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COVID-19: Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week's end, catching up to U.S. on second doses

COVID-19: Canada to reach 55M vaccine doses by week's end, catching up to U.S. on second doses

Federal government expects another 1.4 million doses of Pfizer to arrive by Sunday
CANADA: Scotsman on cross-Canada trek reunites with lost dog in NW Ontario

CANADA: Scotsman on cross-Canada trek reunites with lost dog in NW Ontario

The canine companion of Michael Yellowless was missing for seven days
CANADA: Taliban victories prompt fresh questions, soul searching for veterans

CANADA: Taliban victories prompt fresh questions, soul searching for veterans

Taliban’s recent victories in Kandahar coincided with the 10th anniversary of the end of Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of 158 Canadian soldiers, seven civilians
CANADA: Transport minister orders CN, CP to take new wildfire prevention measures

CANADA: Transport minister orders CN, CP to take new wildfire prevention measures

New order, in effect until Oct. 31, calls for at least 10 fire detection patrols every 24 hours on stretches of track that run through Lytton, B.C., makes conductors responsible for spotting and reporting fires on those lines
COVID-19: Quarantine exemptions lure visitors to Canada in advance of busy travel weekend

COVID-19: Quarantine exemptions lure visitors to Canada in advance of busy travel weekend

Canada Border Services Agency says incoming traffic has increased about 25 per cent after quarantine rules were waived Monday for fully vaccinated Canadians, permanent residents and others already allowed to cross the border
ONTARIO: Province's family doctors want clear plan on their future COVID-19 vaccination role

ONTARIO: Province's family doctors want clear plan on their future COVID-19 vaccination role

Provincial officials say they hope to include more family care practitioners in the immunization campaign in an effort to reach residents still without first doses, slowly shift away from mass clinics
COVID-19: Better vaccine outreach to younger Canadians needed as first doses slow, says Tam

COVID-19: Better vaccine outreach to younger Canadians needed as first doses slow, says Tam

As of the end of June, more than 4.7 million Canadians between 12 and 39 years old had yet to get their first shot, about one-third of that entire population
COVID-19: Canada monitoring 'whole slew' of variants, says chief public health officer

COVID-19: Canada monitoring 'whole slew' of variants, says chief public health officer

Latest variant of interest has popped up in Canada in small numbers, but 'it's too early to know how widespread it is or what impact it could have,' Tam says
COVID-19: Most Ontario youth experienced depression during pandemic, early data suggests

COVID-19: Most Ontario youth experienced depression during pandemic, early data suggests

More than half of 758 kids aged eight to 12, 70 per cent of 520 adolescents aged 13 to 18 reported significant depressive symptoms from February to March
ONTARIO: Province aims to bring more doctors into vax rollout, assess data to reach holdouts

ONTARIO: Province aims to bring more doctors into vax rollout, assess data to reach holdouts

Goal to reach those who haven't had a shot, eventually winding down mass immunization sites