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Toronto’s newly appointed councilor resigns after resurgence of controversial posts on social media

A Toronto-based councilwoman has resigned after her old social media posts, which appear to show homophobic content, were unearthed hours after her appointment. Rosemarie Bryan was appointed by the city council as the new Ward 1 – Etobicoke North councilor during a special meeting on Friday, filling the vacancy left by Michael Ford, who ran …

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Kingston, Ontario, area health officials examining the future of local vaccination efforts

More than 455,000 people in the Kingston region have been vaccinated against COVID-19. Now health officials say they are using the summer months, with low infection rates, to look to the future that fall may entail, and are asking those still eligible to be vaccinated to do so. Read more: Kingston Health Sciences Center to …

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Canadian Bianca Andreescu reaches the final in Bad Homburg after the retirement of Simona Halep

Bianca Andreescu reached her first final in more than a year after Simona Halep retired before her semi-final match at the Bad Homburg Open in Germany on Friday with a neck injury. In his first turf final, Andreescu will play Caroline Garcia on Saturday. “I’m sorry I had to retire today before my semifinal match,” …

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The investigation says the RCMP withheld Mountie’s controversial notes on the commissioner for months

Four crucial pages of Mountie senior notes were missing the first time the Federal Department of Justice sent them to public investigation into the Nova Scotia mass shooting. The key section included allegations that the head of the RCMP promised politicians that the force would publish information on the weapons used during the April 2020 …

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Covid vaccines reduced the number of deaths by 20 million in the first year, according to the study

Covid vaccines reduced the number of deaths worldwide by 20 million in the first year after they became available, according to the first major analysis. The study, which modeled the spread of the disease in 185 countries and territories between December 2020 and December 2021, found that without the vaccines against Covid, 31.4 million people …

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ACIP supports the Modern COVID vaccine for children aged 6 to 17 years

The CDC’s Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) voted unanimously on Thursday to recommend that children between the ages of 6 and 17 receive Moderna’s vaccine against COVID-19. With a 15-0 vote, ACIP approved a two-dose primary series of mRNA vaccine for children 6 to 11 years of age (50 mcg per dose) and adolescents 12 …

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Technological layoffs show that the high-flying sector is not immune to the slowdown

Canada’s technology sector has grown rapidly in recent years as local startups and foreign giants engaged in hiring hundreds of thousands of well-educated and talented workers. But this expansion has recently slowed to a rise, as high inflation, rising interest rates and the fall in cryptocurrency have drawn a lot of optimism from the sector. …

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Experts endorse Modern COVID-19 vaccinations for children aged 6 to 17 years

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A group of experts backed a second COVID-19 vaccine option for children ages 6-17 on Thursday. Advisors from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously to recommend Moderna injections as an option for school-age children and teens. This group has been able to get shots fired by Pfizer …

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