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I'm sure it's nothing:

The head of the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg has suddenly resigned to work with a bio-research institute in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Matthew Gilmour is leaving to work for the Quadram Institute Bioscience, and will be filled in for by his adviser, Dr. Guillaume Poliquin, until a permanent replacement can be found, according to Canada's chief medical officer, Dr. Theresa Tam.

I'll just leave this right here:

Scientists at Winnipeg’s National Microbiology Lab say colleagues recently sent samples of dangerous pathogens to China without following federal protocols.  ...

The Winnipeg lab is one of the few in the world equipped for Risk Group 4 pathogens, the highest biohazard classification. China only launched an equivalent lab in 2015. 

PHAC declined to make lab scientific director Matthew Gilmour available for a Tuesday interview.

Oh, goody! When will they say the Rosary over loudspeakers?:

The Al Rashid Mosque has stood in Edmonton since 1938, but no one there today can remember ever hearing the daily call to prayer ring out through the loudspeakers.

Usually, the musical chant that ushers Muslims into their house of worship for prayer is prohibited under city noise bylaws.

But across Canada, cities are allowing the call, or adhan, during the COVID-19 crisis, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, London, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver and other major cities have all made exemptions to the usual rules.

While no one was looking ...:

The union that represents high school teachers in Ontario says it has ratified a new contract with the government.

The Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation arrived at the collective agreement with the province and school boards on April 20, according to CTV News.

 

The deal was part of a six-month negotiation, with rounds of contentious bargaining along the way.

The teachers held rotating strikes for a number of weeks, but decided to put them on hold due to the coronavirus.

And now, some good news:

When they arrived on the scene, officers found a mother who had just given birth and a newborn baby who was not breathing or making any sounds.

Police say that was when Acting Sergeant Sylvia Summerville quickly took charge of the scene.
She evaluated the situation and asked someone in the home to bring her a shoelace.

Summerville tied off the umbilical cord, laid the baby on her forearm face down, cupped the face with her right hand and gave several thrusts to the back.

She then massaged the lips and chest of the child, stimulating it and causing the baby to begin breathing.