Alberta expands COVID-19 vaccine booster eligibility to all adults in stages
Alberta will begin to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all adults in phases, the province announced Wednesday afternoon when it reported two more Omicron cases.
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Alberta expands COVID-19 vaccine booster eligibility to all adults in stages
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Drunk driver who killed family of four near Saskatoon denied full parole
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Researchers in South Africa first sounded the alarm over the B.1.1.529 variant, now known as Omicron, after finding more than 30 mutations in the spike protein, a component that can alter the way a virus infects cells. But much remains unknown about the finer details of the variant.
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Sask. will expand booster shot eligibility soon: CMHO
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Province fires back at Sask. Ag Producers after concerns raised about crop insurance surplus
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COVID-19 related ICU cases double in N.S. since Tuesday; 35 new infections
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N.B. reports 3 new deaths related to COVID-19 Wednesday; 93 new infections
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Quebec City police probing third video of violent altercation; same officers repeatedly involved
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Premier Legault says he's ruling out new public health restrictions for the holidays
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'I was out of my mind': Kitchener woman apologizes for setting fires at local Walmart
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Youth charged with assault after student choked at Chicopee Hills Public School
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8-year-old dead, Girl Guides' members among pedestrians struck in London, Ont.
Police in London, Ont. say an eight-year-old girl has died following a pedestrian crash in the city on Tuesday night.
