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COVID-19: Canada to receive record 640K vaccine doses this week with Pfizer, Moderna deliveries

COVID-19: Canada to receive record 640K vaccine doses this week with Pfizer, Moderna deliveries

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged provinces on Friday to get ready for the influx of vaccine doses
ONTARIO: Vaccine rollout could look different across health units, Solicitor General says

ONTARIO: Vaccine rollout could look different across health units, Solicitor General says

Sylvia Jones says while the health units must follow the province's plan to vaccinate priority populations first, they can also determine the best way to serve the needs of their communities
CANADA: Nova Scotia mass shooter's spouse worried he was looking for her when killings began

CANADA: Nova Scotia mass shooter's spouse worried he was looking for her when killings began

Lisa Banfield told police that she questions whether Gabriel Wortman went to locations she might have run to in order to get help and then killed people as he went along during April's mass shooting
CANADA: Mars rover landing a moment of joy for Canadian-born NASA systems engineer

CANADA: Mars rover landing a moment of joy for Canadian-born NASA systems engineer

Next steps of the project include helping guide the rover as it searches for signs of ancient life on Mars
VILLAGE ARCADE: Top 3 stories from this week’s massive Nintendo Direct

VILLAGE ARCADE: Top 3 stories from this week’s massive Nintendo Direct

From The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword to the return of Mario Golf—these are the biggest Nintendo announcements this week
CANADA: COVID-19 variants could fuel surge of 20K daily cases if restrictions eased: feds

CANADA: COVID-19 variants could fuel surge of 20K daily cases if restrictions eased: feds

Public Health Agency of Canada modelling suggests that while infections continue to decline nationally, the spread of virus mutations threatens to reverse that progress
COVID-19: Single vaccine jab appears highly effective against COVID-19, experts say

COVID-19: Single vaccine jab appears highly effective against COVID-19, experts say

Health authorities in Ottawa said experts were looking at whether one shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine could be almost as good as the recommended two
COVID-19: Boris Johnson to press Trudeau, G7 leaders on wider vaccine distribution

COVID-19: Boris Johnson to press Trudeau, G7 leaders on wider vaccine distribution

Liberals have been under fire from international organizations, some opposition parties for the decision to accept 1.9 million doses of vaccine from COVAX for domestic use in Canada by the end of June
CANADA: Facebook's blocking news links in Australia 'irresponsible', Guilbeault says

CANADA: Facebook's blocking news links in Australia 'irresponsible', Guilbeault says

Company blocked users in Australia from posting or seeing links to local or international news websites in protest of Australian government’s plans to make social-media companies negotiate payments to publishers
COVID-19: Strategic antibody tests touted as tool in road to achieving broad immunity

COVID-19: Strategic antibody tests touted as tool in road to achieving broad immunity

Serology tests detect the presence of antibodies sparked by previous infection or a successful response to a COVID-19 vaccine