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Amid vaccine fatigue, doctors say the updated COVID-19 shot is important this fall

Amid vaccine fatigue, doctors say the updated COVID-19 shot is important this fall

Public health officials say the number of COVID-19 infections is climbing again — just in time for respiratory virus season in the fall and winter, when respiratory syncytial virus and influenza also come on the scene.
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A year after Fiona: Nova Scotians still fear blackouts as utility claims improvements

A year after Fiona: Nova Scotians still fear blackouts as utility claims improvements

HALIFAX — Vaughn Mullen has grown weary of Nova Scotia Power's promises for improvement, as fall hurricane season brings lengthy power outages he feels could be avoided.
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First Nations in northern Ontario seek over $100B to honour treaty promise

First Nations in northern Ontario seek over $100B to honour treaty promise

A legal battle playing out in a northern Ontario courtroom this month has seen an alliance of First Nations argue they are owed upwards of $100 billion for the Crown's failure to honour a 173-year-old treaty promise, while the federal and provincial
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Ottawa for first visit

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Ottawa for first visit

OTTAWA — Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Ottawa late Thursday night for his first official visit to Canada since Russia launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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Indigenous people in Brazil shed tears of joy as the Supreme Court enshrines their land rights

Indigenous people in Brazil shed tears of joy as the Supreme Court enshrines their land rights

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Indigenous people celebrated Thursday after Brazil's Supreme Court ruled to enshrine their land rights, removing the imminent threat those protections could be rolled back.
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'I don't know when we'll go': Travel plans upended amid fraying Canada-India ties

'I don't know when we'll go': Travel plans upended amid fraying Canada-India ties

MONTREAL — Until this week, Sukhwinder Dhillon was set on making his first trip back to India in years sometime in the next few months. “My father passed, and my brother passed,” said the 56-year-old Montrealer. “I want to go now.
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Manitoba party leaders square off in live, hour-long televised debate

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's three main party leaders squared off over health care, the cost of living and other issues during a one-hour televised leaders debate Thursday night in advance of the Oct. 3 provincial election.
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'Our family': Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops firm

'Our family': Four B.C. firefighters who died in crash worked for Kamloops firm

The four British Columbia firefighters who died in a highway crash this week all worked for a Kamloops-based contractor, whose owner said they were "our family.
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Fernandez loses in Guadalajara Open quarterfinals, Dabrowski through to doubles semis

Fernandez loses in Guadalajara Open quarterfinals, Dabrowski through to doubles semis

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Leylah Fernandez saw her best run at a WTA 1000 tournament end Thursday with a 6-4, 6-7 (8), 6-1 quarterfinal loss to American Sofia Kenin at the Guadalajara Open. Fernandez, from Laval, Que.
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Canada women looking forward not back as they take on Reggae Girlz in Olympic playoff

Canada women looking forward not back as they take on Reggae Girlz in Olympic playoff

Olympic champion Canada returns to action Friday for the first time since a disappointing showing at the FIFA Women's World Cup, facing Jamaica in a two-legged playoff to determine the last CONCACAF entry in the 12-county field for the 2024 Paris Gam
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