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Canada’s top military commander said he will “tweak” the vaccine mandate for the Armed Forces in the next few weeks but defended vaccine requirements as necessary to keep the military ready to respond to any emergency. “This is an institution that’s unlike any other because we do have to be …

Fernando Caballero misses the way he used to be: happy-go-lucky, the life of the party and the protector of his family. The 67-year-old was active and enjoyed rollerblading in the summer, ice skating in the winter and dancing all year round. But now, he uses a cane or walker to get …

As an unprecedented global monkeypox outbreak keeps growing, Canada remains opaque about its vaccine stockpile — even as advocates and medical experts warn the country may lack enough supply to meet current demand, with many Canadians being offered just one round of what’s typically a two-dose shot in order to …

Court documents obtained by CBC News show that at least until March 31, 2022, the RCMP were pursuing a criminal charge against MLA Thomas Dang.  Dang was the target of a months-long investigation conducted by the RCMP cybercrime investigation team after police were alerted to a September 2021 attempt to hack into …

As a seventh wave of COVID-19 begins sweeping across Canada, with the Omicron BA.5 subvariant driving transmission, some provinces are expanding eligibility for a fourth dose of the vaccine. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) released its guidance for a fall booster campaign late last month. The committee recommended …

People at high risk of severe disease from COVID-19 infection should be offered a booster shot this fall, regardless of how many boosters they’ve previously received, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) said on Wednesday.  That group includes everyone age 65 and older, NACI’s updated guidance said.  Everyone else — age …

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 …

The waning effectiveness of vaccines to stop the spread of the highly infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 could mean it’s time for federal policy makers to consider lifting vaccine mandates, some experts suggest. “It’s hard to really justify our mandates anymore,” said Dr Zain Chagla,  an infectious diseases physician at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and …

Conservative leadership contender Pierre Poilievre has tabled a bill in the House of Commons that, if passed, would prohibit the federal government from imposing vaccine mandates on federal workers and the travelling public. Poilievre, who has been a vocal opponent of mandates since the convoy of protesters against vaccine mandates rolled …

In the year since he became partially paralyzed, Ross Wightman has kept his focus on small victories — from getting up the stairs unassisted, to going for a solo walk near his rural B.C. home. But the biggest win came in the form of an e-mail from Canada’s Vaccine Injury Support …