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“These male elk have a singular determination of focus to breed with females to pass on their genes. They are looking at you as a threat and as competition; they’re full of testosterone and are really amped up."

To be eligible, travellers must have allowed at least 14 days to pass since their last vaccine shot and show proof of a negative molecular test for COVID-19 that's no more than 72 hours old.

The news follows announcements Friday of another round of surgery cancellations as ICUs reached 95-per-cent full.

Guns also seized during bust at building north of High River

Trudeau, and O'Toole on board with Singh's request to urge all Canadians eligible for a vaccine to get their shot on Sept. 8, on the day of the official French-language debate.

"For the staff, it's exhausting. It's challenging when you have somebody come in who is there when there was a simple route to preventing what they came in with — a COVID infection. Our job is to be professional and not to be judgmental, but it's very trying for nurses and doctors and all the other health-care professionals to look at somebody who made a conscious decision not to get vaccinated."

The number of cases in Canada each day grew from about 700 in early August, to almost 3,500 now.

The senator said she receives pleas each day from Afghans, including those who helped Canadian NGOs and are unable to get out. 

The Liberals' Justin Trudeau, the Tories' Erin O'Toole, the Bloc's Yves-François Blanchet, and the NDP's Jagmeet Singh took part, with the three opposition leaders accusing Trudeau of unleashing an election unnecessarily amid rising COVID-19 cases and a crisis in Afghanistan.