Category Archives: Health
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh throws support behind drug decriminalization bill
OTTAWA — The federal NDP hopes to push the government to take stronger action on the opioid crisis with a new private member's bill decriminalizing the possession of drugs for personal use. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is putting his weight behind
AP FACT CHECK: Biden exaggerates $10 a month ‘Obamacare’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Affordable Care Act — “Obamacare” — has inspired many exaggerated claims through the years, both from fans and foes. Now President Joe Biden is adding his own.
Mississippi governor noncommittal on medical marijuana bill
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said Tuesday that he has not decided whether he will sign a bill to legalize marijuana for people with debilitating medical conditions such as cancer, AIDS and sickle cell disease.
New Brunswick reports five more COVID-19-related deaths, rise in hospitalizations
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick is reporting five more COVID-19-related deaths today and another increase in hospitalizations. The latest deaths bring the total in the province since the start of the pandemic to 243. There are 162 people hospitalized w...
P.E.I. officials report one COVID death, say news on easing restrictions by next week
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's chief public health officer reported the province's 11th COVID-19-related death on Tuesday and offered hope that some public health restrictions would ease later this month. A person over the age of 80 was the lat...
Canada offering help as COVAX vaccine alliance pleads for more cash
OTTAWA — Canada is considering sending more money or ancillary vaccine supplies to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance after a plea from the organizers that it was running out of cash. The promise to maybe do more comes as Canada
Nova Scotia’s recreational facilities struggle through most challenging COVID-19 wave
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's recreational facilities will likely need more short-term government support once the latest wave of COVID-19 subsides, a legislature committee was told Tuesday. Representatives with the Recreation Facility Association of Nova Sc...
Quebec backtracks on taxing unvaccinated to maintain ‘social peace’
MONTREAL — Three weeks after threatening to tax unvaccinated Quebecers, Premier François Legault abandoned the idea on Tuesday, worried about how much it had divided the province. "When we see what's happening in our society and on social media, I have...
Protests in Canada catch the eye of U.S. right wing, because they look familiar
WASHINGTON — Despite his reputation for hair-trigger unpredictability, Donald Trump had a remarkably consistent track record for triggering paroxysms north of the border: all he ever had to do was mention Canada by name. Whatever else life outside the...
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March.
