Category Archives: Health
Tow-truck companies refuse to haul away large trucks gridlocking Ottawa
OTTAWA — All tow-truck companies on contract with the city have refused to haul away the big rigs that have gridlocked Ottawa's downtown for the second week in a row, the city's manager says. Steve Kanellakos said the consensus among many
Canadian Red Cross sends six nurses to Nunavut for worst outbreak of COVID-19
IQALUIT, Nunavut — The Canadian Red Cross has sent six nurses to Nunavut as the territory continues to experience its worst outbreak of COVID-19 to date. Nunavut Health Minister John Main says the nurses will be sent to communities with the
The latest on protests against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa and beyond
OTTAWA — The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, both in Ottawa and various cities across Canada. All times eastern: 8 p.m. Starting at midnight tonight, Alberta says it ...
Federal ministers blast Ottawa protesters seeking to join opposition ‘coalition’
OTTAWA — People might be frustrated with COVID-19 but they don't share the extreme views of the anti-vaccine mandate protesters who have choked the national capital for over a week with large trucks, federal cabinet ministers said Tuesday. Canadians wo...
Prince Edward Island to begin reducing COVID-19 public health restrictions
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island will start easing COVID-19 restrictions on Feb. 17, with the hope of ending gathering limits and mandatory masking requirements by early April, Premier Dennis King said Tuesday. His cabinet has approved a three-step...
Liberal MP breaks ranks with party on COVID-19, says government is dividing Canadians
OTTAWA — The federal government must reassess its divisive and stigmatizing approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, Liberal member Joël Lightbound said Tuesday in a rare public display of internal dissent within the governing party. Lightbound, who represen...
Alberta starts lifting COVID-19 restrictions, vaccine passport program
EDMONTON — Premier Jason Kenney says Alberta's vaccine passport will end almost immediately, with most other big COVID-19 health rules gone three weeks later. Kenney told a news conference Tuesday that the vaccine passport, known in Alberta as the rest...
Provinces to relax COVID-19 restrictions, say risk assessment lies with citizens
Alberta,Saskatchewan and Quebec announced Tuesday plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions, saying it will increasingly be up to citizens to assess the risks they face from the virus. Prince Edward Island also outlined plans to end most measures early in Ap...
Quebec announces reopening plan that lifts most COVID-19 restrictions by mid-March
MONTREAL — The Quebec government intends to lift most public health measures by March 14, Premier François Legault said Tuesday, but the plan doesn't include an end to mask mandates or the vaccine passport system. Legault presented a road map that
Vaccine mandate ‘not an issue at all,’ CEO of Canada’s largest trucking company says
MONTREAL — Canada's largest trucking company is virtually untouched by the vaccine mandate for truckers crossing the U.S.-Canada border, says TFI International Inc. chairman and CEO Alain Bédard. “Vaccination at TFI is not an issue at all," he told ana...
