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Calgary firm advances new trial, manufacturing of mRNA vaccine for COVID-19

Calgary firm advances new trial, manufacturing of mRNA vaccine for COVID-19

OTTAWA — Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says it has signed two contracts to have its developmental mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 manufactured in Canada.
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Warmer-than-normal fall expected across much of the country

Warmer-than-normal fall expected across much of the country

TORONTO — Don't store away those cutoffs and sandals just yet; The Weather Network says there are still warm days to come this year.
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Liberals, Tories in deadlock; Linda O'Leary verdict expected: In The News for Sept 14

Liberals, Tories in deadlock; Linda O'Leary verdict expected: In The News for Sept 14

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 14... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Fungus that's killed millions of bats found for the first time in Saskatchewan

Fungus that's killed millions of bats found for the first time in Saskatchewan

A fungus that is destroying bat populations in eastern North America has made its first appearance on the Canadian Prairies.
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'It's terrifying': Police on hand as pandemic protesters picket hospitals

'It's terrifying': Police on hand as pandemic protesters picket hospitals

TORONTO — Two police officers escorted Faye Doiron and Randy Longaphie as they left Toronto General Hospital on Monday, helping the pair make their way through a crowd of protesters denouncing pandemic measures.
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British Columbia introducing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all health-care workers

British Columbia introducing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all health-care workers

VANCOUVER — All health-care workers and volunteers will soon have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in British Columbia as the provincial government expands its immunization program. Provincial health officer Dr.
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Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard to face extradition hearing sooner than expected

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard to face extradition hearing sooner than expected

WINNIPEG — An extradition hearing for a former Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is being pushed up a month. Peter Nygard was to appear in court from Nov. 15 to Nov.
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Community grieves loss of family of six in rural Nova Scotia travel trailer fire

Community grieves loss of family of six in rural Nova Scotia travel trailer fire

MILLVALE, N.S. — A Nova Scotia town is grieving the loss of a family of six, including four children, whose bodies were discovered Sunday evening following a fire in a travel trailer. Officers were called to Mountain Road in Millvale, N.S.
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Singh and Trudeau promise to crack down on demonstrations outside hospitals

Singh and Trudeau promise to crack down on demonstrations outside hospitals

OTTAWA — The federal New Democrats and Liberals made mirror pledges on Monday to criminalize protesters that block hospitals or harass health-care workers as party leaders denounced planned demonstrations at hospitals countrywide.
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Staff, supplies lacking at Résidence Herron before the pandemic, Quebec coroner hears

Staff, supplies lacking at Résidence Herron before the pandemic, Quebec coroner hears

MONTREAL — A nurse told a Quebec coroner's inquest on Monday that a Montreal-area long-term care home where 47 people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was understaffed and lacked proper equipment even before the pandemic hit.
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