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Chance to prevent COVID resurgence 'narrows with each passing day,' Tam says
Canada is running out of time to prevent a major resurgence of COVID-19, the country's chief public health officer said Saturday as its two most populous provinces continued to report some of their hi...
Oct 03, 2020
Protesters march through Montreal, calling for 'Justice for Joyce'
MONTREAL - Crowds of protesters marched through downtown Montreal on Saturday, calling for justice for Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who was subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital. Ec...
Oct 03, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Oct. 3
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:30 p.m. EDT on Oct. 3, 2020: There are 164,478 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 77,380 confirmed (including 5,867 deaths, 64,478 re...
Oct 03, 2020
Assisted dying bill to be reintroduced Monday as court deadline looms
OTTAWA - Facing a looming court-imposed deadline, the federal government will reintroduce Monday legislation to amend Canada's law on medical assistance in dying. The government has until Dec. 18 to a...
Oct 02, 2020
Joyce Echaquan's death highlights systemic racism in health care, experts say
MONTREAL - The fate of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who died in a Quebec hospital after filming staff insulting her, is a tragic example of the systemic racism many Indigenous people face when ...
Oct 02, 2020
Mentally ill man who stabbed five people at Calgary party appeals denial of freedoms
CALGARY - Lawyers for a mentally ill man who fatally stabbed five young people at a house party are appealing a decision to deny him some privileges. A provincial mental health review board said...
Oct 02, 2020
Second wave killing fewer Canadians but is no reason to let down guard, doctors warn
OTTAWA - Seven months into the pandemic, medical experts have a better idea of how to treat COVID-19 and how to keep it out of high-risk settings which means there are far fewer people dying of the vi...
Oct 02, 2020
Another possible COVID-19 case at gold mine in Nunavut
Nunavut's chief public health officer says there is another presumptive case of COVID-19 at a gold mine in western Nunavut, bringing the total to eight possible cases.On Monday, Dr. Michael Patterson ...
Oct 02, 2020
Nova Scotia court rejects woman's appeal in bid to stop husband's assisted death
HALIFAX - A bid by a Nova Scotia woman to stop her 83-year-old husband from receiving a medically assisted death was rejected Friday by the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.The unanimous ruling from a thre...
Oct 02, 2020
Municipal, provincial leaders clash over response to COVID-19 surge in hotspots
TORONTO - Staggering daily case counts elicited stern warnings to immediately tighten social circles and limit outings in the nation's COVID-19 hotspots, but also gave rise to a growing schism between...
Oct 02, 2020
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