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Indigenous patients feel unsafe in B.C. health-care system: new Turpel-Lafond report
VANCOUVER - The author of a damning report that found widespread racism in British Columbia's health system has released the results of surveys and data collection, revealing a massive gulf between th...
Feb 04, 2021
Penthouse bust: police cite delivery of 100 cheeseburgers in warrant application
VANCOUVER - An application for search warrants to enter a Vancouver penthouse that police have described as a makeshift nightclub amid COVID-19 restrictions says bartenders were seen inside before off...
Feb 04, 2021
COVID-19 ban on cruise ships in Canadian waters extended to 2022
The federal government says a ban on cruise ships in Canadian waters will stay in place for one more year. The ban until Feb. 28, 2022 applies to cruise ships carrying more than 100 people as well as ...
Feb 04, 2021
COVID-19 vaccinations for RCMP officers should be a priority, union tells officials
OTTAWA - The union representing front-line RCMP officers is asking federal and provincial officials to consider Mounties for priority access to COVID-19 vaccination. The National Police Federation say...
Feb 04, 2021
B.C. strengthens mask rules for middle, high school students and K-12 staff
VICTORIA - British Columbia's education minister said safety protocols must evolve alongside the COVID-19 pandemic as she announced an expansion of mask requirements in schools. Jennifer Whiteside sai...
Feb 04, 2021
Doctors fear an impending wave of cancer patients after COVID-19 delays
MONTREAL - While the prospect of mass vaccination has raised hopes of the COVID-19 crisis soon waning, oncologists and cancer researchers say one of its grim legacies may be a lingering increase in ca...
Feb 04, 2021
Remote care saving grace for many COVID patients, hospitals; oxygen monitoring vital
TORONTO - One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have bee...
Feb 04, 2021
Indigenous health legislation needed to end racism in health care: Miller
OTTAWA - The high uptake of COVID-19 vaccines in Indigenous communities might show a level of trust in the government but it remains "thin," Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller said Thursday as h...
Feb 04, 2021
Feds call for continued vigilance as Canada sees 30 per cent drop in COVID cases
Canada has seen nearly a 30 per cent drop in active COVID-19 cases over the past two weeks, but the country's chief public health officer says strict measures should remain in place as more contagious...
Feb 04, 2021
Every vaccine maker was asked to make their doses in Canada and all said no: Anand
OTTAWA - Every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they could not, Procurement Minister Anita An...
Feb 04, 2021
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