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This is not a fairy tale, it’s a true story about a duckling who found happiness in a warm house, snuggling with humans.

Paul Dube’s report on the inspection regime for long-term care homes during the COVID-19 outbreak says that there were no inspections for the first seven weeks of the pandemic and no inspection reports issued for the first two months.

The new guidance, led by the BC Centre for Disease Control, aims to standardize take-home naloxone kits that are distributed through various sites, including pharmacies, community groups and emergency departments, to anyone who could respond to an overdose.

On Tuesday, Air Canada said it apologized to two passengers who were escorted off the plane by security after protesting that their seats were soiled—and still damp—ahead of an Aug. 26 flight from Las Vegas to Montreal.

Dorothy Shephard, who is now a backbench Progressive Conservative MLA, asked health department officials in committee on Tuesday whether any other physicians, other than Dr. Alier Marrero, had brought forward a cluster of mysterious neurological diseases in 48 patients.

Dr. Andrew Kotaska, a doctor formerly employed at Stanton Territorial Hospital in Yellowknife, released a statement at the end of August following sanctions by a board of inquiry earlier this year.

The new study found an 80% increase in cancer among people under 50 over the last three decades. Screening and prevention programs for early-onset cancer may be worth exploring.

The stop-gap measure to help New Brunswickers without a family doctor is undergoing its final roll-out next week, three months behind schedule.