Health Canada has approved the use of Moderna’s Spikevax XBB.1.5 COVID vaccine for all Canadians over the age of six months. Officials are expected to hold a technical briefing on the vaccine at 11:30 a.m. EDT.
An Indigenous man who was kicked in the head by an Edmonton police officer who kicked him in the head in 2020 has applied for private prosecution four months after Crown prosecutors declined to pursue the case despite a watchdog recommendation to do so.