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What’s the monkeypox vaccine and who should get it?

As the number of confirmed monkeypox cases continues to rise in Canada, infectious disease and public health experts are providing vaccinations to those at risk of infection. Since monkeypox and smallpox are both part of the orthopox family of viruses, experts say some vaccines will work against both. But the vaccines being …

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Building code changes could take decades to ‘future-proof’ homes for extreme heat that’s here now

Our planet is changing. So is our journalism. This story is part of a CBC News initiative entitled “Our Changing Planet” to show and explain the effects of climate change. Keep up with the latest news on our Climate and Environment page. The B.C. coroner’s report into the deaths of 619 …

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It’s one of Newfoundland’s most scenic beaches — and a bridge on the only road to it is due to be removed

The sandy beach on Ship Cove extends out to the sea stack jutting from the ocean’s floor in Bay St. George South. (Troy Turner/CBC) It may not see the tourists and traffic it did in previous decades, but if you ask residents of Bay St. George South, they’ll tell you …

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Elderly tenants told to vacate Fredericton apartments for Airbnb-style conversions

A senior Fredericton couple and their elderly neighbour, whose plight with rent increases last winter helped push the New Brunswick government to enhance tenant protections, are facing the loss of their apartments for good. Pauline Tramble, 67, her husband Charles, 85 and their neighbour Tayfun Orkus, 83 all received notices …

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Long-awaited report on money laundering in B.C. to be released today

The final report from B.C.’s public inquiry on money laundering is set to be released Wednesday morning. The document from former B.C. Supreme Court Justice Austin Cullen, which runs more than 1,800 pages, is the culmination of a process that began three years ago. The formation of the Commission of …

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Rare ‘triple-dip’ La Niña could mean a wild winter ahead for Western Canada

CBC Alberta and Saskatchewan have teamed up for a new pilot series on weather and climate change on the prairies. Meteorologist Christy Climenhaga will bring her expert voice to the conversation to help explain weather phenomena and climate change and how it impacts everyday life. Our climate has been steadily …

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Police could have arrested man on bail breaches days before Edmonton’s Chinatown killings, experts say

Edmonton city police and RCMP failed in their duties by not apprehending Justin Bone in the days before two men were beaten to death in Chinatown, legal experts say. Bone, 36, was released from the Edmonton Remand Centre in late April after being charged in a break-and-enter. Granted bail on …

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NATO meets again as Russian ultimatum passes for Ukraine to surrender besieged city

Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Severodonetsk on Wednesday as NATO defence ministers gathered in Brussels to discuss sending more heavy weapons to replenish Kyiv’s dwindling stocks. Russia had told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant in the shattered city to stop “senseless …

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Second planeload of Ukrainian refugees arrives in N.L.

Iryna Krasilnikova travelled with her dog Prince from Ukraine to Poland to St. John’s. (Ted Dillon/CBC) A second plane carrying Ukrainian refugees fleeing war has arrived in Newfoundland and Labrador.  The flight, chartered by the provincial government and carrying 177 people and their pets, landed Tuesday night at the St. John’s …

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Hundreds of students ejected from N.S. immigration fast track after province abruptly changes rules

The future of hundreds of foreign student workers in Nova Scotia is unclear as the province abruptly changed the rules for a fast-track program to permanent residency in Canada. “I don’t know what to feel … I’m just scared right now. I’m frustrated, angry. Everything is like, mixed feelings,” said …

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