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Applying For a Passport In Today’s State of Pandemic
For those planning on travelling soon, the government of Canada has slowly started resuming work in the issuing of passports as well. If this is you, then you can apply for a passport by mail, it seems.If the need...
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OPINION – Erasing History
Following the killing of George Floyd, the internet was ablaze with what can only be likened to a war … a North American war between those that felt they had been victimized and those who were charged with upholding...
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No Bloom For Park Extension Flower Shop
With business at an all-time low, Park Ex Flower shop is pulling through and doing well, serving the community as they always have.
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City Councilwoman Mary Deros Striving To Help Those In Need At Weekly Food Drive … With A Little Help From Her Friends
Community leaders giving out free food and masks to members of the Park X CommunityIt is in times of need that we look to our leaders. In times of crisis that we cry out to those that have positions...
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Crémazie / l’Acadie Intersection—seemingly a very dangerous place to cross
Crossing at one go impossible, very dangerous intersection shows our investigation.Nestled behind the thunderous current of the Metropolitan highway that runs through the city of Montréal and seemingly right in between the towering presence of the Rockland Center mall...
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OPINION | Bring back the bus: why Montreal needs to restart mobile COVID-19 testing
Why Montreal needs to restart mobile COVID-19 testingAvleen K MokhaMobile testing clinics were one of the innovative ways Montreal increased COVID-19 testing. In April, testing was vital when outbreaks in hospitals and senior homes passed on to the employees’...
Health
Outbreak of parasitic infections in three provinces linked to salad products
OTTAWA, ON, July 8, 2020 /CNW/ - The Public Health Agency of Canada is investigating an outbreak of digestive illnesses after eating products by the company Fresh Express. In the last few weeks, 37 people in three different provinces have...
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Health Canada recalls some hand sanitizers containing industrial-grade ethanol
Avleen K MokhaIn an advisory issued June 6, Health Canada said it is recalling certain hand sanitizers because they contain industrial-grade ethanol. Health Canada has not approved this type of ethanol for use in hand sanitizers in Canada.Frequent...
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OPINION | Park Ex needs more than testing: it needs reform
This story was published in print for the May 29 issue of Parc-Extension News. Some information may have changed.Avleen K MokhaOver the last month, the number of cases have risen in the Villeray—Saint-Michel—Park-Extension (VSP) borough. With cases nearing 2,000, COVID-19 is evidently...
Covid-19
Military reports staffing, protective equipment still issues in provincial long-term care homes
CBC – Patients in CHSLDs account for more than 60% of deaths in province. A report prepared by the Canadian military about Quebec’s long-term care homes says the division between “hot” and “cold” zones, proper use of protective equipment...



