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searching for food in the wild foraging takes off as popular pastime on p e i
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Searching for food in the wild: Foraging takes off as popular pastime on P.E.I.

Josie Baker uses stinging nettles in many different dishes, including this pasta she created in 2020. (Submitted by Josie Baker) More Prince Edward...

how parts of canada are going about vaccinating teachers against covid 19
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How parts of Canada are going about vaccinating teachers against COVID-19

This weekend, teachers and school staff in Ontario’s Niagara region are getting their first chance at a COVID-19 vaccine, thanks to the recommendation of...

vancouver canucks says no culprit in teams covid 19 outbreak
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Vancouver Canucks says ‘no culprit’ in team’s COVID-19 outbreak

The Vancouver Canucks team physician said the player who first contracted COVID-19 and then brought it into the team acted within NHL and...

top doctor predicts all sask people 18 and over could get 1st covid vaccine dose by mid may
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Top doctor predicts all Sask. people 18 and over could get 1st COVID vaccine dose by mid-May

Saskatchewan’s chief medical health officer is predicting that by mid-May, all residents in the province aged 18 and over could have access to...

why comparing covid hospitalization numbers between provinces isnt apple to apples
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Why comparing COVID hospitalization numbers between provinces isn’t apple-to-apples

The number of COVID-19 patients in hospital and intensive care has been on the rise in many provinces lately, but comparing these numbers...

study suggests vaccines may improve symptoms for some covid 19 long haulers
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Study suggests vaccines may improve symptoms for some COVID-19 long-haulers

Elaine McCartney typically keeps a list on hand of her 30 or so health issues following a bout of COVID-19 a year ago— in...

b c health minister says its time to dig in to obey covid 19 safety rules as cases mount
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B.C. health minister says it’s time to ‘dig in’ to obey COVID-19 safety rules as cases mount

B.C. Minister of Health Adrian Dix has defended measures in place to limit the spread of COVID-19, even as his province set one-day case counts...

record high lumber prices add as much as 30k to the cost of building a house
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Record-high lumber prices add as much as $30K to the cost of building a house

As if Canada’s housing sector wasn’t already irrational enough, a pandemic-induced lumber shortage is pushing the price of building a home even higher....

alberta mlas quit coalition against public health restrictions after ontario mpp invokes hitler
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Alberta MLAs quit coalition against public health restrictions after Ontario MPP invokes Hitler

Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party caucus have quit a national coalition against public health restrictions, after the group’s founder...

welcoming visitors is what whistler does but for the next 3 weeks the town wants you to stay away
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Welcoming visitors is what Whistler does, but for the next 3 weeks the town wants you to stay away

The manager of Whistler Search and Rescue says anyone making plans to visit the Sea to Sky corridor over the next three weeks...

gym outbreak in quebec city leads to more than 140 covid 19 infections
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Gym outbreak in Quebec City leads to more than 140 COVID-19 infections

At least 141 people have contracted COVID-19 in connection to an outbreak at a gym in Quebec City, the regional health authority confirmed...

health officer warned rcmp of challenge identifying patient zero in campbellton covid outbreak
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Health officer warned RCMP of challenge identifying patient zero in Campbellton COVID outbreak

The medical officer of health in the Campbellton region warned RCMP it would be difficult to identify Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola as patient zero in the...

marketplace attended a covid 19 conspiracy boot camp to see how instructors are targeting vaccine skeptics
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Marketplace attended a COVID-19 conspiracy boot camp to see how instructors are targeting vaccine skeptics

While Canadian health authorities fight back against what Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam has called “an infodemic” — the spread of false information...

in trying to contain covid 19 we could be missing spread of hiv hepatitis c and syphilis experts warn
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In trying to contain COVID-19, we could be missing spread of HIV, hepatitis C and syphilis, experts warn

For more than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted health-care workers and resources away from stopping the spread of other infectious diseases, including...

auditor general reports today on public health agencys pandemic response
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Auditor general reports today on public health agency’s pandemic response

The country’s auditor general will deliver a report today on how well prepared the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was to respond to the COVID-19...