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Racism key barrier to getting Indigenous people help in B.C. overdose crisis: agency
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says Indigenous people accounted for nearly 15 per cent of all toxic drug deaths last year although they represent 3.3 per cent of the province's total population.
May 27, 2021 7:07 PM
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B.C. aims for end of summer for second vaccine shot for all, says Dr. Bonnie Henry
VICTORIA — British Columbia's top doctor says she's set an end-of-summer target for everyone in the province to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr.
May 27, 2021 6:55 PM
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UN agency begins probe into Belarus's 'forced diversion' of journalist's flight
OTTAWA — A United Nations agency is launching an investigation into Belarus's arrest of a dissident journalist after his flight was diverted on dubious pretences last Sunday.
May 27, 2021 6:21 PM
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Human Rights Watch says families of Flight 752 victims harassed, intimidated by Iran
OTTAWA — A human rights group says in a new report that Iran has harassed families of passengers killed aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752.
May 27, 2021 6:09 PM
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Expert panel recommends Liberal government end COVID-19 quarantine hotel stay
OTTAWA — Canada's requirement for air travellers to quarantine for up to three days at a hotel is an expensive, inconsistent policy that contains loopholes and should be ditched, says a new report from a government advisory panel.
May 27, 2021 5:44 PM
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Calgary Stampede a calculated risk, potential example for post-COVID behaviour: mayor
EDMONTON — The Calgary Stampede, increasingly touted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as the brass ring for defeating COVID-19, won’t look like the whoop-up of years past if it goes ahead, says the city's mayor.
May 27, 2021 5:28 PM
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Echaquan inquiry: expert says it was possible to save patient's life
MONTREAL — An Indigenous woman who was mocked at a Quebec hospital succumbed to a rare heart ailment and could have been saved, a Quebec coroner's inquest heard Thursday.
May 27, 2021 5:13 PM
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Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator
EDMONTON — There's lots of life in Alberta's conventional oil industry and plenty of resources and political will to clean up the mess it leaves behind, says the head of the province's energy regulator.
May 27, 2021 4:56 PM
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Military deployed to help Manitoba; Trudeau supports search for COVID-19 origin
Members of the military are being deployed to Manitoba where surging COVID-19 cases have overwhelmed hospitals, while the prime minister has put his support behind international efforts to understand how the global pandemic began.
May 27, 2021 4:50 PM
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Calls grow to get second doses of COVID-19 vaccines out faster amid variants worry
OTTAWA — Vaccine experts and infectious disease specialists are urging provinces to move faster to start getting second doses into arms in Canada, particularly for seniors and people with high-risk health conditions.
May 27, 2021 4:22 PM
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