Category Archives: Prairies/BC
Alberta restaurant owners frustrated as COVID-19 closures cut into prime patio season
CALGARY — Leslie Echino had planned on serving more than two dozen patrons at a time on an expanded patio at her Annabelle's Kitchen restaurant in Calgary's Marda Loop neighbourhood. She hauled extra furniture from the patio at her shuttered downtown
Manitoba plans to offer COVID-19 vaccine within weeks to anyone 12 and up
WINNIPEG — Manitoba plans to offer COVID-19 vaccines to people as young as 12 and could have doses in every willing arm by mid-June, health officials said Wednesday. Hours after Health Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for anyone 12 and up
Manitoba’s top nurse questioned in church challenge of COVID-19 restrictions
WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s chief nursing officer has told court that hospital staff were exhausted as they faced tough decisions during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Seven Manitoba churches are in Court of Queens's Bench this week fighting publi...
B.C. designates pregnant people as priority group for COVID-19 vaccination
VICTORIA — Those who are pregnant in British Columbia have now been designated a priority population to receive COVID-19 vaccine. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says data show pregnant people experience severe illness from COVID-19 at a ra...
Doctors in Manitoba write open letter, warn of overloaded health-care system
WINNIPEG — Some of Manitoba's top doctors have written an open letter that pleads with the public to obey COVID-19 public health orders to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. "Our health system cannot manage the potential volume of what is coming...
Saskatchewan says COVID-19 reopening plan dependent on vaccine uptake
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says there is a “finish line in sight” for COVID-19 as the province announced its three-stage reopening plan slated to unfold over the next few months. Moe described the reopening plan as "very cautious and
Alberta’s Kenney tightens COVID rules to prevent looming hospital catastrophe, triage
EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney, with surging COVID-19 rates threatening to overwhelm Alberta’s hospitals, is reintroducing stricter rules on gatherings, businesses and schools not seen since the first wave of the pandemic. Kenney, in a live address on...
Saskatchewan shipping 100 ventilators to India during time of ‘great need,’ Moe says
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government says it is sending 100 ventilators to India to help the country deal with its growing COVID-19 crisis. The provincial government says it has an excess supply of the machines, which includes more than 700 critical
All Indigenous adults in Manitoba can get COVID-19 vaccine: government
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government has expanded its general COVID-19 vaccination program to include all Indigenous adults. The age requirement had been a minimum of 30 for First Nations persons. The change lowers the age and broadens it to include Inui...
Alberta premier promises more COVID-19 rules, expands vaccinations to teachers
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he will be announcing Tuesday a new round of tougher health restrictions to arrest COVID-19 case rates that are the highest in Canada. Kenney said the impetus was a “No More Lockdowns” rodeo in
