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Sask. man who didn't want his daughter to get COVID-19 shots found guilty of abduction
- The trial of a Carievale, Sask., man charged with abducting his daughter ended Friday with a jury finding him guilty.Court heard Michael Gordon Jackson failed to return his seven-year-old daughter to the care of her mother, who had primary custody, after a long-weekend visit in November 2021.Jackson, who represented himself at the trial in Regina Court of King's Bench, had told the jury his only intention was to prevent his daughter from getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Jackson said he believed the
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal of N.L.'s COVID-19 travel ban
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear an appeal related to Newfoundland and Labrador's decision to close its borders early in the COVID-19 pandemic. The case, which was launched by Kim Taylor of Nova Scotia and backed by the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, claimed the province's travel ban was unconstitutional. Taylor was barred from travelling home to Newfoundland and Labrador on May 5, 2020, to attend her mother's funeral.It was dismissed in September 2020, and the province's ap
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Alberta premier stands by pick of 'contrarian' chair to lead COVID-19 data review
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says it’s a good idea to have a physician who accused the province of exaggerating COVID-19's impact on hospitals now lead a review of pandemic-era health data. Smith says Dr. Gary Davidson was selected to lead the data review because she wants to hear a range of viewpoints, including from those "shouted down in the public sphere." “I needed somebody who was going to look at everything that happened with some fresh eyes and maybe with a little bit of a c
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COVID-19 kills 2 more in N.B., flu sends child under 4 and 2 youths to hospital
COVID-19 has killed two more New Brunswickers, while a child under four and two youths aged five to 19 are among those hospitalized by the flu, Tuesday's Respiratory Watch report shows."COVID-19 activity remains moderate; some indicators (number of cases, percent positivity, and number of deaths) remained stable during the current reporting period," April 7 to April 13, the report says.Influenza activity decreased slightly, it says.The two people who died from COVID during the reporting week wer
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Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found. The AP drew on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents, leaked recordings, and dozens of interviews that showed the freeze began far earlier than previously known — in the first weeks of the outbreak — and involved political and scientific infighting in China
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Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous
BEIJING (AP) — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. The Chinese government froze meaningful domestic and international efforts to trace the virus from the first weeks of the outbreak, despite statements supporting open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation found. That pattern continues t
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Sask. man who didn't want his daughter to get COVID-19 shots found guilty of abduction
The trial of a Carievale, Sask., man charged with abducting his daughter ended Friday with a jury finding him guilty.Court heard Michael Gordon Jackson failed to return his seven-year-old daughter to the care of her mother, who had primary custody, after a long-weekend visit in November 2021.Jackson, who represented himself at the trial in Regina Court of King's Bench, had told the jury his only intention was to prevent his daughter from getting the COVID-19 vaccine. Jackson said he believed the
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COVID-19 kills New Brunswicker aged 45-64, 2 youth among those hospitalized by flu
A New Brunswicker aged 45 to 64 has died from COVID-19, while the flu sent eight people to the hospital, including two youth aged five to 19, updated data from the province Tuesday shows."COVID-19 activity remains moderate," according to the Respiratory Watch report. "Some indicators (number of cases, percent positivity, and hospitalizations) decreased slightly during the current reporting period, between March 31 and April 6.Influenza activity remained "relatively stable," it says.The latest CO
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Who is eligible for spring COVID booster and how to book
Find out if you are eligible for a COVID booster jab this spring by reading our guide below.
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Is it COVID, a cold, the flu or allergies? How to tell symptoms apart — and how to stay safe
A Toronto-based infectious disease specialist says things are looking up for spring when it comes to some illnesses.
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Witness tells Regina court man charged with abduction mentioned taking daughter away to avoid COVID-19 vaccine
The trial of a Carievale, Sask., man charged with abduction after he allegedly failed to return his seven-year-old daughter to the care of her mother in 2021 entered its third day on Wednesday at Regina Court of King's Bench.Michael Gordon Jackson, 55, has pleaded not guilty. He is representing himself at the trial.On Tuesday, the girl's mother testified that she had primary custody, but Jackson would get the daughter on Easter holidays, spring break, family week and certain long weekends. The m
