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Health Canada took only a few weeks to approve Pfizer for youth, and has not explained why the Moderna review took more than two months. 

A poll last year by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addictions found about 25 per cent of Canadians between 35 and 54 increased their alcohol consumption during the first few months of the pandemic for reasons that included boredom and stress.

The department said in a statement today it is aware of reports that people have managed to steal the QR codes of members of the Quebec legislature and is taking the matter seriously.

The recent increase in COVID-19 cases in the province and elsewhere across Canada has prompted some jurisdictions to take more proactive measures on vaccine passports.

The SMART Health Card, is also being used for vaccine passports in New York state, Louisiana, and California. The technology is based around a quick-response code containing a person's name, date of birth, and information about the vaccinations they have received.

Gen. Wayne Eyre, the acting chief of the defence staff, said Canada brought roughly 3,700 people out of Afghanistan, which fell to the Taliban earlier this month.

Lisa Stocking travelled 650 km down the Athabasca River on her paddle board in support of mental health awareness

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. Bradley Barton was sentenced last month to 12-and-a-half years for manslaughter in the death of Cindy Gladue.

Alberta reported 1,076 new cases Wednesday and had close to 8,500 active infections. Some 284 people were in hospital with COVID-19, 59 of them in intensive care.

"We will stand united in our approach to the Taliban," Biden said. "We agreed the legitimacy of any future government depends on the approach it now takes to uphold international obligations, including to prevent Afghanistan from being used as a base for terrorism. And we agreed that none of us are going to take the Taliban's word for it. We will judge them by their actions."