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Monkeypox: Canadian officials provide update as cases top 1000 | Global news LIVE Number of confirmed smallpox cases in Durham rises to nine durhamradionews.com Canada records more than 1,000 monkeypox cases CBC News: The National Monkey pox risk in Hamilton ‘very low’ as cases top 1K in Canada Global News Monkey pox vaccine to be …

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As many provinces and territories struggle with health worker shortages and overcrowded emergency departments, politicians are turning to financial incentives to keep or hire staff. In the past seven months, at least five provinces have announced tens of thousands in retention bonuses or other recruiting benefits to keep or attract doctors and nurses. But is …

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The Perseid meteor shower will peak this year on Saturday morning in Cochrane. Local photographer Dylan Kaniski is preparing to spend some sleepless nights to ensure the perfect shot. “I’m always really excited about this meteor shower, it’s one of the biggest of the year and we always get a lot of great meteors.” Meteor …

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The last supermoon of the year rises over Lower Manhattan in New York City, United States, on August… [+] 11, 2022. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Did you see the full moon last night? Rising in bright oranges and yellows as it appeared on the eastern horizon, …

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A man was seriously injured after being shot in the Thorncliffe Park neighborhood Thursday evening. The incident happened around 8:00 p.m. near Thorncliffe Park Drive and Overlea Boulevard. “Information received at the time is that an individual who was standing next to his vehicle was struck by gunfire,” said Insp. Jeff Bangild said. Police said …

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The night before the federal government invoked the Emergency Act in response to the “Freedom Convoy” protests, the prime minister’s national security adviser told him there was “potential for a breakthrough” in Ottawa, court documents show. However, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s office said “the potential for a breakthrough relates to negotiations led primarily by …

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Vehicles block a road during a truck driver protest over pandemic health rules and the Trudeau government outside Parliament in Ottawa on February 15. ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images The night before the federal government imposed the Federal Emergency Act for the first time in Canadian history, the prime minister’s national security and intelligence adviser, Jody Thomas, …

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Manitoba will make more appointments available for the monkeypox vaccine. According to the province’s website, those eligible for the vaccine are people who identify as gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) and who meet one of the following criteria: having received a diagnosis of chlamydia, gonorrhea and/or syphilis in the …

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The US Justice Department asked a judge on Thursday to make public the warrant authorizing an FBI search of Donald Trump’s Florida home, after the former president attacked the search as an act of retribution politics. Attorney General Merrick Garland confirmed Thursday that federal agents had searched Donald Trump’s Florida estate amid an investigation that …

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After new reports of polio cases abroad and samples of the virus in sewage from several other developed countries, Canada intends to begin testing sewage from several cities “as soon as possible”, it has learned CBC News. The Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is already working to monitor polio activity around the world, a …

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