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Some of British Columbia's cannabis stores say they're shutting their doors and laying off staff after a labour dispute in the public sector has stopped the province's pot distribution centre from shipping product since early last week.

WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The Environmental Protection Agency moved Friday to designate two 鈥渇orever chemicals鈥� used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as hazardous substances, a step that would clear the way for quicker cleanup of the toxic compoun

The Biden administration said Friday there's enough monkeypox vaccine available now but health officials say the shots aren鈥檛 getting to some of the people who need the protection the most.

FREDERICTON 鈥� A health authority in New Brunswick is asking people with non-life-threatening medical needs to stay away from its hospitals this weekend due to a "critical" shortage of nurses.

HALIFAX 鈥� Nova Scotians are too complacent about COVID-19 ahead of a new wave of the disease expected in the fall, the province鈥檚 chief medical officer warned Friday.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) 鈥� State health officials in New York are warning of expanding 鈥渃ommunity spread鈥� of the polio virus after it was found in wastewater samples from another upstate county.

COVID-19 vaccine maker Moderna is suing Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech, accusing its main competitors of copying Moderna鈥檚 technology in order to make their own vaccine.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) 鈥� The U.S. Department of Agriculture has begun scattering millions of packets of oral rabies vaccine from helicopters and planes over 13 states from Maine to Alabama.

ST. LOUIS (AP) 鈥� In many cities, no one knows where the lead pipes lie underground. That's important because lead pipes contaminate drinking water.

LONDON (AP) 鈥� Pfizer and BioNTech have asked the European Medicines Agency to authorize their updated coronavirus booster vaccine that includes the most recent omicron subvariants.