to explore allowing ...