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U.S.: Country plans to require COVID-19 shots for foreign travelers

U.S.: Country plans to require COVID-19 shots for foreign travelers

Requirement would come as part of Biden administration’s phased approach to ease travel restrictions for foreign citizens to the country. No timeline has yet been determined
CANADA: Feds reach tentative deal with striking border guards days before restrictions ease

CANADA: Feds reach tentative deal with striking border guards days before restrictions ease

Tentative agreement took place late Friday after a daylong work-to-rule campaign 'left long lines of semi-trailers and passenger vehicles idling for hours at some of the country's busiest international gateways'
WORLD: Decathlete Warner named Canada's closing flag-bearer at Tokyo Olympics

WORLD: Decathlete Warner named Canada's closing flag-bearer at Tokyo Olympics

Warner, from London, Ont., won the country's first ever decathlon gold medal, finishing with a score of 9,018 points
COVID-19: Health Canada updates Pfizer's vaccine label to include 'very rare' reports of Bell's Palsy side effect

COVID-19: Health Canada updates Pfizer's vaccine label to include 'very rare' reports of Bell's Palsy side effect

In their announcement Friday, Health Canada says there has been a "small number" of people in Canada and around the world who have experienced the side effect.
ONTARIO: Government hoping mediator can resolve pending OHIP eye care coverage issue

ONTARIO: Government hoping mediator can resolve pending OHIP eye care coverage issue

A spokesperson for the minister of health blames previous provincial governments for 'failing to build a meaningful relationship with the Ontario Association of Optometrists.'
WORLD: Dramatic women's soccer win caps huge day for Canada at Tokyo Games

WORLD: Dramatic women's soccer win caps huge day for Canada at Tokyo Games

Canada captured four medals on the day, equalling its highest single-day output in Tokyo
ONTARIO: Court rejects government bid to defund student unions

ONTARIO: Court rejects government bid to defund student unions

The government is reviewing the decision, a spokesperson for Jill Dunlop, the minister for colleges and universities, said in a statement
ONTARIO: NDP's Andrea Horwath criticized for opposing mandatory education worker COVID shots (updated)

ONTARIO: NDP's Andrea Horwath criticized for opposing mandatory education worker COVID shots (updated)

She told CBC in an interview Wednesday that she considers it a charter right for people to refuse the vaccine
COVID-19: Tokyo logs record 5,042 cases as infections surge amid Games

COVID-19: Tokyo logs record 5,042 cases as infections surge amid Games

The additional cases brought the total for Tokyo to 236,138
COVID-19: Canada to receive 2.3 million Pfizer vaccine doses this week

COVID-19: Canada to receive 2.3 million Pfizer vaccine doses this week

Ottawa has already received more than 66 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, enough to fully immunize all eligible Canadians