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Smuggling arrest after 4 bodies found near border
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada -- American investigators believe the deaths of four people, including a baby and a teen, whose bodies were found in Manitoba near the United States border are linked to a larger human smuggling operation. By Kelly Geraldine Malone. Words: 803, Photos: 1
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Too dangerous to relax COVID restrictions: Legault
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- Unlike Ontario, Quebec cannot begin loosening COVID-19 restrictions because the situation in the province's hospitals remains too fragile, Premier François Legault said Thursday. By Jacob Serebrin. Words: 615, Photos: 1
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Standards can clarify youth mental health: experts
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Mental health experts say having a clearer understanding of the mental health of Canadian kids and youth can start with creating standards for how mental health is measured in the country’s health systems. By Erika Ibrahim. Words: 636
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COVID-19 hospitalizations drop in Quebec
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- The number of people in Quebec hospitals with COVID-19 has dropped for the first time since Dec. 16. By Jacob Serebrin. Words: 332, Photos: 1
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Calls to cut COVID isolation for seniors in care
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- After 10 days of preventive COVID-19 isolation in her room at a Montreal care facility, Joanne Béland's 84-year-old mother has more difficulty moving and expressing herself. By Jacob Serebrin. Words: 792, Photos: 1
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Lab techs say no bonus, burnout led to departures
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Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada -- Former laboratory technologists in Iqaluit say their not receiving a bonus given to Nunavut nursing staff led them to resign after years of burnout and a lack of support. By Emma Tranter. Words: 774, Photos: 1
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Toronto students head back to in-person learning
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Toronto, , -- Parents in Toronto expressed mixed emotions as they dropped their kids off at school for the first time in weeks on Wednesday, saying they were worried about COVID-19 but glad to have their children get back to in-person learning. By Noushin Ziafati. Words: 829, Photos: 1
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Iqaluit water plant shut down over fuel
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Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada -- The City of Iqaluit shut down its water treatment plant Wednesday after the water was contaminated last week with fuel for the second time. By Emma Tranter. Words: 346, Photos: 1
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Homeless shelters face more strain amid Omicron
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Staff at shelters and homeless agencies are struggling to support people living on the streets as the highly transmissible Omicron COVID-19 variant sweeps through communities. By Erika Ibrahim. Words: 632, Photos: 1
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Edmonton school board to request vaccine clinics
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -- One of Alberta's largest school boards wants the province to open vaccine clinics in schools as the number of students and staff infected with COVID-19 rises. By Fakiha Baig. Words: 587, Photos: 1
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COVID-19: Quebec hospitals preparing for worst
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- The latest surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations is showing signs of subsiding, Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé said Tuesday, shortly before officials outlined a contingency plan to keep overwhelmed hospitals operating. By Jacob Serebrin. Words: 768, Photos: 2
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Ontario mulls easing restrictions, others tighten
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Officials in Quebec and Ontario said they saw signs of hope on Tuesday that the peak of COVID-19 hospitalizations could soon be behind them — despite both provinces setting new admissions records — while other governments braced for new hardships. By Morgan Lowrie. Words: 814, Photos: 1
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Child-care centres receive limited N95 mask supply
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Several Ontario child-care centres are raising concerns about limited supplies of N95 masks provided by the government, saying they have no indication on when they will receive more. By Noushin Ziafati. Words: 617, Photos: 1
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Quebec COVID hospitalizations rising less quickly
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- A surge in Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations is showing signs of subsiding, but Health Minister Christian Dubé said Tuesday the hospital network remains too fragile to relax public health orders. By Jacob Serebrin. Words: 410, Photos: 2
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Rise in Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations slowing
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- The rise in the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is slowing down, Health Minister Christian Dubé said Tuesday, but he warned that the health-care system remains too fragile to relax public health orders. By Jacob Serebrin. Words: 413, Photos: 2
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Scientists study meteorite that landed in B.C.
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada -- Scientists studying a meteorite that landed next to a British Columbia woman's head last year say it was diverted to that path about 470 million years ago. By Brieanna Charlebois. Words: 567, Photos: 1
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Nova Scotia parents cautious as schools reopen
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Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada -- Some Nova Scotia parents felt more comfortable than others bringing their kids to school on Monday, as the province became the first in Atlantic Canada to reopen in-person classes. By Danielle Edwards. Words: 488, Photos: 1
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Quebec asks public workers to help in health care
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Montreal, Quebec, Canada -- A major union representing public sector workers says it's open to temporarily transferring members to help out in the overburdened health system, but it says it wasn't given enough notice and is facing labour shortages of its own. By Lia Lévesque and Jacob Serebrin. Words: 738, Photos: 1
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