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COVID-19: Canada's vaccine deliveries further threatened as Europe mulls export controls

COVID-19: Canada's vaccine deliveries further threatened as Europe mulls export controls

MPs are scheduled to have an emergency debate on Canada's vaccine program tonight
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ONTARIO: Civil servant 'betrayed' family with alleged $11-million COVID-relief fraud, documents say

ONTARIO: Civil servant 'betrayed' family with alleged $11-million COVID-relief fraud, documents say

In sworn affidavits, the wife of Sanjay Madan and their two adult sons disavow any knowledge of his alleged scheme, which is now the subject of an unproven civil action against them all
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CANADA: Cancel travel plans, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urges Canadians

CANADA: Cancel travel plans, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urges Canadians

Trudeau says a single case imported from abroad is a case too many
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COVID-19: Common ways people behave in a crisis

COVID-19: Common ways people behave in a crisis

One of the most common reactions during a crisis is the urge to help others
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Too soon to know if Canada's COVID-19 case decline will continue, Tam says

Too soon to know if Canada's COVID-19 case decline will continue, Tam says

Dr. Theresa Tam said there's been an improvement in the COVID-19 numbers in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, but the disease is regaining steam elsewhere
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BEYOND LOCAL: Discovery of two new giant radio galaxies offers fresh insights into the universe

BEYOND LOCAL: Discovery of two new giant radio galaxies offers fresh insights into the universe

These giant galaxies are much bigger than most of the others in the Universe and are thought to be quite rare
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ONTARIO: 'You don't want to fall into that three per cent category,' says Toronto ICU doctor

ONTARIO: 'You don't want to fall into that three per cent category,' says Toronto ICU doctor

Before COVID, Dr. Spiegelman says they've never seen patients' oxygen levels plummet so quickly
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ONTARIO: Scientists launch social media campaign to counter COVID-19 misinformation

ONTARIO: Scientists launch social media campaign to counter COVID-19 misinformation

The campaign team says in a news release that it emerged from conversations between Nova Scotia Sen. Stan Kutcher and Timothy Caulfield, Canadian research chair in health law and policy at the University of Alberta
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Lynn Beyak, who defended 'good' of residential schools, retires early from the Senate

Lynn Beyak, who defended 'good' of residential schools, retires early from the Senate

Named to the Senate on the advice of Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper in 2013, she says she was committed to serving just eight years
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COVID-19: Ways to help kids express their feelings about the pandemic through art

COVID-19: Ways to help kids express their feelings about the pandemic through art

Through creativity, children make sense of the world
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