Category Archives: Prairies/BC
British Columbia targets workplace outbreaks, sets daily record of COVID-19 cases
VANCOUVER — British Columbia launched new strategies targeting workplace outbreaks of COVID-19 and screening for its variants on Thursday as some called for more aggressive action. The change in approach came as the province set a record for daily case...
Manitoba New Democrats get warning, no fine, for crowd at outdoor news conference
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's Opposition New Democrats have received a warning, but no fine, for holding an outdoor news conference that attracted a large crowd during the COVID-19 pandemic. NDP Leader Wab Kinew says two enforcement officials visited his legis...
Manitoba’s top doctor says no major easing of COVID-19 rules for three weeks
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government won't ease COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings, travel and business operations for at least three more weeks, the province's top doctor said Thursday. "We need to be safe, we need to practise those fundamentals...
New funding for B.C. businesses affected by COVID-19 rules
VICTORIA — New funding will be available to businesses in British Columbia affected by the latest measures to fight the spread of COVID-19, but the economic recovery minister says those who break the health orders need not apply. The B.C. government
Kenney tells UCP caucus COVID-19 dissent OK, breaking health rules means expulsion
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is drawing a line in the sand on the 18 members of his United Conservative Party caucus openly criticizing his COVID-19 health restrictions. Kenney says dissent is democratic but warned that breaking the health r...
Caucus dissent over COVID OK, breaking health rules means expulsion: Alberta premier
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is drawing a line in the sand for 18 of his backbenchers who are openly criticizing public-health restrictions meant to face down COVID-19. Kenney says dissent is part of a democracy, but adds he has
Advocacy group challenges tickets handed out during Saskatoon lockdown protest
SASKATOON — A legal advocacy group says it has filed a constitutional challenge on behalf of two lockdown protesters who were ticketed in Saskatoon late last year. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says the two were part of a peaceful
Conservancy protects area sacred to Tahltan Nation in northwestern B.C.
VICTORIA — Indigenous, provincial and federal leaders have worked beside industry and environmental groups to create a new conservancy in an area of northwestern British Columbia sacred to the Tahltan Nation. A statement from the Ministry of Environmen...
Nearly 20 per cent of eligible B.C. residents have received COVID-19 vaccine
VICTORIA — Almost 20 per cent of those who are eligible for a vaccine in British Columbia have had their shot. A joint statement from provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix says 946,096 doses of the
Saskatchewan government criticized for not adapting COVID-19 vaccination rollout
REGINA — Saskatchewan will stick to its age-based COVID-19 vaccine rollout for now, provincial officials said Wednesday, despite calls to give essential workers the shot ahead of schedule. “That will do nothing but slow down any vaccination plan, inclu...
