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Evolving science reason for inconsistent messaging on COVID-19: Tam

Evolving science reason for inconsistent messaging on COVID-19: Tam

OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says messages on how to keep safe during the COVID-19 pandemic might seem inconsistent, but that’s because the epidemiology is different across the country and the science on the virus has evolved.
Pandemic tests Canada's ability to stay a winter-sport powerhouse in Beijing in 2022

Pandemic tests Canada's ability to stay a winter-sport powerhouse in Beijing in 2022

What bobsled pilot Justin Kripps wants out of the upcoming sliding season is momentum. What that looks like will be dictated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic tests Canada's ability to stay a winter-sport powerhouse in Beijing in 2022

Pandemic tests Canada's ability to stay a winter-sport powerhouse in Beijing in 2022

What bobsled pilot Justin Kripps wants out of the upcoming sliding season is momentum. What that looks like will be dictated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic tests Canada's ability to stay a winter-sport powerhouse in Beijing in 2022

Pandemic tests Canada's ability to stay a winter-sport powerhouse in Beijing in 2022

What bobsled pilot Justin Kripps wants out of the upcoming sliding season is momentum. What that looks like will be dictated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Quebec pork plant outbreak grows as Alberta looks to boost ailing travel industry

Quebec pork plant outbreak grows as Alberta looks to boost ailing travel industry

A COVID-19 outbreak at a Quebec pork-processing plant grew Thursday as Manitoba expanded its restrictions and Alberta announced a testing pilot at two international border crossings that it hopes will eventually boost its ailing travel industry.
New COVID-19 infections in B.C. top 200 in a day for first time

New COVID-19 infections in B.C. top 200 in a day for first time

The spread of COVID-19 has never been more prevalent in B.C., as the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) confirmed 203 new cases in the past 24 hours, on October 21. This is the third record high number of cases in a day in the past five days.
Feds say 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests have arrived, being distributed to provinces

Feds say 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests have arrived, being distributed to provinces

OTTAWA — Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the first shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 has arrived in Canada, but their eventual destinations remain shrouded in mystery.
Feds say 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests have arrived, being distributed to provinces

Feds say 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests have arrived, being distributed to provinces

OTTAWA — Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the first shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 has arrived in Canada, but their eventual destinations remain shrouded in mystery.
Feds say 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests have arrived, being distributed to provinces

Feds say 100,000 rapid COVID-19 tests have arrived, being distributed to provinces

OTTAWA — Procurement Minister Anita Anand says the first shipment of rapid tests for COVID-19 has arrived in Canada, but their eventual destinations remain shrouded in mystery.
For working Santas, it won't be a green Christmas as parades, other paid gigs dry up

For working Santas, it won't be a green Christmas as parades, other paid gigs dry up

George McKay belts out a hearty "ho ho ho" as he makes the rounds at a weekend farmers market in Brampton, Ont.