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Alberta expands eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots to those 18 and older

Alberta expands eligibility for COVID-19 booster shots to those 18 and older

There were 1,045 Omicron infections in the province on Monday, up from 173 reported on Friday, and more than half the cases reported to date have been in the Calgary zone.
On-duty paramedic dies at Airdrie Urgent Care Centre

On-duty paramedic dies at Airdrie Urgent Care Centre

"[The HSAA] has no doubt immediate care was rendered by trained health-care professionals – care in which our fallen colleague would have participated, had he not become the patient," the statement read. "There was no Airdrie ambulance crew available to respond. The fact that they had been pulled away from their community when this happened will be a hardship for our members who lost one of their own."
Safety alert: Canada-wide recall issued for dry shampoo, hair spray due to chemical hazard

Safety alert: Canada-wide recall issued for dry shampoo, hair spray due to chemical hazard

Check your medicine cabinets!
Feds moving to ban plastic straws, bags by end of 2022: Guilbeault

Feds moving to ban plastic straws, bags by end of 2022: Guilbeault

Plastic stir sticks, cutlery, six-pack rings, bags, and Styrofoam takeout containers will be eliminated entirely.
Commons Speaker reflects on dispute over secret documents on scientists' firing

Commons Speaker reflects on dispute over secret documents on scientists' firing

The Conservatives are now reviewing their "next steps" to pull the wraps off what they call a Liberal coverup.
Key B.C. highway reopens to truck traffic after severe flood damage

Key B.C. highway reopens to truck traffic after severe flood damage

The Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt reopened just after 8:30 a.m. on Monday to commercial traffic and intercity buses.
'She is no more': Icefield rollover survivor who lost wife wants report released

'She is no more': Icefield rollover survivor who lost wife wants report released

The RCMP has not released the report into the rollover. It was initially promised by the spring of this year and then the fall. Now it's not expected until next spring.
Alberta justice dismisses doctors' requests to be exempt from vaccine policy

Alberta justice dismisses doctors' requests to be exempt from vaccine policy

Henderson said Alberta Health Services is willing to meet the doctors in court in mid-March to reassess their dismissals once the agency is able to gather enough evidence.
More restrictions, more boosters in provinces today as Omicron threat looms

More restrictions, more boosters in provinces today as Omicron threat looms

Canada reported thousands of new cases of COVID-19 over the weekend as the Omicron variant continued its rapid spread.
A year with long COVID

A year with long COVID

Impacts on youths still unclear, say researchers
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