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the emotional toll of the covid 19 battle inside a quebec icu
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The emotional toll of the COVID-19 battle inside a Quebec ICU

A mechanical whir fills the room as a sling slowly lifts a patient out of her hospital bed. “Wow, it’s fun to see...

canadas private covid 19 testing industry is booming but some experts say oversight is lacking
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Canada’s private COVID-19 testing industry is booming, but some experts say oversight is lacking

Whether you’re a traveller getting a mandated COVID-19 test at the airport, or a worker on a job site like a film set...

help for dying woman was 2 minutes away but took 80 minutes to arrive
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Help for dying woman was 2 minutes away, but took 80 minutes to arrive

A grieving Nova Scotia husband wants to know why it took 80 minutes for help to come as his wife lay dying in...

restaurant entrepreneur aims to thank every care home worker in canada with a free meal
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Restaurant entrepreneur aims to thank every care-home worker in Canada with a free meal

Mohamad Fakih built a restaurant empire from the ground up, and COVID-19 has nearly torn it down. Yet, in a surprising contradiction, his...

left out of the covid 19 pay bump manitoba er nurses say they feel abandoned by province union
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Left out of the COVID-19 pay bump, Manitoba ER nurses say they feel abandoned by province, union

An emergency room nurse at Winnipeg’s St. Boniface Hospital is struggling to provide care to three patients with COVID-19. Two of them are...

injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer then wrongly accused of fraud
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Injured woman secretly videotaped by insurer, then wrongly accused of fraud

Alicia Micallef tears up when she talks about how she was secretly followed and videotaped, accused of lying, then dragged through the legal...

10 year old b c boy raises more than 3k for hospice that cared for his dying great aunt
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10-year-old B.C. boy raises more than $3K for hospice that cared for his dying great-aunt

A 10-year-old member of the Lake Babine and Nak’azdli Whut’en First Nations has turned the cultural tradition of not cutting your hair for a year...

rcmp launch criminal probe into covid 19 death tied to massive alberta meat plant outbreak
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RCMP launch criminal probe into COVID-19 death tied to massive Alberta meat plant outbreak

Ariana Quesada, 16, walked into the RCMP detachment in High River, Alta., on Friday and filed a formal complaint asking police to investigate...

how loved ones are honouring the memory of those killed in irans flight 752 air disaster
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How loved-ones are honouring the memory of those killed in Iran’s Flight 752 air disaster

Twelve months after an Iranian missile shot down a plane carrying 176 people, including 55 Canadians and many others with strong ties here,...

grieving for two widow of slain calgary police officer pregnant with couples first child
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Grieving for two: Widow of slain Calgary police officer pregnant with couple’s first child 

The Calgary police officer killed in the line of duty leaves behind his wife Chelsea, who is pregnant with the couple’s first child....

penitentiary staff arrested in killing of indigenous inmate in st johns
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Penitentiary staff arrested in killing of Indigenous inmate in St. John’s

Police have arrested an undisclosed number of correctional officers in connection to the death of Jonathan Henoche, an Indigenous man who was housed at...

nurse who left her 4 children to care for covid positive seniors would do it again in a heartbeat
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Nurse who left her 4 children to care for COVID-positive seniors would do it again in a heartbeat

Nearly a month ago, Terri Taylor, a licensed practical nurse, had to tell her children she was leaving and didn’t know when she...

immigrants face financial emotional ruin as plans to resettle in canada are clipped by covid 19
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Immigrants face financial, emotional ruin as plans to resettle in Canada are clipped by COVID-19

Those who were on the verge of immigrating to Canada before the pandemic struck say the government’s sluggish effort to renew their immigration...

shamattawa first nation in manitoba receives more military support for covid 19 battle
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Shamattawa First Nation in Manitoba receives more military support for COVID-19 battle

More help from the Canadian Armed Forces has arrived in Shamattawa following a desperate plea from the First Nation’s chief. The northern Manitoba fly-in...

how local online startups are hoping to snatch black friday away from the big boys amid covid 19
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How local, online startups are hoping to snatch Black Friday away from the big boys amid COVID-19

Black Friday sales on now have traditionally been the domain of big, national chains with beefed-up advertising budgets. But this year, there’s a growing...