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Health Canada extends expiry date for thousands of Ontario’s AstraZeneca doses

Ontario received permission from Health Canada to extend the expiry of some doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine on Saturday, saving thousands of shots from potentially going to waste.Ontario pharmacists who expected to spend the weekend racing to administer 45,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine set to expire have been given a reprieve from Health Canada. (Evan…

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Mental health access for families of veterans still lacking, says new ombudsman

Veterans Affairs Canada hasn’t gone far enough in reversing restrictions on mental health counselling for the families of former soldiers, sailors and aircrew, the county’s new veterans ombudsman says in a hard-hitting report.Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay responds to a question in the House of Commons Feb. 3, 2020. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)Veterans Affairs Canada…

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