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These front-line health workers will spend Christmas fighting COVID-19

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Many Canadians are winding down for the next few days, but some front-line health workers will still be at work over the holiday period, helping patients and fighting COVID-19.

Moderna vaccine to arrive in B.C. next week, as health models show COVID-19 curve beginning to bend

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Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry provided new details Wednesday on how hundreds of thousands of British Columbians will receive a COVID-19 vaccine over the new few months, while expressing cautious optimism about the province's efforts to flatten the curve once again.

Canada extends ban on passenger flights from U.K. until Jan. 6

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed Wednesday that Canada would extend its initial ban on passenger flights from the United Kingdom, put in place in response to the emergence of a new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19.

'You are not forgotten': Outpouring of support for Neskantaga First Nation

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When Dawnie Codina Langschmidt heard the stories of children in a remote northern Ontario First Nation pleading for clean running water, she said she had to do something to make sure they knew they were heard.

Donations of food, gifts bring taste of Trinidad and Tobago to stranded farm workers

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Roughly 400 people from Trinidad and Tobago are stuck on Canadian farms after labouring through the pandemic as essential workers. They won't be home for Christmas, but the community is bringing the celebration to them.

First Nations housing must be a priority for all governments in 2021, says FSIN chief

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Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations Chief Bobby Cameron says the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for better housing in First Nations communities.

Ontario reports 2,408 new COVID-19 cases, 41 more deaths linked to the illness

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The case count is the second-highest on a single day since the pandemic began, and a ninth consecutive day of more than 2,000 cases in the province.