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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 25, 2021 9:34 am     Updated October 25, 2021 9:37 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ The fall sitting …

The Alberta government plans a busy fall legislature sitting aimed at adding jobs and diversifying the economy while focusing on tamping down the renewed surge of COVID-19. Government house leader Jason Nixon says this will include proposed legislation on recognizing professional credentials to address labour shortages. The bill will …

Jessa Marie Zabala looks across the room through dark lenses and waves at her coworker, Susan Choi, who enters their meeting appearing as a floating purple astronaut’s helmet. “Hey Susan,” Zabala says. Two isolated hands wave underneath Choi’s head. A name tag underneath her helmet says “Susan.” The engineers with …

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 22, 2021 6:09 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ TORONTO — Ontario is set to release its plan today for how the province will …

News of major changes to federal COVID-19 subsidies is being met with wariness in the B.C. business community. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced new measures Thursday that will replace the  Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS), which expire on Saturday. In their place …

Ontario is reporting 413 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the eleventh day in a row the count is fewer than 500. The provincial case total now stands at 596,280. Of the 413 new cases recorded, the data showed 226 were unvaccinated people, 15 were partially vaccinated people, 140 were …

The UK drug regulator added an extremely rare nerve-damaging disorder, Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), as a very rare side effect of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, updates on the agency’s website showed on Thursday. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency’s (MHRA) decision comes after the European medicines agency added GBS as a …

Kids age 5 to 11 will be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their doctors’ offices, pharmacies and potentially even their schools, the White House said Wednesday as it detailed plans for the expected authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech shot for younger children in a matter of weeks. Federal regulators …

Medical officials have long said vaccines are the best line of defence against COVID-19. But for those who get infected, there’s also mounting interest in a promising treatment. Shallima Maharaj has more on a first-of-its-kind pilot under way in Hamilton. News Source link

The federal government is sending more help to the Northwest Territories to deal with a spike in COVID-19 cases. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says Ottawa has approved a request from the territory to provide “surge capacity support” for infection prevention and control, contact tracing and testing. The support — …