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BEYOND LOCAL: Pikangikum expels OPP over misconduct allegations

BEYOND LOCAL: Pikangikum expels OPP over misconduct allegations

First Nation north of Kenora expels OPP; Indigenous Services Canada apparently removes overnight nursing in response.
CANADA: Prof says there is no evidence to suggest Indigenous Canadians are hesitant to get COVID shot

CANADA: Prof says there is no evidence to suggest Indigenous Canadians are hesitant to get COVID shot

Data also suggests overwhelming support among First Nations and Inuit people for childhood vaccinations
CANADA: Trudeau hints at openness to gun bill changes after criticism from victims' families

CANADA: Trudeau hints at openness to gun bill changes after criticism from victims' families

The letter to Trudeau says the buyback must be mandatory to ensure the measure cannot be easily overturned by the Conservatives, should they form government, given the party's opposition to the firearms ban
ONTARIO: Legal experts urge province to review shut down of Kenora, Thunder Bay youth detention centres

ONTARIO: Legal experts urge province to review shut down of Kenora, Thunder Bay youth detention centres

A letter signed by a retired Ontario Superior Court judge, retired crown attorney, a retired criminal defence lawyer and the former director of the Creighton Youth Services is asking the province to review their decision to close youth detention centres across Ontario
CANADA: Tam says variants are threatening country's progress in containing spread of COVID-19

CANADA: Tam says variants are threatening country's progress in containing spread of COVID-19

With Easter two weeks away, celebrations will have to again be modified this year as Tam said the holiday is "not the time to be having big gatherings"
CANADA: Doctors say getting COVID-19 poses much bigger risk of blood clots

CANADA: Doctors say getting COVID-19 poses much bigger risk of blood clots

Blood clots occur in about one in 20 people hospitalized with COVID-19, doctors say
ONTARIO: Province plans to spend $933M on increasing, improving long-term care spaces

ONTARIO: Province plans to spend $933M on increasing, improving long-term care spaces

The funding is part of the government's commitment to add 30,00 new long-term care beds over a decade
WORLD: In the wake of violent attack in Atlanta, advocates call on Canadians to examine treatment of Asian Canadians

WORLD: In the wake of violent attack in Atlanta, advocates call on Canadians to examine treatment of Asian Canadians

The killings in Atlanta follow a wave of recent attacks against Asian Americans and Canadians since the novel coronavirus first arrived in North America
COVID-19: Canada studying reports from Europe on AstraZeneca vaccine, blood clots

COVID-19: Canada studying reports from Europe on AstraZeneca vaccine, blood clots

To date in Canada, it said there has been one report of a stroke in an individual following vaccination with the version of the AstraZeneca vaccine currently being distributed here
COVID-19: Doug Ford praises U.S. for promising to send vaccines to Canada

COVID-19: Doug Ford praises U.S. for promising to send vaccines to Canada

"God Bless America!" Ford said at a news conference shortly after the White House announced plans to lend 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada