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Canada has now ended its COVID-19 travel restrictions, mask mandates
A woman walks through Pearson International Airport in Toronto on March 16, 2020. As of Saturday, October 1, 2022, travellers to Canada will no longer be required to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 — and wearing a mask on planes and trains is no longer mandatory, though it is still recommended. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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UCP leadership race in Alberta puts COVID-19 grievances back in spotlight
Hundreds of demonstrators gather at city hall in Calgary, Alta., Saturday, March 19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Thanksgiving dinner doesn’t have to be stressful: A fool-proof guide to hosting
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Legault defends millions to U.S. consulting firm during pandemic
Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault greets a supporter during an election campaign stop in Saint-Jerome, Que., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Quebecers will go to the polls on October 3rd. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Carnival Corp shares plunge on forecast of fourth-quarter loss, delayed return to profitability
FILE - In this Monday, June 20, 2016, file photo, the Carnival Fantasy cruise ship leaves PortMiami, in Miami Beach, Fla. Top Carnival Corp. executives are due back in court to explain what the world's largest cruise line is doing to reduce ocean pollution. A hearing is set Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019, in Miami federal court for an update on what steps Carnival is taking. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
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A Chinese mRNA COVID-19 vaccine gains its first approval - in Indonesia
FILE - In this April 26, 2021 file photo, a nursing student administers the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at UNLV, in Las Vegas. On Friday, Sept. 23, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming humans and other mammals injected with an mRNA vaccine die within five years. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
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Defence minister stands by military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate amid monthslong review
Chief of the Defence Staff, General Wayne Eyre and Minister of Defence Anita Anand attend a military announcement at Canadian Forces Base Trenton in Trenton, Ont., on Monday June 20, 2022. The Liberal government is defending the military's vaccine requirement for Canadian Armed Forces members as necessary for protecting Canadians and allies alike. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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COVID-19 indicators up in Quebec, too early to declare new wave: public health
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is prepared at the Palais des Congres, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrej Ivanov
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Qatar confirms COVID-19 test requirements for FIFA World Cup fans
Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Stadium Preview - Khalifa International Stadium, Doha, Qatar - September 29, 2022 General view inside the stadium ahead of the World Cup REUTERS/Mohammed Dabbous
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Fraying ties? More Taiwanese people are leaving successful careers in China to return home
People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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B.C. likely to see COVID-19, influenza surges in fall, health officials say
A man wears a protective face covering to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 as he walks past the emergency entrance of Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, Friday, April 9, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
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Opioid-related deaths in Canada nearly doubled during COVID-19 pandemic
FILE PHOTO: A cyclist rides past hundreds of flags symbolizing the more than 10,000 people who have died of toxic drug overdoses in British Columbia, Canada during a demonstration by the drug user advocacy group Moms Stop The Harm in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada April 14, 2022. Picture taken April 14, 2022. REUTERS/Jesse Winter/File Photo
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Coronavirus Update: Why is the U.S.’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine different than Canada’s?
FILE PHOTO: A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 8, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo
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Pierre Poilievre demands end to military vaccine mandate, but some say it’s more complex
Canada's Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Blair Gable
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N.W.T. testing discarded blood samples for COVID-19 antibodies
Sample of blood showing plasma (yellow liquid) and red blood cells at the LifeLabs Toronto facility on Nov 22 2017. A new generation of simple blood tests is allowing would-be parents to learn about the sex and potential genetic anomalies of their babies in the first trimester, a stage of the pregnancy when it's relatively easy to get an abortion in Canada. Known as non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), the approach has the advantage of giving some women more time to make decisions about their pregnancies, while helping others to avoid unnecessary invasive procedures such as amniocentesis, which carry a small risk of miscarriage. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
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Ontario stays COVID-19 violation charges against Derek Sloan, Randy Hillier
Randy Hillier, independent MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston argues with police at a protest against government measures to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Peterborough, Ont., on April 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Thornhill
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Scientists who created COVID-19 cases tracker, prenatal test honoured
This photo provided by the Lasker Foundation in September 2022 shows Johns Hopkins University civil engineering professor Lauren Gardner in Baltimore. The 2022 Lasker public service award went to Gardner, an engineer who studies the spread of diseases. She worked with her lab team to develop the COVID-19 tracker as the coronavirus began spreading worldwide in January 2020. (Will Kirk/Johns Hopkins University via AP)
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Calgary doctor files human rights complaint over changes to COVID-19 mask rules on airplanes
People wearing mandatory masks wait at their gate using physical distancing at Toronto's Pearson International Airport for a "Healthy Airport" during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Quebec’s ‘post-COVID’ election campaign has few mentions of deaths, emergency powers
Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade, right, shakes hand with a shopper at a local farmer's market, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 in Quebec City. Quebecers are going to the polls for a general election on Oct. 3rd. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Why is the U.S.’s bivalent COVID-19 vaccine different than Canada’s – and is it better?
A person draws out Moderna vaccine during a drive through COVID-19 vaccine clinic at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ont., on Sunday Jan. 2, 2022. The Manitoba government is expanding access for a COVID-19 bivalent booster to people ages 18 and older. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Evening Update: Fiona recovery efforts begins; Ottawa to drop remaining COVID-19 mandates
Debris surrounds damaged houses after Hurricane Fiona passed nearby in Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland, Canada September 26, 2022. REUTERS/John Morris
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Ottawa to drop remaining COVID-19 vaccine, mask mandates starting Oct. 1
Mandatory random COVID-19 testing resumes today for travellers coming in through Canada's four major airports in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal. A passenger from Air India flight 187 from New Delhi arrives at Pearson Airport in Toronto on Wednesday April 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccines now available for all adults in Ontario
Hundreds of people line up for the Peel Region Doses After Dark vaccination clinic in Mississauga, Ont. on May 15, 2021. The top doctor in a COVID-19 hot spot says he's looking into what could be done locally to create a vaccine certificate program if the Ontario government doesn't implement one. Peel Region's Dr. Lawrence Loh says he's reiterating a call for the province to bring in a vaccine certificate program, which could limit access to certain non-essential activities to those who are fully immunized. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Canadians need a clear public health strategy to move on from COVID-19, disaster management experts say
Nurses tend to a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at the Bluewater Health Hospital in Sarnia, Ont., on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Nearly two and a half years since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, what started as a challenge related to high infection rates overloading hospitals has evolved into an acute labour challenge.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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‘We’re going to have whatever party we can have until the battery dies on the speaker’: Couple doesn’t let Fiona spoil wedding
Samantha Murphy (center) and her wedding party prepare for her wedding a day after post-tropical storm Fiona swept through Sydney, N.S.
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Coronavirus Update: Rich nations must not step back from tackling COVID-19, WHO official says
People wearing protective masks walk past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Tokyo. Shares were mostly higher in Asia after a strong close on Wall Street last week, though the latest manufacturing surveys showed weakening factory activity in the region's biggest economies. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
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Rich nations must not step back from tackling COVID-19, WHO official says
FILE PHOTO: Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
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Follow Canada’s lead on easing COVID-19 travel restrictions, U.S. lawmakers urge Joe Biden
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen as she testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, Tuesday, May 10, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Tester is among the U.S. lawmakers urging the Biden administration to follow Canada’s lead in easing COVID-19 travel restrictions at the northern border. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Tom Williams/Pool via AP
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Effect of pandemic border restrictions could be long-lasting, critics say
Vehicles wait to enter the US at the Thousand Islands border crossing in Lansdowne, Ont., Monday Nov. 8, 2021. The last of Canada's COVID-19 border restrictions are set to disappear at the end of this month, but some critics say they fear the measures have already caused a lasting decrease in cross-border travel. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Cancer during COVID-19 freed me to drop the ‘bucket list’ and just live
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Quebec votes: Legault says Conservative leader an ‘agitator,’ compares him to Trump
Parti Quebecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon speaks to reporters following a leaders debate in Montreal, Thursday, September 22, 2022. Quebecers will go to the polls on October 3rd. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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U.S. business activity contracted for third straight month in September: S&P Global survey
FILE- In this Sept. 27, 2018, file photo a United Auto Workers assemblyman works on a 2018 Ford F-150 truck being assembled at the Ford Rouge assembly plant in Dearborn, Mich. IHS Markit's latest monthly index should provide insight into the health of U.S. manufacturing. The financial information company's purchasing managers index, due out Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, is a broad gauge of activity across the manufacturing sector. Economists project that December's reading dropped to 53.9. That would be the second monthly drop in for the index. Readings above 50 indicate expansion in manufacturing. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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Ontario posts $2.1-billion surplus with higher-than-expected revenue
Ontario Premier Doug Ford and members of province's legislature pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth and parliament swear allegiance to King Charles III in Toronto on Wednesday September 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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Want to help Canada’s overwhelmed health care system? Get your COVID-19 booster shot
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Hong Kong finally scraps traveller quarantine, one of the world’s toughest COVID-19 policies
Travellers arrive at Hong Kong International Airport before making their way to hotel quarantine on September 23, 2022. - Hong Kong announced on September 23 it will end mandatory hotel quarantine, scrapping some of the world's toughest travel restrictions that have battered the economy and kept the finance hub internationally isolated. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP) (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Japan PM says to ease COVID-19 border control requirements next month
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends a news conference at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on the sidelines of the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, U.S., September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid