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CANADA: Emergency summit grapples with health system debilitated by COVID-19

CANADA: Emergency summit grapples with health system debilitated by COVID-19

Tuesday night's summit, held by the Canadian Medical Association, Canadian Nurses Association, discussed how to move forward since the pandemic has 'brought the health system to a breaking point'
CANADA: Moderna asks Health Canada to authorize booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine

CANADA: Moderna asks Health Canada to authorize booster shot of its COVID-19 vaccine

Public health, vaccine experts leery of recommending booster shots for most Canadians because 'the vaccines thus far are showing to maintain strong protection against severe disease even if protection against infection at all is dropping'
CANADA: NDP says errors meant voters — including First Nations — were disenfranchised

CANADA: NDP says errors meant voters — including First Nations — were disenfranchised

Letter of complaint alleges that some polling stations opened late 'or not at all,' disenfranchising voters, many of whom were in Indigenous communities
CANADA: Trudeau says Tofino trip on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation a 'mistake'

CANADA: Trudeau says Tofino trip on National Day of Truth and Reconciliation a 'mistake'

A spokesman for the prime minister said he 'spent several hours on the phone with eight people who lived through residential schools, and denied that the prime minister had used the historic day to take a vacation'
ONTARIO: About 80 per cent of education workers have attested to full vaccination: minister

ONTARIO: About 80 per cent of education workers have attested to full vaccination: minister

Government has said employers in settings considered high-risk for COVID-19 need to have workers immunized against the virus or regularly tested for it before coming to work
COVID-19: Ontario focused on recovery, determined to avoid future lockdowns, throne speech says

COVID-19: Ontario focused on recovery, determined to avoid future lockdowns, throne speech says

'If additional public health measures are needed, they will be localized and targeted,' said Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell
COVID-19: Almost eight in 10 support proof-of-vaccine requirement to visit public places, poll shows

COVID-19: Almost eight in 10 support proof-of-vaccine requirement to visit public places, poll shows

78 per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said they strongly support (56 per cent) or somewhat support (22 per cent) requiring proof of vaccination, while 13 per cent strongly oppose and nine per cent said they're somewhat opposed
COVID-19: Pfizer submits trial data on vaccine use in children aged 5 to 11 to Health Canada

COVID-19: Pfizer submits trial data on vaccine use in children aged 5 to 11 to Health Canada

Drugmaker confirmed Saturday it 'provided initial trial data to the federal department for review as it prepares to make a formal submission seeking authorization to use the product in children'
BEYOND LOCAL: AI development could negatively impact human rights

BEYOND LOCAL: AI development could negatively impact human rights

A human rights-based approach is essential in regulating artificial intelligence technologies
BEYOND LOCAL: Researcher discusses importance of rural Pride celebrations on LGBTQ2+ community

BEYOND LOCAL: Researcher discusses importance of rural Pride celebrations on LGBTQ2+ community

The response to his research from across the province showed that the LGBTQ2+ community exists in small towns