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Montreal public health expands monkeypox vaccination to all men who have sex with men

Montreal public health expands monkeypox vaccination to all men who have sex with men

MONTREAL — Calling Montreal the epicentre of the North American monkeypox outbreak, health officials in the city said Tuesday they were expanding vaccination against the disease to all men who have sex with men. Montreal public health director Dr.
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Cash, hard drive, passport hidden in home of Amanda Todd extortion suspect: officer

Cash, hard drive, passport hidden in home of Amanda Todd extortion suspect: officer

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A Dutch police officer has described finding cash, a passport and a computer hard drive hidden inside a stereo in the home of the man accused of extorting British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd more than a decade ago. Lt.
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Police face growing questions, calls for investigation into false Parliament bomb tip

Police face growing questions, calls for investigation into false Parliament bomb tip

OTTAWA — Police are facing mounting questions about the origin of a false bomb tip that led to the arrest of two Sikh rally organizers near Parliament Hill on Saturday, with some calling for an investigation into those who alerted law enforcement abo
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Federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates to be suspended for domestic, outbound travellers

Federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates to be suspended for domestic, outbound travellers

OTTAWA — The Canadian government will "suspend" COVID-19 vaccine mandates for domestic and outbound international travellers and federally regulated workers, ministers announced Tuesday.
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High school students across Canada to be trained on how to administer naloxone

High school students across Canada to be trained on how to administer naloxone

MONTREAL — Hundreds of thousands of high school students in Canada will be given training on how to respond to someone overdosing on opioids, including on how to administer naloxone — a drug used to reverse the effects of overdoses.
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New federal security bill, end to dispute over Arctic island: In The News for June 14

New federal security bill, end to dispute over Arctic island: In The News for June 14

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 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Amazon accused of using posters, text messages to interfere with Montreal union drive

Amazon accused of using posters, text messages to interfere with Montreal union drive

MONTREAL — A major labour union in Quebec is calling recent action by the management of an Amazon warehouse in Montreal "tactics of intimidation and harassment" that interfere with a recently launched unionization campaign.
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Watchdog launches probe into actions of police in 8 B.C. departments

Watchdog launches probe into actions of police in 8 B.C. departments

VICTORIA — An investigation has been launched into the conduct of 19 officers from eight separate British Columbia police departments, the provincial police complaints commissioner announced Monday.
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'These lives were precious': Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison

'These lives were precious': Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison

TORONTO — Grief, anger and a sense of profound loss filled a Toronto courtroom Monday as a mass murderer responsible for the deadliest attack in the city's history was sentenced to life behind bars.
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Crown probing ex-MP Raj Grewal's guest list for India receptions with Justin Trudeau

Crown probing ex-MP Raj Grewal's guest list for India receptions with Justin Trudeau

OTTAWA — Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal sent the names of 100 people he wanted to invite to receptions with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in India in 2018, and no one on his list raised any red flags with Trudeau's staff before the trip took place, an
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