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ontarios covid 19 vaccine booking system launches for those 80 plus
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Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine booking system launches for those 80-plus

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to provide a COVID-19 update at 1 p.m. ET on Monday. You’ll be able to watch live in...

covid era school design takes lessons from indigenous educators
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COVID-era school design takes lessons from Indigenous educators

A Saskatoon-based architect is already applying lessons learnt from the pandemic to the schools he is designing, and said the First Nations clients...

teachers in 3 provinces recruited for covid 19 immunity research
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Teachers in 3 provinces recruited for COVID-19 immunity research

The debate over the safety of schools during the COVID-19 pandemic is coming under researchers’ microscopes. Three new projects are aiming determine how...

benefits and risks of delaying 2nd doses of covid 19 vaccine
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Benefits and risks of delaying 2nd doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Federal and provincial health officials are poring over emerging data on the advantages and disadvantages of extending the time between shots of two-dose...

astrazenecas covid 19 vaccine and seniors where canada and other countries stand
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AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and seniors: Where Canada and other countries stand

Canadians now have a third option to protect against COVID-19 after Health Canada approved the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine last Friday. But questions remain about...

do we know how effective vaccines are against the variants your covid 19 questions answered
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Do we know how effective vaccines are against the variants? Your COVID-19 questions answered

We’re answering your questions about the pandemic. Send yours to COVID@cbc.ca, and we’ll answer as many as we can. We publish a selection...

frustration grows among seniors and caregivers over ontarios covid 19 vaccine rollout
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Frustration grows among seniors and caregivers over Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Sam Meister is 98 years old, and he’s furious at the Ontario government’s COVID-19 vaccination plan that is forcing seniors like him to...

we did the best we could a conversation with the co chair of canadas vaccine task force
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‘We did the best we could’ — a conversation with the co-chair of Canada’s vaccine task force

Dr. Joanne Langley is a pediatric infectious disease physician and a professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Community Health and Epidemiology at...

heres why covid 19 numbers have dropped among b c s south asian population
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Here’s why COVID-19 numbers have dropped among B.C.’s South Asian population

Community organizers in British Columbia are being credited with helping to bring down the spread of COVID-19 within the South Asian community. “There’s...

special forces pulls new pistols from service after soldier injured in misfire
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Special Forces pulls new pistols from service after soldier injured in misfire

A member of Canada’s elite special forces counterterrorism unit was wounded last fall when a newly-purchased handgun, with a history of misfires and...

ailing aviation sector pleads for aid as ottawa considers new travel restrictions
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Ailing aviation sector pleads for aid as Ottawa considers new travel restrictions

As the federal government prepares to impose additional restrictions on international travel, the aviation industry is warning its long-term survival is at risk...

copycat pot edibles that look like candy are poisoning kids doctors say
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Copycat pot edibles that look like candy are poisoning kids, doctors say

Dr. Jane Pegg couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the pot edibles that had poisoned a two-year-old who had been rushed to the emergency room in...

montreal woman says mother with dementia accidentally given pfizer vaccine after receiving dose of moderna
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Montreal woman says mother with dementia accidentally given Pfizer vaccine after receiving dose of Moderna

A 97-year-old woman in Montreal may be the first person in Quebec to receive a second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, albeit accidentally. Two...

ontario seniors living in fear of covid 19 feel forgotten in vaccine rollout plan
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Ontario seniors ‘living in fear’ of COVID-19 feel forgotten in vaccine rollout plan

When the first COVID-19 vaccine was approved in Canada, Ketty Samel and her 76-year-old husband Morris believed the end to the long months...

how canadians will know when its their turn to get vaccinated
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How Canadians will know when it’s their turn to get vaccinated

With the recent announcement that Health Canada has approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, the second being made available to the public, Canadians are likely wondering when it...