Garneau expands required use of face masks on planes, trains, ships and transit
Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is expanding the required use of face coverings on planes, trains, ships and transit to reduce the spread of COVID-19....
Health & Fitness
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Very low level of sexual activity while social isolating at home – study
FOCUS ON HEALTH Very low level of sexual activity while social isolating at home – study New research indicates that only four in 10 adults...
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COVID-19 survivor emerges from 8-week hospital stay, issues warning to remain vigilant
When Atish Ram, 58, was admitted to Royal Columbian Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19, he had a neat, white goatee. When he was finally...
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These N.S. health-care workers dodged COVID-19 at work, but got infected anyway
As health-care worker Chantal Bissonnette went to the hospital as a patient with COVID-19, she feared the worst. She was weak, struggling to breathe and...
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Son who lost both parents to COVID-19 joins class-action suit against Quebec nursing homes
Ian Peres said he didn’t know what to do when his father told him he’d been left alone in his room for two days, his...
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Amid COVID-19, the safest place is often your own home — until the virus finds a way in
By late April, it had been weeks since Ashley Comrie had last travelled anywhere beyond her roughly 950-square-foot apartment. The 37-year-old social worker worried she...
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‘Serious’ questions raised about hydroxychloroquine study, medical journal says
The Lancet medical journal said on Tuesday “serious scientific questions” had been brought to its attention about the validity of the data behind a widely...
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Saskatoon girl’s spinal surgery in B.C. cancelled due to COVID-19, and her window is shrinking
Bronwyn Joanis, 13, was sent letters and stuffed animals from Grade 7 classmates who wanted to celebrate her recovery from life-changing spinal surgery. But the...
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China delayed releasing coronavirus info, frustrating WHO, documents and recordings reveal
Throughout January, the World Health Organization publicly praised China for what it called a speedy response to the new coronavirus. It repeatedly thanked the Chinese...
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Doctor linked to Campbellton COVID-19 cluster says he made ‘an error in judgment’
The doctor at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak in the Campbellton, N.B., area says he’s not sure whether he picked up the coronavirus during...
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Ontario extends state of emergency until June 30 after it reports 446 new COVID-19 cases
The Ontario legislature voted on Tuesday to extend the state of emergency until June 30. The vote came after the Ontario health ministry reported 446...
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Why Winnipeg ought to be the pandemic envy of North America
Winnipeggers are used to looking around the world and wondering, on occasion, why they choose to live here. Winters bring biting cold. Every other spring...
