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COVID-19 is still with us even as WHO says it is no longer a global emergency: Duclos

COVID-19 is still with us even as WHO says it is no longer a global emergency: Duclos

OTTAWA — COVID-19 isn't over even after the World Health Organization declared Friday that the illness no longer qualifies as a global emergency, Canada's Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos said.
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.
White House, DHS to end COVID-19 vaccination rule for foreign travellers by May 12

White House, DHS to end COVID-19 vaccination rule for foreign travellers by May 12

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says COVID-19 vaccination requirements for foreign air travellers and at the Canada-U.S. border are being lifted as of May 12. The day before, May 11, will mark the end of the COVID-19 emergency the U.S.
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.
Labour board dismisses nurses' complaint against union over vaccine mandate firings

Labour board dismisses nurses' complaint against union over vaccine mandate firings

The ruling comes despite allegations by one of the nurses that vice-chair Gurleen S. Sahota is biased because he was appointed by David Eby.
Pandemic portraits: Images captured in first year of COVID-19 compiled in new book

Pandemic portraits: Images captured in first year of COVID-19 compiled in new book

The Royal B.C. Museum turned artist Adad Hannah’s static video portraits of people in his Burnaby neighbourhood over the first year of the pandemic into an exhibit, and now a book
Sociologist says pandemic may have made Canadian youth less empathetic, meaner

Sociologist says pandemic may have made Canadian youth less empathetic, meaner

TORONTO — Increased time online during the pandemic may have made young Canadians meaner, a researcher said Wednesday, warning that declining empathy which emerged during isolation was now fostering increased cruelty during in-person interactions, including at school.  
COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials

COVID-19 pandemic stalled progress on eliminating tuberculosis among Inuit: officials

Nunavut's health minister says the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in Inuit communities, and questions remain over whether targets to stamp out the disease can be met.
B.C. COVID levels relatively high and holding, modelling shows

B.C. COVID levels relatively high and holding, modelling shows

“The level is higher than we would like. We want to find ways to get that level down,” says Dr. Fiona Brinkman.
Canada's pledge to make more vaccines at home is still a work in progress

Canada's pledge to make more vaccines at home is still a work in progress

OTTAWA — The COVID-19 pandemic wasn't even six months old, and not a single vaccine for it had been approved for use anywhere, when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to a podium in Montreal to promise that Canada's National Research Council would be