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Canadian drug companies want new pricing regs delayed again until after pandemic
June 12, 2021 - 3:00 AM

OTTAWA - Almost three dozen Canadian pharmaceutical companies made a direct appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month to delay the new drug pricing regulations for a third time.
Two sides of the same coin: Ex-foster kids identify with residential school survivors
June 12, 2021 - 1:00 AM

VANCOUVER - As stories of the horrors of residential schools circulate after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced it had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs said he feels a connection with the former students.
Travel quarantine rules set to ease for fully vaxed Canadians, permanent residents
June 09, 2021 - 4:52 PM

TORONTO - Fully vaccinated Canadian citizens and permanent residents who test negative for COVID-19 will likely soon be exempt from two weeks quarantine on return to Canada, the government announced Wednesday, as millions of doses of the Moderna vaccine were expected to arrive.
Federal ministers outline principles of $647M fund to protect Pacific salmon
June 08, 2021 - 4:39 PM

OTTAWA - Record federal spending to try to save the Pacific salmon population marks the beginning of a new chapter that will give the species a fighting chance at survival, Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says.
No charges against N.B. police officer in shooting of Indigenous woman Chantel Moore
June 07, 2021 - 4:55 PM

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Public Prosecutions Services announced Monday that no criminal charges will be filed against the police officer who fatally shot Chantel Moore a year ago.
Truth before reconciliation and vaccine dealing: In The News for June 4
June 04, 2021 - 1:54 AM

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 4.
Underlying factors for Inuit highlighted in separate plan to address MMIWG
June 03, 2021 - 3:57 PM

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Two national Inuit organizations have released their own plan on how to right social, legal and cultural failings identified by a national inquiry into murdered and missing Indigenous women.
Study suggests fishing gear entanglement stunting growth of endangered right whales
June 03, 2021 - 1:35 PM

HALIFAX - Scientists are reporting a troubling reduction in the length of North Atlantic right whales, suggesting a key factor in their stunted growth may be the fishing gear many haul around after becoming entangled.
Two Quebec cities most affected by pandemic have lower COVID-19 vaccination rates
June 03, 2021 - 9:28 AM

MONTREAL - Two of the Quebec cities most affected by COVID-19 — Montreal and its northern suburb Laval — have among the lowest vaccination rates in the province, according to data from Quebec’s public health institute.
Climate change health costs to top $100B by mid-century: report
June 02, 2021 - 1:56 PM

Climate change is likely to add more than $100 billion a year to Canada's health-care costs by mid-century, says a report by a federally funded research group.
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Canadian News

Canadian drug companies want new pricing regs delayed again until after pandemic

Two sides of the same coin: Ex-foster kids identify with residential school survivors

Travel quarantine rules set to ease for fully vaxed Canadians, permanent residents

Federal ministers outline principles of $647M fund to protect Pacific salmon

No charges against N.B. police officer in shooting of Indigenous woman Chantel Moore

Truth before reconciliation and vaccine dealing: In The News for June 4

Underlying factors for Inuit highlighted in separate plan to address MMIWG

Study suggests fishing gear entanglement stunting growth of endangered right whales

Two Quebec cities most affected by pandemic have lower COVID-19 vaccination rates

Climate change health costs to top $100B by mid-century: report

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