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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 30, 2023 6:27 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — Ontario residents who are six months and older will be able to receive their free flu shot and an updated COVID-19 vaccine starting today. Health Minister Sylvia Jones says …
Read More »Here’s how to get COVID-19, flu shots in Toronto this fall season – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto Public Health said it is launching its “fight the flu and COVID-19” vaccination campaign this fall season “in anticipation of a surge in respiratory illnesses.” In a press release on Tuesday, Toronto Public Health (TPH) said it is now offering COVID-19 …
Read More »Shots fired at a civilian in the RM of Macdonald, suspect at large: RCMP – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Shots were fired at a civilian near a business on Laverendye Road, in the RM of Macdonald, Man., and the suspect is at large, RCMP say. On Friday at 6:45 a.m. Stonewall RCMP say they were advised of an off-road vehicle (ORV) …
Read More »Three arrested in Portage la Prairie after assault, shots fired at home – Winnipeg
Three people have been charged in Portage la Prairie after police say they were involved in shots being fired at a home along with an assault on the same day. Police say on January 9 at around 12:30 p.m., a home on 3rd Street NE in Portage was hit by …
Read More »Shots fired at 2 women in a car in downtown Winnipeg on New Year’s Eve: police – Winnipeg
Police say shots were fired at two women in a vehicle in downtown Winnipeg on New Year’s Eve. At 5 p.m., police went to Broadway and Maryland Street after a report of gunshots to a vehicle. Officers found the damaged vehicle that was occupied by two women — a 38-year-old …
Read More »Flu shots roll out as virus already spreads in Alberta
The flu is here and experts are urging Albertans to roll up their sleeves as influenza shots roll out around the province this week. Alberta launched its flu vaccination program for the general public Monday, making the shots available free of charge to everyone six months of age and older. “We know that …
Read More »Lots of sniping in UCP leadership race, but so few shots fired over inflation
Many would-be successors to Premier Jason Kenney have gamely taken aim at him this campaign, from his past approaches toward COVID and Ottawa to his occasional interventions as lame-duck United Conservative Party leader with weeks left to go in his power seat. So what kind of dust did Kenney kick …
Read More »FDA leaning toward new COVID-19 shots that target original strain, emerging Omicron variants
Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended a change in the design of COVID-19 booster shots this fall in order to combat more recently circulating variants of the coronavirus. The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted 19-2 that the next wave of COVID …
Read More »Police took 3½ hours to visit an apartment complex after shots were fired. Residents want to know why
Jordan Tobin bolted upright from his sleep when he heard a loud bang in the early hours of Thursday morning. Then he heard another one. And another. And about a half-dozen more after that. When the loud bangs abruptly gave way to the screeching tires of a fleeing vehicle, Tobin sprinted …
Read More »Booster Shots Are Not Central Theme, Both Doses Of Covid Vaccination Still Priority: Health Ministry
New Delhi: Amid reports and speculations about a possible booster shot of Coronavirus vaccine, the Health Ministry on Thursday said that getting the entire population inoculated by both doses of the jab is government’s first priority at the moment. Addressing a press conference earlier in the day, India Council of …
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