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Opinion: Inquiry must assess how Canada's fragmented COVID-19 response lost the public's trust

Opinion: Inquiry must assess how Canada's fragmented COVID-19 response lost the public's trust

Now is the time to learn from the COVID-19 response through an action-oriented independent inquiry focused on accountability. Reforms to data generation, access and use are essential.
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Opinion: Canadians singing a different tune about COVID-19 health measures after pandemic’s peak

Opinion: Canadians singing a different tune about COVID-19 health measures after pandemic’s peak

Going into a vastly different summer than three years ago, Canadians appear to have turned the page on the pandemic, writes Mario Canseco.
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Anti-vaccine protester's Kelowna trial derailed by Facebook posts

Anti-vaccine protester's Kelowna trial derailed by Facebook posts

Bruce Orydzuk is representing himself in court.
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Warning signals: Protect Our Province BC calls for action on COVID-19 now

Warning signals: Protect Our Province BC calls for action on COVID-19 now

If we don’t want a repeat of last year’s devastating respiratory illness season in B.C., they say now’s the time to act.
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B.C. sees uptick in child immunizations amid COVID-19 pandemic, survey shows

B.C. sees uptick in child immunizations amid COVID-19 pandemic, survey shows

B.C. parents reported an uptick in immunizations against a range of diseases, for their two-year-old children, despite broad pandemic disruptions in 2020 and 2021.
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B.C. doctor who campaigned against COVID-19 vaccine sues court for $33M

B.C. doctor who campaigned against COVID-19 vaccine sues court for $33M

Daniel Yoshio Nagase claims his children could face myocarditis, thrombosis, cancer and sterility.
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'Staggering' rise in unhoused women and children since COVID-19

'Staggering' rise in unhoused women and children since COVID-19

New West society: Some moms choose government care to save their children from homelessness
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WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?

WHO says COVID emergency is over. So what does that mean?

WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan said the coronavirus is still a public health threat and that its continued evolution could yet cause future problems.
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Food insecurity and poverty ticks up in 2021 as COVID-19 aid declines

Food insecurity and poverty ticks up in 2021 as COVID-19 aid declines

Single-parent families, those with disabilities and Indigenous people are facing the most financial stress exiting the period of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, according to new StatCan data.
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Campbell River woman who coughed on Save-On-Foods employee guilty of assault

Campbell River woman who coughed on Save-On-Foods employee guilty of assault

The judge found that the coughing was deliberate and intentional.
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