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The BA.5 subvariant can evade protection, but there are still tools to fight it

A highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus is spreading through Canada, driving another wave of infections, even among those who have recently recovered from COVID-19. The Omicron subvariant BA.5, and to a lesser extent, BA.4, is largely behind the latest wave — the seventh of the pandemic and the third since the arrival …

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Buying weed online in N.L.? Your data’s moving to the ‘Wild West’ of privacy protection, experts say

Cybersecurity researcher David Murakami Wood, seen in a file photo, said with the data transfer comes a loss of control. (Submitted by David Murakami Wood) Cannabis N.L. online customers have been asked to consent to having their data transferred from servers in Canada to servers in the United States — and …

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Family shocked by daycare’s call to child protection without warning, question if discrimination at play

In the fall of 2021, Nathaniel Lowbeer-Lewis and Racquel Smith’s son was going to a community daycare near their home in Montreal’s Plateau neighbourhood. He seemed to be integrating well and Smith said the staff’s feedback about him was positive. So it came as a surprise when the centre called …

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No ring dike, but why? How Peguis First Nation still has no permanent flood protection

Five times over the past 16 years, the Fisher River has spilled its banks at Peguis First Nation. The river channel is so small and the terrain in Manitoba’s northern Interlake is so flat, it doesn’t take much for floodwaters to spread far and wide across the Anishinaabe and Cree community. …

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